Analysis of the Bright Future of China's Mold Standard Parts Industry
Release Date：2011-07-01 Source： View count：24
The standardization level and application level of molds are important indicators for measuring the level of the mold industry. Molds are specialized forming tool products, although highly personalized, they are also industrial products, so standardization work is very important. Countries with relatively developed industries attach great importance to standardization work because it can bring quality, efficiency, and benefits to the industry. The survival and development of the mold standard parts industry in China are facing serious challenges. But as long as we unite, work together, face reality, accelerate reform, seize opportunities, meet challenges, survive in competition, and rely on technological progress for development, we firmly believe that in the near future, China's mold standard parts industry will undergo fundamental changes and usher in a better tomorrow.
The development prospects of China's mold standard parts industry are optimistic
Mold standard parts are an important component of molds and the foundation of molds. It has significant technical and economic significance in shortening the mold design and manufacturing cycle, reducing mold production costs, and improving mold quality. The experience of developed industrial countries abroad has proven that the specialized production and commercial supply of mold standard parts have greatly promoted the development of the mold industry. According to foreign sources, the widespread use of standard components can shorten the design and manufacturing cycle by 25-40%; It can save the social working hours caused by the user's self-made standard parts, reduce the waste of raw materials and energy; Can lay the foundation for the application of modern technologies such as mold CAD/CAM; It can significantly improve the manufacturing accuracy and usability of molds. The standard parts produced by specialization usually have at least one order of magnitude higher fitting accuracy and positional accuracy than self-made standard parts, and can ensure interchangeability, improve the service life of molds, and promote reforms in the industry's internal economic system, operating mechanism, industrial structure, and production management, achieving specialization and scale production, and driving the formation and development of the mold standard parts commodity market. It can be said that without the specialization and commercialization of mold standard parts, there would be no modernization of the mold industry.
In recent years, with the rapid development of China's mold industry, the standardization, specialization, and commercialization of mold parts have reached a high level and made significant progress. Since the establishment of the National Mold Standardization Technical Committee in 1983, experts have been organized to formulate, revise, and review mold standards, and more than 90 standards have been issued, including 22 standards for stamping dies and more than 20 standards for plastic molds. The release and implementation of these standards have promoted technological progress and development in the mold industry, generating significant social and economic benefits. The research, development, and production of standardized components are being comprehensively and deeply carried out, with significant improvements in product types, varieties, specifications, technical performance, and quality levels. According to Luo Baihui, CEO of Mold Network, the standardization and application level of molds in China are still relatively low, optimistically estimated to be less than 30%. Compared with 70-80% in developed industrial countries abroad, there is still a significant gap. Although the number of production and sales manufacturers has been increasing year by year, most of them are small-scale, outdated equipment, outdated processes, high costs, and low efficiency. Only ordinary small and medium-sized standard die frames, plastic die frames, guide columns, guide sleeves, push rods, mold springs, pneumatic components and other products have a high degree of commercialization and can basically meet the needs of the domestic market, with some exports. However, the personalized products with high technology, advanced structure, excellent performance, high quality and easy replacement, such as ball lock quick change punch and fixed plate, solid lubrication guide plate and guide sleeve, wedge mechanism and its parts, high-grade plastic mold standard parts and nitrogen main spring, are rarely produced in China, and due to lack of funds, technical innovation projects are difficult to implement, production efficiency is low, delivery cycle is long, and the contradiction between supply and demand is increasingly prominent.
Therefore, a considerable amount of mold standard parts need to be imported from abroad every year, accounting for about 3-8% of the annual mold import cost. There are still many problems with domestic mold standard parts in terms of technical standards, technological development, and product quality. For example, product standards are chaotic, with few functional components and low technical content, and poor applicability; Small technological transformation efforts, outdated equipment, outdated processes, low level of specialization, and unstable product quality; Lack of professional talents, inadequate management, low production efficiency, and long delivery cycles; Uneven distribution of production and sales outlets, limited variety and specifications of products, and insufficient supply; Some units, in order to compete for the market, do not pay attention to quality, pass off inferior products as good, and flood the market with fake and inferior goods. The phenomenon of disregarding costs, blindly lowering prices, and disrupting the market also needs to be carefully studied and urgently addressed.
