Product development can not only focus on product design, neglect mold manufacturing. Some users tend to focus on product development and development in the initial stage of product development or new product trials, ignoring the communication with the mold manufacturer. After the product design plan is initially determined, there are two advantages to contacting the mold manufacturer in advance:
1. It can guarantee that the designed product has a good forming process, and will not modify the stereotyped design because the part is difficult to process.
2. Mold making can make design preparation in advance to prevent inconvenient consideration and affect the construction period.
In short, to produce high-quality molds, only the close cooperation between the supply and demand sides can ultimately reduce costs and shorten the cycle. Successful products come from apples that have fallen from apple trees and thousands of experiments, and they need a tight supply chain.
Technology companies should not only look at prices, but also consider quality, cycle and service. There are many types of molds, which can be roughly divided into ten categories. According to different requirements of parts materials, physical and chemical properties, mechanical strength, dimensional accuracy, surface finish, service life, economy, etc., such as plastic injection molds, extrusion blow mold, blow molds, metal stamping molds, die-casting molds, silicone molds, rubber Molds, hot-pressed molds, etc., choose different types of mold forming.
Molds with high precision requirements need to use high-precision CNC machine tools, and the mold materials and forming processes are strictly required. CAD / CAE / CAM mold technology is also needed to design and analyze. Some parts have special requirements due to molding, such as plastic mold processing, special requirements of the mold also need to use hot runners, gas-assisted molding, nitrogen cylinders and other advanced processes. Manufacturers should have CNC, EDM, wire cutting machine tools and CNC copy milling equipment, high-precision grinding machines, high-precision three-coordinate measuring instruments, computer design and related software.