In recent years, 3D printing technology has suddenly become a spring breeze overnight, and has been stir fried (the standard name of this technology is "additive manufacturing"). Experts from all walks of life boast about the great power of 3D printing products, and even predict that the mold industry has come to an end ". What do you think of 3D printing technology?
First of all, we need to distinguish our roles. As insiders, why should we listen to some bullshit bricklayers boast? They don't even know what the mold is. They just talk a lot when they see that 3D printing can produce a product. The significance of industrial moulds is to achieve mass and efficient production, and greatly reduce the production of finished products. At present, 3D printing only solves the production of a few samples, and its efficiency and cost are not at the same level as mold production.
For example, for the production of bottle caps for mineral water bottles, the demand for similar products is often in the order of tens of millions, and the shared cost of product Z produced by the mold is only a few cents. You can try 3D printing. You don't even have enough electricity, not to mention labor and consumables, and the efficiency is also poor. For example, a mold is a printing factory, 3D printing is a printer in your office, and a magazine with a circulation of 100000 copies. Will you use a printer to print it?
On the contrary, 3D printing has brought innovation and vitality to the mold manufacturing industry. The trial products can be obtained and confirmed in advance through 3D printing, which reduces repeated mold changes and even mold project failures after mold opening. There is also the emergence of metal 3D printing technology, which can manufacture molds with shaped cooling channels, improving the production efficiency and product quality of molds.
In fact, 3D printing technology has been developed for many years. I don't know why Z has been so hot recently! 3D printing is a promising technology. We should treat it correctly. There is no need to exclude it, but we should not be confused by some false images
