Top 10 Trends in the Future Development of Chinese Molds

Mold is the basic process equipment for industrial production. In products such as electronics, automobiles, motors, electrical appliances, instruments, household appliances, and communications, 60% to 80% of the components are formed by molds. The quality of molds determines the quality of products. Therefore, molds are known as the "mother of all industries". Mold is also a "benefit amplifier", and the value of the final product produced with mold is often tens or hundreds of times the value of the mold itself.      

The level of craftsmanship and technological content in mold production has become an important indicator of a country's level of technology and product manufacturing. It largely determines the quality, efficiency, and ability to develop new products of a product, as well as the international competitiveness of a country's manufacturing industry.    

The technological level of China's mold industry has also made significant progress in recent years. Large, precise, complex, efficient, and long-lasting molds have reached a new level. Large and complex stamping dies, represented by automotive panel molds, have been able to produce some new types of car panel molds. The coverage of multi station progressive molds that reflect high-level manufacturing technology has expanded from motor and electrical iron chip molds to molds for household appliance parts such as connectors, electron gun components, and air conditioner heat sinks. In terms of large plastic molds, we are capable of producing plastic shell molds for 48 inch televisions, a complete set of plastic molds for 6.5kg large capacity washing machines, as well as molds for car bumpers, integral instrument panels, and more. In terms of precision plastic molds, we are capable of producing camera plastic molds, multi cavity small modulus gear molds, and plastic sealing molds. In terms of large precision and complex die-casting molds, China has been able to produce die-casting molds for integral escalator pedals and automotive rear axle gearboxes. Other types of molds, such as radial tire flexible molds, aluminum alloy and plastic door and window profile extrusion molds, have also reached a high level and can replace imported molds.      

According to the development status of domestic and international mold markets, experts predict that in the future, China's molds will show ten major development trends after industry structure adjustment: firstly, molds will become increasingly large; Secondly, the precision of the mold will continue to improve; Thirdly, multifunctional composite molds will further develop; The proportion of hot runner molds in plastic molds will gradually increase; Fifth, there will be significant development in gas assisted molds and molds that are suitable for high-pressure injection molding and other processes; The standardization of molds and the application of mold standard parts will become increasingly widespread; The prospect of rapid economic molds is very broad; The proportion of die-casting molds will continue to increase, and at the same time, higher requirements will be put forward for the service life and complexity of die-casting molds; The proportion of plastic molds will continue to increase; The content of mold technology will continue to improve, and the proportion of medium and high-end molds will continue to increase. This is also the change in the future trend of the mold market caused by the adjustment of product structure.