The standardization level and application level of molds are important indicators for measuring the level of the mold industry. Molds are specialized forming tool products, although highly personalized, they are also industrial products, so standardization work is very important. Countries with relatively developed industries attach great importance to standardization work because it can bring quality, efficiency, and benefits to the industry. The survival and development of the mold standard parts industry in China are facing serious challenges. But as long as we unite, work together, face reality, accelerate reform, seize opportunities, meet challenges, survive in competition, and rely on technological progress for development, we firmly believe that in the near future, China's mold standard parts industry will undergo fundamental changes and usher in a better tomorrow.
The development prospects of China's mold standard parts industry are optimistic
Mold standard parts are an important component of molds and the foundation of molds. It has significant technical and economic significance in shortening the mold design and manufacturing cycle, reducing mold production costs, and improving mold quality. The experience of developed industrial countries abroad has proven that the specialized production and commercial supply of mold standard parts have greatly promoted the development of the mold industry. According to foreign sources, the widespread use of standard components can shorten the design and manufacturing cycle by 25-40%; It can save the social working hours caused by the user's self-made standard parts, reduce the waste of raw materials and energy; Can lay the foundation for the application of modern technologies such as mold CAD/CAM; It can significantly improve the manufacturing accuracy and usability of molds. The standard parts produced by specialization usually have at least one order of magnitude higher fitting accuracy and positional accuracy than self-made standard parts, and can ensure interchangeability, improve the service life of molds, and promote reforms in the industry's internal economic system, operating mechanism, industrial structure, and production management, achieving specialization and scale production, and driving the formation and development of the mold standard parts commodity market. It can be said that without the specialization and commercialization of mold standard parts, there would be no modernization of the mold industry.
In recent years, with the rapid development of China's mold industry, the standardization, specialization, and commercialization of mold parts have reached a high level and made significant progress. Since the establishment of the National Mold Standardization Technical Committee in 1983, experts have been organized to formulate, revise, and review mold standards, and more than 90 standards have been issued, including 22 standards for stamping dies and more than 20 standards for plastic molds. The release and implementation of these standards have promoted technological progress and development in the mold industry, generating significant social and economic benefits. The research, development, and production of standardized components are being comprehensively and deeply carried out, with significant improvements in product types, varieties, specifications, technical performance, and quality levels. According to Luo Baihui, CEO of Mold Network, the standardization and application level of molds in China are still relatively low, optimistically estimated to be less than 30%. Compared with 70-80% in developed industrial countries abroad, there is still a significant gap. Although the number of production and sales manufacturers has been increasing year by year, most of them are small-scale, outdated equipment, outdated processes, high costs, and low efficiency. Only ordinary small and medium-sized standard die frames, plastic die frames, guide columns, guide sleeves, push rods, mold springs, pneumatic components and other products have a high degree of commercialization and can basically meet the needs of the domestic market, with some exports. However, the personalized products with high technology, advanced structure, excellent performance, high quality and easy replacement, such as ball lock quick change punch and fixed plate, solid lubrication guide plate and guide sleeve, wedge mechanism and its parts, high-grade plastic mold standard parts and nitrogen main spring, are rarely produced in China, and due to lack of funds, technical innovation projects are difficult to implement, production efficiency is low, delivery cycle is long, and the contradiction between supply and demand is increasingly prominent.
Therefore, a considerable amount of mold standard parts need to be imported from abroad every year, accounting for about 3-8% of the annual mold import cost. There are still many problems with domestic mold standard parts in terms of technical standards, technological development, and product quality. For example, product standards are chaotic, with few functional components and low technical content, and poor applicability; Small technological transformation efforts, outdated equipment, outdated processes, low level of specialization, and unstable product quality; Lack of professional talents, inadequate management, low production efficiency, and long delivery cycles; Uneven distribution of production and sales outlets, limited variety and specifications of products, and insufficient supply; Some units, in order to compete for the market, do not pay attention to quality, pass off inferior products as good, and flood the market with fake and inferior goods. The phenomenon of disregarding costs, blindly lowering prices, and disrupting the market also needs to be carefully studied and urgently addressed.
