Moldmakers get first-hand look at Japanese toolmaking methods

摘要

A group of Windsor-area moldmakers took up the offer of mold machinery manufacturer Makino Inc.to visit Japan for a first-hand look at how Japanese toolshops are driving down build times for large-sized molds.One Japanese moldmaker on the tour,KS Engineering,produces 140 to 200 molds per year.Approximately 60 of these molds are large-sized molds for instrument panels and fascias,according to Tony Facione,process engineer with Single Source Technologies,a Makino distributor based in Old-castle,ON.