What does this organization actually do and how can you be a part of it to help tool up the moldmaking industry? What better month than October — Manufacturing Month — to shed some light on an initiative to help develop the current and future moldmaking workforce? Tooling for Tomorrow is an initiative established by Progressive Components in…
Progressive Components adds to its plate sequencing product line with the introduction of its new Plate Retainer, designed to hold parting lines or retain floating mold plates. For the mold builder, the compact design requires very little machining and no timing or fitting during assembly. For the molder, the SRT roller within the housing operates…
Progressive Components introduces a new Angle Pin Holder engineered to simplify the installation and removal of angle pins. For the mold builder, Progressive’s Angle Pin Holders are designed to avoid angled machining, and on large A plates, it eliminates the need for long angle pins and long bored holes. For the molder, removal of broken…
EXCLUSIVES FROM PROGRESSIVE DELIVER ADVANTAGES FOR PRECISION TOOLING. Located in the Northern Illinois medical molding corridor, Progressive's roots are in precise, critical-to-function tooling. With that perspective, we continue to expand our product range with industry exclusives: CAVITY INTERLOCKS Progressive’s new Flat Series cavity interlocks are a space-saving design for mounting directly within a mold’s inserts. Overall lengths…
New, cylindrical design adjusts for misaligned ejector plates. Progressive’s UniLifter® was the first standard undercut release system when originally introduced in 1991, and throughout the years, the product line expanded. Now released is the C-Series UniLifter, a patent-pending design that offers new advantages for mold performance and easier mold assembly. A mold’s ejector plates can…
Route Cooling with Diverting Rods, Seal Cores with O-Rings Progressive has added new items to provide designers with more options for routing cooling lines within their tools. Progressive’s addition of O-Rings provides mold designers with an industry-standard that includes the machine groove detail. With this standardization, the subsequent replacement during mold maintenance is easy to…