Text/Chen Renyi
Now the global automotive industry is pursuing the high-level pursuit of strong, light, environmentally friendly, and technological characteristics as the primary production goal, and the relevant automotive parts manufacturers are also in the same time to achieve high quality, high efficiency, cost reduction and other production management goals, the innovation of manufacturing technology and production equipment are becoming more and more sophisticated, especially, in addition to metal sheet metal parts, many automotive parts have gradually adopted composite materials combined with rubber, plastic, iron, aluminum and other materials, the material quality and precision are higher and more upgraded, the mold technology is constantly surpassing, the mold precision is getting higher and higher, so that the parts that may have required multiple molds in the past can now be completed with only one mold, the process is simplified, the production efficiency is greatly improved, and the quality is superior.
Xiao Wenlong, president of FORWELL Technology Group, a leading manufacturer of intelligent rapid mold change system equipment on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, said that in order to make automobile and motorcycle maintenance easier and parts replacement simpler, many components are now produced in a modular manner. In order to achieve the goal of increasing production capacity and improving quality, it is an inevitable trend to seek to introduce or improve automated production lines to gradually complete "intelligent production". In order to respond to the "small quantity and variety" production model required by rapid product changes, the utilization rate and mold change frequency of molds are getting higher and higher. Having efficient mold change operations and mold management has become an important part of improving production efficiency and intelligent production processes, and is also an important key to successfully moving towards "smart manufacturing".
Xiao Wenlong also said that the global automotive and motorcycle parts and automotive electronics, 3C and other mass production industries have now introduced a large number of "Industry 4.0" concept smart manufacturing systems. This move can indeed achieve the purpose of leveraging economies of scale, and the production efficiency and quality stability shown are also more significant. However, in addition to the need to improve and upgrade production equipment, it has become a necessary production condition to respond to product diversification and high-quality requirements through the production model of molds and achieve the purpose of increasing production capacity at the same time.
He also pointed out that in order to meet the needs of efficient and safe mold change operations in the intelligent production process, the introduction of intelligent rapid mold change systems is a necessary means. For example, the exchange table system used in the mold change operation of large molds for the production of automotive sheet metal parts is an automated mold change equipment for the clamping system in the intelligent rapid mold change system. Automotive electronics and 3C products mostly use small molds for mass production, and mainly use general-purpose intelligent rapid mold change systems for mold change operations.
Forwell's first "intelligent mold management system" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait covers three major systems, including the mass-produced "mold conveying system" (automatic mold changing trolley system), "mold automatic storage system" and "mold maintenance system" that can be used for maintenance operations before the mold is automatically stored. This "intelligent mold management system" can effectively assist metal forming and injection molding companies to establish a fast, efficient, safe, easy and systematic one-stop "intelligent" management system for molds through professional planning.
Facing the development trend of the automotive industry and responding to the production model of customized mass production of small quantities and diversified automotive parts, Forwell is now gradually increasing the production of customized equipment that caters to international trends such as smart manufacturing, AI intelligence and ESG environmental sustainability goals to meet market changes and needs. At the same time, in order to meet the production trend of efficient customized processes, it will help companies integrate production line processes to re-plan and build a "one-stop production line process" to achieve the goal of integrated molding intelligent production.
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