Modern mold production process

So how is the mold made?

We will give a brief introduction to the modern mold production process.

1. ESI (Early Supplier Involvement): This stage mainly involves technical discussions between customers and suppliers regarding product design and mold development. The main purpose is to enable suppliers to clearly understand the design intentions and precision requirements of product designers, as well as to better understand the mold production capabilities and product process performance, in order to make more reasonable designs.

2. Quotation: including the price of the mold, the lifespan of the mold, the turnover process, the required tonnage of the machine, and the delivery time of the mold. (A more detailed quotation should include information such as product size and weight, mold size and weight, etc.)

3. Purchase Order: The issuance of customer orders, deposits, and acceptance of supplier orders.

4. Production Planning and Scheduling Arrangement for Mold Production: This stage requires a response to the customer regarding the specific delivery date of the mold.

5. Mold Design: Possible design software used include Pro/Engineer, UG, Solidworks, AutoCAD, CATIA, etc

6. Procurement of materials

7. Machining: The processes involved generally include turning, milling, heat treatment, grinding, CNC machining, EDM, WEDM, JIGGRINGING, laser engraving, polishing, etc.

8. Mold Assembly

9. Mold Trial Run

10. Sample Evaluation Report (SER)

11. Sample Evaluation Report Approval (SER Approval)