The production process of the mold
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2023-11-16 09:53
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The mold is a model, and the product is made according to this model, but how the mold is produced may not be answered by most of the mold professionals. Mold has played an irreplaceable role in our lives, most of our daily necessities are inseparable from molds, such as, computers, telephones, fax machines, keyboards, cups and so on These plastic products needless to say, in addition to the cover of cars and motorcycle engines is also made of molds, just a car of various molds to use more than 20,000. Therefore, the role of modern life mold is irreplaceable. As long as mass production is inseparable, molds are inseparable.
So how is the mold made?
The following is a brief introduction to the modern mold production process.
1) ESI (Earlier Supplier Involvement): This stage is mainly a technical discussion between customers and suppliers on product design and mold development, etc., the main purpose is to let suppliers clearly understand the design intent and accuracy requirements of product designers, and also let product designers better understand the ability of mold production and the process performance of products, so as to make more reasonable designs.
2) Quotation: including the price of the mold, the life of the mold, the turnover process, the required tonnage of the machine and the delivery time of the mold. (A more detailed quotation should include information such as product size weight, mold size weight, etc.) ）
3) Purchase Order: the delivery of customer orders, deposits and the acceptance of suppliers' orders.
4) Mold Production Planning and Schedule Arrangement: At this stage, it is necessary to reply to the customer for the specific date of delivery of the mold.
5) Mold design (Design): The design software that may be used is Pro/Engineer, UG, Solidworks, AutoCAD, CATIA, etc
6) Procurement of materials
7) Mold processing (Machining): The processes involved are generally turning, gong (milling), heat treatment, grinding, computer gong (CNC), electric spark (EDM), wire cutting (WEDM), coordinate grinding (JIG GRINGING), laser engraving, polishing, etc.
8) Mold Assembly
9) Mold Trial Run
10) Sample Evaluation Report (SER)
11) SER Approval
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