It is known that nowadays the development of automotive components are to be light, environmental protective and lower cost. Many compound materials except certain metal sheets like pure irons, others are treated differently, such as plastics, iron, aluminum, are made to be more endurable. With the newly updated physical features, one die set can achieve many procedures at once, rather than utilizing many dies for one workpiece. Moreover, this also make the die with better precision.

President Hsiao of Forwell shared that, the basic requirement for the automotive components are to be environmentally friendly and better lifespan. Forwell is the leading brand in both Taiwan and China in the sector of quick mold and die change system. The goal of compact, green, and durable is necessary and the selection of materials need to be recyclable. These efforts together make a car easier to be repaired and the component repair to be easier. Consequently, now the production of vehicle components is of modular production model, which exploits molds and dies in a even higher frequency. The mold/ die change plays a very important role in the modern production.

Furthermore, Mr Hsiao also said that the World now aims at the trend of Industry 4.0. Industrial sectors such as automotive, motorcycle, electrical, and other sectors that can be mass production are working towards this manufacturing model in order to generate more productivity. Besides the upgrade of manufacturing facility, the upgrade of operation of molds and dies is also crucial to improve productivity. Highly efficient mold and die change is a key to achieve smart manufacturing. This is the critical step.

President Hsiao of Forwell said that the introduction of quick die and mold change system is a must do in order to achieve smart manufacturing; such as the utilization of pallet switch system for the automotive sheet metal processing, which belongs to the clamp system regarding the QDCS mechanism. In the 3C sector, small dies are utilized to produce the end-products, and the system is more on universal smart QDCS.

The exclusive and innovative mold and die management system include three systems, including the mold and die delivery system, which is in massive production (automatic die/ mold change cart), automatic mold and die storage system, and the mold and die maintenance system, which can proceed the maintenance before the molds and dies are stored. The mold and die management system can help both metal working and plastics injection manufacturers to plan their production lines, constructing an efficient, safe, easy, and systematic smart management system.

With the encountering the development trend, Forwell will cope with the trend of high variety and low order requests by improving their own productivity in order to be flexible to the future.