The formula of "mold is the basic process equipment of industrial production" is obtained. In electronics, automobiles, televisions, electrical appliances, meters, instruments, home appliances, communications and other products, 60% and 80% of the parts are molded by molds. The products produced by molds have high precision, complexity, high consistency, high productivity and low energy consumption, which are unmatched by other processing and manufacturing methods, and are also "benefit amplifiers"
Specifically, taking the popularization of integrated mold manufacturing units and technologies as an example, in recent years, in addition to the functions of automatic feeding, stamping, lamination measurement, thickness grouping, core assembly and product output, hinge assembly and connection, there have also been complex process combinations such as moving structure, in-mold heating, forging, local thermal (microstructure) control, in-mold welding, tapping, local injection, in-mold cutting and in-mold detection.
For another example, the application of 3D printing to mold cavity is a new trend of cavity mold development, and the metal addition and subtraction composite manufacturing technology is an important direction in the field of 3D printing. High-precision manufacturing of complex metal parts is realized by three-dimensional layer-by-layer superposition forming combined with high-speed milling and layer thickness profile thinning finishing. At present, the top three applications are industrial machinery, aerospace and automobiles, accounting for 20.0%, 16.6% and 13.8% of the market respectively.
Analysis on Development Status of Mould Industry in China
The mold industry in China developed late, and the modern mold industry didn't start until the end of 1970s. However, after years of efforts, China mold manufacturing industry has established a mold industry system including mold technology research and development institutions and mold production and supply system by introducing mature design and manufacturing technologies from developed countries and regions and combining with independent innovation, and the mold industry scale and technical level have made great progress.
In 20 1 1-20 17, the sales revenue of China mold industry showed a continuous growth trend. By the end of 20 17, the sales revenue of China mold industry reached 266.342 billion yuan, up 2.3 1% year-on-year. It is estimated that in 20 18, the sales revenue of China mold industry will reach about 275.3 billion yuan.
Since 20 12, the number of patent applications related to molds in China has increased steadily. In 20 17, the number of patent applications reached 22,872, surpassing 20,000 for the first time, setting a new record. The number of patent applications decreased in 20 18, but it still exceeded 17000, reaching 17 146.
From the perspective of patent applicants, among the top ten patent applicants, Hon Hai Precision ranks in the top two, with 347 patent applications and 337 patent applications respectively, accounting for less than 0.7% in total; Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., Ltd. applied for 309 applications, ranking third.
In addition, China's mold enterprises also began to go abroad, and the scale of mold export fluctuated. In 20 1 1 year, the total export of China's mold industry was US$ 3.005 billion, up 36.87% year-on-year, the highest growth rate in recent years, and then it kept slowing down. Until 20 17, the total export volume of mold industry resumed growth again, reaching $5.49 billion, with a year-on-year growth rate of 14. 46638.88668686666
Analysis on the Market Situation of Sub-products in China Mould Industry
In recent years, with the prosperity of China's automobile industry, the demand of automobile mould market has been released rapidly and the scale has been increasing. According to statistics, the new demand of automobile molds in China increased from 22 1 ton in 2065,438+0 to 348 tons in 2065,438+07, and the market scale increased from 60.5 billion yuan in 2065,438+02 to 88.8 billion yuan in 2065,438+07. It is estimated that in 2065438+2008, the market size of China automobile mould will exceed 90 billion yuan.
As an important basic equipment of information industry, IT mould has developed rapidly and has become an indispensable tool for mass production of products and research and development of new products. According to the driving effect of 1: 100, the sales revenue of IT molds in China in 20 17 is about14.2 billion yuan, and IT is estimated that the sales revenue of IT molds in China in 20 18 will reach about15.5 billion yuan.
The mold market of office automation equipment keeps pace with the development of office automation equipment market. OA equipment generally consists of plastic parts, hardware and chips, among which plastic products mainly include appearance parts and structural parts, and their molding methods are generally injection molding with plastic injection molds. By the end of 20 17, the market size of plastic molds for OA equipment is about 3.6 billion yuan, and it is expected to reach 4 billion yuan in 20 18.
From hyperbaric oxygen chamber to hearing AIDS and pacemakers, medical device molds are used for almost all medical device components. Moreover, due to the precise requirements of medical device parts production, medical device molds occupy an important position in the medical device industry. According to the driving effect of mould industry 1: 100, the market size of medical device mould in 20 17 is about 2.384 billion yuan. It is estimated that in 2065438+2008, the market size of medical device molds in China will reach about 2.5 billion yuan.
Analysis on Development Trend of Mould Industry in China
1, high precision
With the continuous study in recent years, China's mold industry has developed rapidly, and a number of companies specializing in high-precision mold manufacturing have been developed. It is recognized that dimensional accuracy is the most important factor in manufacturing high-precision, high-quality and high-tech products. There are only two important factors in making high-precision molds: equipment and talents. But at present, there is still a certain distance between China and foreign countries in the most sophisticated field. After all, for China, the manufacturing industry is the embodiment of a country's comprehensive national strength, so the country attaches great importance to it and will definitely surpass it in the near future.
2. Automation and intelligence.
Automation and intelligence are the guarantee to improve efficiency. With the popularization of all kinds of automation equipment (mainly robots) and the improvement of intelligence of standard parts (mainly hot runners) in molds, the efficiency of mold production is getting higher and higher, and it will develop towards a higher and better realm. The future development should be a factory with only a few people, and the rest are machines and computers. There are only three kinds of people in the future factory: managers, technicians and robots.
3. New type
With technological innovation, many originally impossible things have become possible, and many originally complicated and tortuous roads have become very simple. This is a new opportunity and challenge for the mould industry, especially for mold designer. Mastering new mold design and manufacturing technology is the lifeblood of a mold enterprise. Mastering high-tech molds requires profound design and manufacturing details, and these high-tech technologies have also become the company's brand-building resources and chips for better customers. The current war is a technical war without smoke, and the price of shopping is not as good as that of shopping technology. As long as the technology is innovative and the mold is new, even if the price is higher, there will be a large number of customers, which is the power of the brand. Mould will always be an industry that wins by technology and quality.
Mastering high-tech molds requires profound design and manufacturing details, and these high-tech technologies have also become the company's brand-building resources and chips for better customers. The current war is a technical war without smoke, and the price of shopping is not as good as that of shopping technology. As long as the technology is innovative and the mold is new, even if the price is higher, there will be a large number of customers, which is the power of the brand. Mould will always be an industry that wins by technology and quality.
4. Synthesis
Integration is a high degree of integration of product development and mold. This trend is also inevitable, and this change can affect the change of manufacturing mode more than the replacement of all-round mold master by assembly line.
To put it simply, mold designer and product research and development have merged into a new post, a brand-new post that can be responsible for the whole product from appearance to organization, to mold, to mold processing, mold production and product assembly, and has become the absolute core of manufacturing industry.