Don't just focus on product design and ignore plastic mold manufacturing

When developing products or trial production of new products, some users often only focus on product research and development at the initial stage, neglecting communication with plastic mold manufacturers.After the product design plan is initially determined, there are many advantages to contact with the mold manufacturer in advance:
1. It can ensure that the designed product has a good forming process, and the finalized design will not be modified because the parts are difficult to process.
2. The mold maker can make design preparations in advance to prevent ill-consideration in a hurry and affect the construction period.
3. In the production of high-quality plastic molds, only the close cooperation between the supplier and the demander can ultimately reduce costs and shorten the cycle.

Don't just look at the price, but from the full range of quality, cycle, and service.

1. There are many types of molds, according to different requirements of parts materials, physical and chemical properties, mechanical strength, dimensional accuracy, surface finish, service life, economy, etc., different types of mold forming are selected.

2. Molds with high precision requirements need to be processed by high-precision CNC machine tools, and mold materials and forming processes have strict requirements, and CAD / CAE / CAM mold technology must be used for design and analysis.

3. Due to the special requirements of some parts during molding, the mold also needs advanced technology such as hot runner, gas-assisted molding, and nitrogen cylinder.

4. Manufacturers should have CNC, EDM, wire-cutting machine tools and CNC copy milling equipment, high-precision grinders, high-precision three-coordinate measuring instruments, computer design and related software.

5. Generally, large-scale stamping dies (such as automobile covering parts dies) should consider whether the machine tool has an edge holding mechanism, even edge lubricant, multi-station progressive, and so on. In addition to stamping tonnage, the number of strokes, feeding devices, machine tools and mold protection devices must also be considered.

The manufacturing methods and processes of the above-mentioned molds are not available and mastered by every enterprise. When choosing a cooperative manufacturer, we must understand its processing capabilities, not only by the hardware equipment, but also by combining the management level, processing experience and technical strength.