The development trend of mold steel places special requirements on mold processing equipment

The development trend of mold steel puts forward special requirements for mold processing equipment .
1.   The increasing size of mold forming parts and the high productivity of parts require a mold with multiple cavities, which has led to the increasing size of molds. Large molds with large tonnages can reach 100 tons, molds with hundreds of cavities and thousands of cavities. Table, increase Y-axis Z-axis travel, large load bearing, high rigidity, high consistency.
2.  The hardness of the mold steel material for mold processing is high, and the mold processing equipment is required to have thermal stability and high reliability.
3． For complex cavities and multi-functional composite molds, as the shape of the part becomes more complicated, the design and manufacturing level of the mold must be improved. Multi-functional composites with multiple grooves and multiple materials formed or assembled into a set of components The mold requires a large number of processing programming programs, comprehensive cutting ability of high-deep holes and high stability, which increases the difficulty of processing.
4． The refinement of mold processing makes the complexness and efficiency of processing equipment more attractive. High-speed milling has many advantages such as the ability to process high-hard materials, stable processing, low cutting force, and small temperature rise and deformation of workpieces, which makes mold companies pay more and more attention to high-speed processing.
5． High dynamic accuracy. The static performance (such as repeated positioning accuracy and linear feed speed) introduced by the machine tool manufacturer cannot reflect the actual processing situation when the three-dimensional mold surface is processed. The high-precision machining of the three-dimensional curved surface of the mold also puts forward the requirements of high dynamic accuracy performance. High-speed and high-precision can only be realized in combination with the high rigidity, thermal stability, high reliability and high-quality control system of the machine tool.
6. The combination of processing technology and green product technology will be taken into consideration when the enterprise purchases equipment. The radiation and medium selection of electric processing machine tools will be factors affecting safety and environmental protection. EDM milling technology will be developed in the future mold processing field.
7. The composite application of multiple measurement technologies, high-speed measurement and its reverse engineering have become the development direction of promoting mold participation in product development and design technology.