technology manufacturing molds, first, the lack of advanced manufacturing
equipment, and second, the existing process equipment (including the last 10 years the
introduction of advanced equipment) or computer standard (IBM PC and compatibles,
HP workstations, etc.) different, or because of differences in bytes, processing speed
differences, differences in resistance to electromagnetic interference, networking is
low, only about 5% of the mold manufacturing equipment of recent work in this task;
in the application process planning CAPP technology, basically a blank state, based
on the need for a lot of standardization work; in the mold common technology, such
as mold rapid prototyping technology, polishing, electroforming technologies, surface
treatment technology aspects of CAD / CAM technology in China has just started.
Computer-aided technology, software development, is still at low level, the
accumulation of knowledge and experience required. Most of our mold factory, mold
processing equipment shop old, long in the length of civilian service, accuracy, low
efficiency, still use the ordinary forging, turning, milling, planing, drilling, grinding
and processing equipment, mold, heat treatment is still in use salt bath, box-type
furnace, operating with the experience of workers, poorly equipped, high energy
consumption. Renewal of equipment is slow, technological innovation, technological
progress is not much intensity. Although in recent years introduced many advanced
mold processing equipment, but are too scattered, or not complete, only about 25%
utilization, equipment, some of the advanced functions are not given full play.
Lack of technology of high-quality mold design, manufacturing technology and
skilled workers, especially the lack of knowledge and breadth, knowledge structure,
high levels of compound talents. China's mold industry and technical personnel, only
8% of employees 12%, and the technical personnel and skilled workers and lower the
overall skill level. Before 1980, practitioners of technical personnel and skilled
workers, the aging of knowledge, knowledge structure can not meet the current needs;
and staff employed after 80 years, expertise, experience lack of hands-on ability, not
ease, do not want to learn technology. In recent years, the brain drain caused by
personnel not only decrease the quantity and quality levels, and personnel structure of
the emergence of new faults, lean, make mold design, manufacturing difficult to raise
the technical level.
2.3 mold industry supporting materials, standard parts of present condition
Over the past 10 years, especially the "Eighth Five-Year", the State organization of
the ministries have repeatedly Material Research Institute, universities and steel
enterprises, research and development of special series of die steel, molds and other
mold-specific carbide special tools, auxiliary materials, and some promotion.
However, due to the quality is not stable enough, the lack of the necessary test
conditions and test data, specifications and varieties less, large molds and special
mold steel and specifications are required for the gap. In the steel supply, settlement
amount and sporadic users of mass-produced steel supply and demand contradiction,
yet to be effectively addressed. In addition, in recent years have foreign steel mold
set up sales outlets in China, but poor channels, technical services support the weak
and prices are high, foreign exchange settlement system and other factors, promote
the use of much current.