The wait is over! Plastics industry events are ramping up, and the Progressive team is excited to be participating, presenting, and exhibiting at these three key events in March 2022: The MAPP Quality and Engineering Forum is a two-day, virtual event positioned to provide attendees with access to new ideas, new methods for improvement, and…
What’s New
Plate Retainer: Compact, Simple-to-Install Plate Sequence Control
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…
Install and Remove Angle Pins from Parting Line
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…
Big Advantages for Small Molds from Progressive
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…
Progressive Introduces New C-Series UniLifter
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…
New Mold Cooling Innovations from Progressive
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…