In recent years, in order to meet the actual needs of economic construction, China's mold manufacturing level has been continuously improved by the promotion of 3D printing and other technologies, and 3D printed gear molds have become increasingly popular. Before a product is put into mass production, a model must always be made to see the effect, thereby improving the shortcomings of product design. In the past period of time, as the train of scientific and technological revolution continued to move forward, China's mold manufacturing industry has also entered the fast track of development.
Traditional mold manufacturing industry accelerates transformation driven by intelligent technology
In the traditional mold manufacturing process, molds made by mold manufacturers have their unique features in terms of durability, strength, and accuracy. Generally, the mold maker first draws the mold diagram with software such as PRO-E, and then uses the corresponding machine to produce the mold. In the actual application process, the mold is often resistant to wear and tear. Therefore, most of the molds are made of steel, alloy and other materials in the manufacturing process.
Generally speaking, good economic benefits can often be obtained by using this method for large-scale mold manufacturing, but in the process of single-piece and small-batch production, the effects achieved by traditional methods are more general. At present, this method can be used to produce traditional injection molding, die casting, rubber mold and other products.
Generally speaking, a mold needs to go through various steps such as idea design, material selection and so on. When a new product launched by a mold manufacturer is listed, it must pass strict international standards and system certification. Certification of multiple components will take a long time, which is not conducive to the early listing of new products.
In this case, 3D printing provides moldmakers with a whole new set of solutions. As far as mold manufacturing is concerned, the use of 3D printers can make mold manufacturing more accurate, better, and faster. Today, the traditional mold manufacturing industry in various countries in the world has been impacted by 3D printing technology to a certain extent. In some areas, 3D printing has even begun to subvert the traditional mold manufacturing technology and form a competitive relationship with it.
3D printed gear molds become the focus of breakthroughs in the entire industry
Currently, under the influence of 3D printing technology, many changes have occurred in the traditional mold manufacturing industry. Among them, driven by 3D printing technology, the gear mold manufacturing industry is carrying out a new round of industrial revolution at an unprecedented speed. With the technical advantages of 3D printing, the gear mold manufacturing industry has also entered a new stage of development.
By using professional equipment such as 3D printers, mold manufacturers can carefully choose a more suitable printing solution according to the actual needs of users. For gear parts with different sizes, there are also large differences in the way 3D printing is used to manufacture gear parts, and the printing effects are not exactly the same.
Specifically, for gear parts that are smaller in size but more complex in structure, the mold maker can add the component parts of the gear part by bit to complete the physical printing. For large but relatively simple gear parts, 3D printing can easily realize the entire manufacturing process.
After using 3D printing technology, the final printing effect of the gear model will be affected by multiple factors such as the accuracy of the gear model diagram, the accuracy of the 3D printer, and the quality of the materials. Compared with the traditional gear manufacturing method, the effect of 3D printing a single gear model is better, so its practical application range is wider.
In fact, people in the industry have been arguing about whether 3D printed mold manufacturing methods and traditional mold manufacturing methods are better or worse. As far as the current stage is concerned, although 3D printing technology has advantages in terms of production cycle, product effects, product accuracy, etc., the way of making molds such as gears by virtue of its technical advantages has not been widely adopted in countries around the world.