Breaking the Mold: How Toolmakers Are Transforming Operations to Stay Competitive

Mold making is a tough business. You have to compete on many bids with an accurate price that doesn’t compromise profit margins, but is competitive enough to win. So many factors impact the cost of the mold from the quality of the part design, ability to manage cooling, and machining requirements. An accurate quote requires significant effort. Yet, despite all the work that goes into the bid, there’s a good chance you may not even win it.

Cooling constitutes a major cost in the operation of a data center. This has led to an increased focus on minimizing energy use in data centers and enters, thereby reducing operating costs. A consistent design goal is to ensure that the power usage effectiveness (PUE) is kept as low as possible, namely, close to unity (for example, 1.0).