Widest range of off-the-shelf Ejector Sleeves in the industry. To expand its offering of Ejector Sleeves, Progressive has added treatments for greaseless applications and extended its standard size range for very large injection molds. Black Nitride Ejector Sleeves have a precision honed lubricious surface that does not require grease in cleanroom applications, and a high…
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Black Nitride Components Eliminate Downtime and Rejects
DID YOU KNOW? Progressive's Black Nitride products are proven to perform in medical cleanroom molding environments, cosmetic / appearance product production, harsh conditions such as die casting, and more. "Progressive's Black Nitride Core Pins outlast all others 5 to 1. We trust these pins to perform in the harshest conditions."Dan Sheridan, Twin City Die Castings…
Progressive Expands Bar Lock Product Offering
New Inch, Metric, and Custom Sizes Added Progressive Components has introduced an expansion of its Z-Series Bar Locks for alignment of large molds and multi-plate sequencing tools. Bar Locks were first introduced in 2014, and what began as four Bars now has expanded to eight, and what started as eight Guides now includes twenty. Additionally,…
Manage Mold Activity with Progressive’s New ProFile System
A Complete Asset Management, Maintenance, and Tracking Solution Tooling Managers often utilize multiple systems to keep track of their tools. From manual logbooks to excel files to a module within an existing ERP system, there are a variety of methods that are in use but do not offer a specific management approach for organizing tooling…
Progressive’s Top 10 Advantages for Medical Molds
DID YOU KNOW? Designing molds for the Medical sector requires unique approaches, and Progressive Components—headquartered in the northern Illinois Medical corridor—has exclusive items that cannot be found from anyone else. Following is our Top 10 list of items that are designed to provide maximum performance and longevity of your critical medical tools: #10: Tapered Date Stamps…
Progressive is Open for You, and Here to Help!
Our warehouse team is inspired by the many letters (shown here) from molders and moldmakers regarding the role we all play in the essential supply chain during this crisis. Since March 9th, Progressive has been operating with offsite Customer Service staff accessing our integrated inventory located at our stocking locations in Illinois, California, South Carolina,…