1、 Mold design and manufacturing

The innovation of planning and production skills for precision stamping molds is inadequate, and the mastery of key planning content and skills in many advanced molds, as well as skills, theories, and core skills in production processes, is not sufficient, resulting in difficulties in improving the overall level of molds. It has been in the stage of skill follow-up and pursuit, and there is still a lack of solid skills support in planning and production to reach or even exceed the international advanced level.

2、 Mold service life

Due to factors such as mold information, heat treatment, and production and installation skills, the usage time of stamping molds in China is generally lower than the international advanced level, with a distance of over 30%. Especially the increase in mold repair frequency caused by the number of mold repairs has reduced the production rate of precision Metal Stamping parts and increased the cost of mold maintenance, thereby affecting the overall market competitiveness of China's molds.

3、 Die testing and safety reliability

Trial molding is a process of theoretical experimentation, evaluation, and testing of molds after the design and production of precision stamping dies. It is a practical manifestation of mold design and production problems, as well as a comprehensive reflection of stamping mold design and production skills and the technical level of professionals. The reliability and stability of molds are the evaluation criteria for the quality of mold design and production, as well as the guarantee for the normal use of molds. Due to the lack of in-depth exploration of hidden knowledge and skills accumulation in the design and production process of multi station and multifunctional stamping molds in China, compared with world advanced mold enterprises, the trial molding, adjustment and repair time of multi station and multifunctional stamping molds in China has increased by more than 30%. Compared with the cutting-edge technology of molds that are currently being studied abroad without trial molding procedures, the distance between China's mold testing skills and the reliability and stability of molds cannot be concealed.

4、 Mold Fundamentals and Core Technologies

Precision stamping mold design is a highly practical professional skill. For a long time, China has attached great importance to the practicality of mold design and production. However, due to insufficient research on the basic theory and skills of stamping molds, the development of basic theory and skills in mold design and production has been slow. In addition, the specialized division of labor in stamping mold enterprises cannot be refined, and small but lacking, large and comprehensive mold enterprises still dominate. The central competitiveness of enterprises is difficult to form, and their own skills and innovation talents lag behind advanced foreign mold enterprises. In terms of mold materials, standard parts, and other mold related supporting equipment, there is a lack of skills, which directly affects the overall skill level of China's multi station and multi-functional stamping molds. Therefore, there are still many weak links in the basic skill support of multi station and multifunctional stamping molds.

5、 New mold technology

With the continuous emergence of new technologies and products, foreign stamping dies have shifted from conventional single pair progressive dies to multifunctional combination dies, production line matching combination die fixtures, extra large progressive dies, and micro part stamping forming dies. However, most Chinese enterprises still focus on the serialization and industrialization of single pair progressive dies in the past, and have not yet grasped the core technology of special high-precision and pointed dies such as ultra large high-precision, ultra high speed stamping, ultra-thin, ultra strong, and micro part forming stamping dies. They have not had much contact with multifunctional composite dies. Therefore, China still needs to continuously carry out core technology research on new molds, broaden their application fields, and lay a solid foundation for catching up with international advanced levels.

6、 Common facilities and components for mold matching

The commonly used components and supporting parts of multi station and multifunctional stamping molds are the basic conditions for the rapid development of molds as a whole. However, due to the low level of skills and quality of commonly used components and supporting parts such as heat treatment, materials, and standard parts in molds in China, the basic components and supporting parts of advanced molds mainly rely on imports. Therefore, China urgently needs to improve the skills and quality level of commonly used mold components and matching parts.