And the retired
diemaker burst out laughing when they said Bamburgh Castle is in the picturesque cathedral city, and it doubled up as a university, accompanied by a beautiful picture of the Northumberland castle.
This is a throwback to how the company first started as a new venture for two young sons of a tool and
diemaker. Their father's company had a couple of diecasting machines, but he wasn't interested in pursuing that area of the business.
My dad started as a tool and
diemaker working for de Havilland at the Downsview plant and left as a controls engineer.
A steel-rule
diemaker, he worked at the Container Corporation of America, Medford, and Boutwell-Owens, Fitchburg.
Minco, a mold and
diemaker that operates on either a 24/5 or a 24/7 schedule, depending on customer volume, has 85 employees.
With a full-time
diemaker on staff and a fully-equipped machine shop in its plant, the company has also started producing its own dies in-house, with typical turnaround of two to three days.
In addition to the Moore Tool grinding and machinery systems factory in Bridgeport and Nanotechnology Systems in Keene, other units in the Precision Manufacturing Technologies group are the Producto Tooling Componentsoperation in Bridgeport; its Precision Components plant in Jamestown, N.Y.; DieCo in Solon, Ohio; and Producto's
Diemaker's Supplies Ltd.
For Nashville
diemaker, Vaughn Manufacturing Co., taking a look at holemaking alternatives without thinking about drills saved the company money and energy.
Level II standards cover the specialized machining and assembling skills required for a moldmaker and diecasting
diemaker. Level III standards cover the skills expected of a senior moldmaker or "leadman." They are part of a stepped progression designed to help companies with in-house training or apprenticeship programs to evaluate their programs.
"I am a tool- and
diemaker with 20 years experience.
So, as the solid casting shrinks away from the mold walls, it assumes final dimensions that must be predicted by the pattern- or
diemaker. This variability of contraction is another important casting design consideration, and it is critical to dimensional accuracy.
How many times does a toolmaker,
diemaker, or someone involved with gear or gage manufacture look at a drawing and material requirement and have to make a decision?