News & notes
Notes for mold base buyers
Short pieces on the questions that come up before an order — steel grades, tolerances, lead time and packing. One new note is added most weeks.
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24 September 2026
P20, 718 or 738? Choosing the steel grade for a plastic mold base
What each grade is for, when pre-hardened steel is enough, and which grades need a hardening step planned into the lead time.
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24 September 2026
What a 7-day mold base lead time actually covers
Where the seven days start and stop, what has to be settled first, and when a firm quoted date replaces the standard figure.
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24 September 2026
Mold base tolerances: what to put on the drawing
The four feature groups that need their own tolerance callout, what we hold as standard, and what changes above 600 mm.