With the continuous innovation of products, market competition is also intensifying, requiring mold manufacturing companies to be able to produce larger, more precise and complex mold products, while requiring more economical and fast, and the mold manufacturing cycle is constantly shortened. In this case, mold manufacturing technology needs to be continuously improved to meet the requirements of informatization, digitization, refinement, high speed and automation, and to complete flexible and agile manufacturing with rapid prototyping technology and reverse engineering technology, and form a closed loop of enterprise manufacturing information with digital flow.
In order to better meet the requirements of the mold industry, the current measurement system technology and application are also constantly innovating, and the main content is reflected in the continuous introduction of high-precision, high-efficiency and multi-functional measurement systems; the on-machine measurement system effectively solves the tedious and lengthy mold repair work and a certain scrap rate in the mold processing process, and the real-time detection under the positioning state of the machine tool processing enables people to respond immediately according to the measurement results, saving a lot of follow-up work outside the mold moving machine tool, so that the mold has an extraordinary product qualification rate and low cost and short construction period after leaving the machine tool; at the same time, the enterprise metrology solution (EMS) based on measurement software runs through the entire process of enterprise manufacturing, providing an integrated enterprise metrology solution.
For the measurement of large-size, high-precision molds (especially large automotive cover molds), the high-precision Atlas gantry measuring machine is an ideal solution. This type of product has a very stable gantry frame structure, which provides the system with ultra-high precision of large sizes. It can also be equipped with various trigger and scanning probes to complete the rapid automatic contact and non-contact digital measurement tasks of complex shapes.
To accelerate the mold manufacturing process, Xi'an Edward Measurement Equipment Co., Ltd. has the ability to meet the mold industry dimensional metrology and reverse engineering applications. From casting measurement to optimize processing paths, to three-dimensional dimension verification of molds, as well as panel trial production and mold replication, it can be widely supported. By providing detailed descriptions of the actual mold surface, mold manufacturing companies can reduce quality problems and achieve rapid delivery of molds. At the same time, this powerful measurement system supports mold trial. Using data from the actual mold provided by the measurement system to analyze the molded panels after the trial, it is possible to point out the crux of the problem and give the correct solution, reducing the time for repeated trials. In addition, engineers can communicate and analyze the results with downstream customers based on this.
The mold repair work during mold processing is a very tedious and lengthy work in the traditional mold processing industry. However, by using on-machine measurement, we can directly measure the three-dimensional dimensions such as positioning surfaces and curved curve features on the machine tool without the workpiece leaving the machine tool, and make a quick and timely response based on the test results. Even during its fine processing, we can directly perform auxiliary processing based on the test results. In this way, on-machine measurement can effectively improve the efficiency and effect of mold repair work, while improving product quality, shortening product delivery cycle, and increasing product qualification rate, effectively saving mold production costs. At present, on-machine measurement has become an effective process control method for the international mold industry to gain competitiveness.
For the regular inspection and active maintenance of some fixed equipment (such as supports, fixtures, and assembly tools) manufactured on the production line in many cases in the mold industry, the measurement system also provides a fast on-site measurement method. Through the dimensional information and analysis data of these fixtures provided by the measurement system, manufacturers can ensure the quality of this special support and inspection fixture, reduce the maintenance time of the equipment, and reduce the probability of production suspension due to various uncertain factors.
