2017 mold industry development requires a lot of manufacturing science and technology support. As new materials, especially the emergence of lightweight new materials will lead to the emergence of new technology, and the new process will inevitably lead to new technology and equipment and mold demand. Therefore, the demand for new materials and diversified manufacturing will bring a huge impact to the mold industry, and the intelligent mold (network) to mold forming manufacturing has brought infinite expansion of space and possibilities. Based on the network of Internet and intelligent combination of manufacturing model is the future of manufacturing and mold technology is the main direction of development.
 
1, the intelligent mold on a new level
 
In the plastic mold and die-casting mold industry, there has been a mold cavity of the pressure, temperature, flow, cooling process of intelligent control of the mold, mold intelligent has begun to enter the development of the fast lane. In addition, the intelligent mold processing equipment is rapidly promoting the intelligent manufacturing mold, so that China's intelligent mold on a new level.
2, mold integrated manufacturing unit and technology began to spread
 
As the demand for mold parts from a single part to multi-part, more and more combinations of multiple processes, with a variety of new features of the mold integrated manufacturing units have emerged. In addition to the automatic feeding, stamping, stacking, thickness grouping, core assembly and product output, hinge assembly connection and other functions, there have been complex motion structure, in-mold heating, forging, local heat (tissue) control, mold Internal welding, tapping, local injection molding, die cutting, in-mold detection process combination process. In particular, the plastic parts of the mold fervent, boron steel mold in the fervent and motor pen-shaped core of the blade edge blanking and other new technologies to create a mold integrated manufacturing unit of the new era. Mold products continue to large, sophisticated, high-performance, integrated manufacturing unit direction.
 
3, mold standard parts tend to fine
 
In recent years, with the mold types and requirements to improve, mold standard parts has become a mold enterprises to participate in international competition, an important condition, variety, classification is the main trend of the current standard mold parts. The traditional standard varieties more and more, more and more high quality requirements. The new functional structure of the standard unit and with more flexible manufacturing standard parts are also increasingly important, as new technologies and innovation to enhance the competitiveness of the new direction.
 
4, lightweight new materials to the automotive cover mold and large plastic mold has brought new opportunities and challenges
 
With the development of lightweight vehicles, lightweight new materials emerging, especially aluminum-magnesium alloy, the third generation of high strength steel, plastic, composite materials, sandwich materials, etc. have become an important support for auto parts, the molding process technology and mold A very high demand, especially to the automotive cover mold and large plastic mold has brought challenges. The domestic mold enterprises have begun to deal with this change, launched a lightweight new material automotive cover mold and large composite mold development.
 
5, large-scale progressive die technology matures, high-speed high reliability to become an important feature of precision progressive die
 
Large-scale stamping parts in the mold show abound, parts size is bigger and bigger, more and more complex shape, showing a large-scale progressive die technology into the mature stage. The high precision precision progressive die on the production of stability, reliability requirements are getting higher and higher, has become an important means of mold manufacturing enterprises competition. Obviously, the large-scale forming parts and small ultra-precision parts of the mold design and manufacturing technology has become a hot mold enterprises concerned.
 6,3D printing in the mold manufacturing applications will be more extensive
 
3D printing application production mold cavity on the development of mold technology has important significance, is the development of new mold cavity trends. Such as the GF processing program of 3D printing die with the cooling system. The metal composite material - the combination of the material manufacturing technology is an important direction in the field of 3D printing. At present, it is realized by 3D layering material, combined with high-speed milling and thickening of the contours to realize the high precision manufacturing of complex metal parts. This technology will continue to promote the use of mold manufacturing (also an important way to achieve intelligent mold).
 
7, the commercial Internet to the mold and its industrial chain extension
 
"Cloud manufacturing" and "Internet +" the rapid development of commercial Internet has broken through the traditional product sales business model, to the mold and its industrial chain extension. In addition to professional mold site "help network", "Jingmo network", the traditional large retailers such as Wal-Mart began to extend to the manufacturing industry and its industrial chain. Many mold processing equipment companies have docked the Internet, and actively build "mold manufacturing + Internet" model, a strong impetus to the mold industry transformation and upgrading.