The metal mold manufacturing industry occupies a special position in the product manufacturing system. The International Model Association Secretary-General Luo Baihui pointed out that during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, the overall goal of the development of intelligent mold manufacturing equipment for strategic emerging industries in China is to develop intelligent molds to drive efficiency. The overall level of precision and high-performance molds has been increased to meet the requirements of "smart manufacturing" to drive the overall level of service for strategic emerging industries, so that the level of intelligent molds has been greatly improved, and will become the mold industry in China by 2020. Stepping into a strong mold country in the world lays a solid foundation.

Its specific goals are:

First, the level of high-efficiency, precision, and high-performance molds that are mainly represented by intelligent molds, the medium and long-term goal is to reach the international advanced level, and at the end of the “Twelfth Five-year Plan”, the first level of intelligent molds should basically meet the requirements of intelligent manufacturing. Required.

Secondly, the percentage of high-efficiency, precision, and high-performance molds represented by intelligent molds accounted for about 35% of the total molds, reaching over 40% at the end of the “Twelfth Five-year Plan” period, and then reaching more than 50%. Long-term goals.

Third, continuously shorten the production cycle of the mold and improve the service life and stability of the mold. Firstly, the production cycle at the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period is shortened by 20% to 30%, and the service life is 20% to 30% higher than that at present. Refinement to improve reliability and stability. Fourth, we must continuously improve the level of digitization and informationization. At the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, enterprises that manufacture highly efficient, precise, high-performance molds are basically integrated into CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM, and more than 40% of companies basically implement information management. Fifth, automatic tooling production is an important development direction. At present, it is still in the experimental practice stage. By the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, more than five mold companies will be able to achieve automatic mold production and intelligent networked manufacturing technology and management in molds. There have been major breakthroughs.

In the past 10 years, China's mold industry has maintained a rapid development trend. In the future, the domestic mold products will develop toward more precise and complex, larger mold dimensions and shorter manufacturing cycle. The mold manufacturing technology will better reflect informationization, digitization, refinement, high speed, and automation.