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How to choose a high quality molding supplier among many china mold factory?

Time：2019-04-26 09:27:47 / Popularity： / Source：

Many companies have developed a new product, and are preparing to open a small batch of trial production, put it into market to try market reaction before deciding whether to mass production? At this time, how to choose a right molding supplier is still very important. Since I have worked in mold field for many years. I have contacted hundreds of large and small mold manufacturer. Here is a summary of experience these years, and I will share it with you:
  • Which kind of mold manufacturer is better?
In this regard, individual feels that depending on situation, if you are single from factory scale, you will definitely choose the larger the better, because scale is big and powerful, and complete set is good! Size of scale also indirectly reflects high and low degree of choice by customers! On the other hand, the larger scale, the higher management cost, and price advantage will not be obvious. Price of a large foreign-funded mold manufacturer is simply unacceptable, even beyond our offer to customers. Whether molding supplier of your choice regards you as an important customer, that is, whether it is important to you, this is very important. In fact, looking for a supplier is like looking for an object, but also properly matched marriage. 
If your own company is not strong, purchase volume is not big, blindly choose large-scale mold manufacturer cooperation, sometimes it costs money to spend people not taking you as an important customer. At present many large mold manufacturer are not responsible for small orders or are not responsible for this mentality because you can't reach their requirements in terms of order amount or order quantity, it will give you feeling of taking a hot face to touch people's cold butt! This metaphor may not be appropriate, but it is also more relevant and realistic.
In this case, most people will choose small and medium-sized china mold factory. In fact, everyone in this industry is now doing this. After all, price of molds and products is more acceptable, and it is a good deal for customers. But soon you will find that worrying thing is coming again. Can mold be completed on time and in good quality? What is mass production of mold? What is life of mold?
At this point, it is recommended that you pay attention to basic common sense, that is, you must choose mold manufacturer with complete equipment, which is what we usually call "five complete" mold manufacturer, that is, must have matching precision CNC machining center, slow wire cutting, EDM mirror Spark machine, high-speed high-precision injection molding machine, three-dimensional, two-dimensional measuring instrument and other important equipment for mold processing, production and testing. This must be key to evaluation and final selection; because if there is no such equipment, This means that molding supplier needs to look for outward processing in mold manufacturing and production process.
There are three main adverse consequences: increase in cost of mold manufacturing and increase in cost; Second, it will take time for mold manufacturer to repeatedly communicate and coordinate transfer of workpiece during outsourcing process, which will lengthen cycle, and it is very easy to cause mold and product delays. Although relevant delay clauses will be indicated in purchase agreement or contract, once there is a delay, fines can't make up for actual and long-term losses of company, which will make purchasers feel like they are sitting on needles every day.
The most terrible is third point, entire process of outer processing of mold manufacturer can not be timely monitoring, Processing is often a roadside processing store with only one or two second-hand equipment smaller than mold manufacturer. "Standardized management, process control, quality awareness, etc." everything is a cloud! Many molds that look good at the end will be scrapped, run, and even scrapped in advance due to sloppy, barbaric operation, repeated welding, and other means and processing methods of these roadside processing shops. Some even cannot mass production at all! Therefore, I caution you not to blindly discuss low price and bad molding supplier!
  • How to effectively reduce cost of purchasing molds?
Personally, I first need to know amount of expected orders for new products to marketing staff. Is it huge? In the development review stage of new products, if order quantity is not expected to reach 500,000 or more, it is recommended not to harden mold, directly open soft molds, which is what we usually call test mold. Cost of soft molds is low, If market reacts poorly, it saves some unnecessary costs of opening hard molds; if sales market of products is opened later and demand for products increases sharply, second set of hard molds can be opened at any time during first set of mass production. It is copying of mold, which does not affect production and shipment progress of product.
Another obvious advantage is that mold manufacturer will summarize a set of design and production experience during the first mold opening process. When experience is applied to the second set of molds, there will be a lot of room for improvement. Even if you don't ask for it, mold manufacturer will undoubtedly take the initiative to do it, because they will take less detours to copy mold. On the other hand, if expected order quantity of product cant be predicted and start hard molds from beginning of product project, it will only increase your mold purchase cost by at least 1/3. In addition, mold cost needs to be taken into account in engineering design stage. For example, use of steel materials such as S136H, NAK80, etc. as core of mold and selection of fine nozzle die, etc. will increase cost of mold to varying degrees. Except where product requirements are high or customer specifies which materials are required to be used.
  • Finally, in order to choose right molding supplier, we must pay attention to following points:
a. Do not blindly believe in low purchase prices. As saying goes: you get what you pay for. Low price is often hidden behind some traps that are not known to us, or shoddy, or cut corners, you must know that any molding supplier has to pay rent, pay for water and electricity, raise workers and make profits?
b. I would like to find a well-equipped mold manufacturer, preferably a medium-sized and above mold manufacturer. I once had a lesson in this year when I was making purchases, because of price. I chose a small china mold factory. There are only a few dozen people in whole mold department. There is no CNC in whole factory. Other mechanical equipment is not complete. Only a few pieces of equipment are also old-fashioned equipment. Later result is that mold was opened by them, but tinkering was not able to mass-produce at the end. My engineering colleague from engineering department went through a lot of hard work and returned to nothing. Also because of development of this china mold factory and deducted all performance bonuses of one month, it is really an unbearable look!
c. Finally, it is recommended that you select molding supplier to integrate situation and characteristics of respective factories. After an objective evaluation of needs of various departments of company in terms of positioning of molds and products, and then make reasonable choices, it may achieve satisfactory results!
  • Gud Mould Industry Limited - china mold factory of plastic injection molding and die casting mould
Gud Mould Industry Co., Ltd. is a professional china mold factory of plastic injection molding and die-casting mould. Founded in 2007, Gud Mould Industry Co., Ltd. covers an area of 7000 square meters and has more than 100 experienced staffs, of which more than 30 with 10 years of experience in plastic engineering and die-casting.
At present, Gud Mould has a large number of international advanced CNC machining centers, EDM, WEDM, milling machines, tool grinders and other precision die and mould processing equipment; imported spectrometers, metallographic analyzers, water capacity detectors, coordinate detectors, gauges and other international advanced detection equipment and instruments.
Facility QTY Brand
CNC 5  
EDM 5 TopEDM/DMT
Miller Machine 4 QUSUDA
Ginder Machine 4 Tongzhun
Projector 1 Shinrein
CMM 1 Renishaw
Injection Machine 5 JSW
High procession mirror EDM machine 2 SODICK
High speed CNC machine 1 MAKINO
High speed CNC for making electrode 1 FANUC
TBD
Gud Mould's molding design and production all realize computerization, apply International advanced AutoCAD, Pro/E, UG, Cimatron, MASTERCAM, etc. File of IGS, DXF, STP, PORASLD and so on are acceptable here. After receiving drawings and data from customers, engineers of Gud Mould design and program first. Manufacture, produce and inspect them strictly according to drawings of mould engineering. All manufacturing processes realize digitalization of drawings, so as to ensure stability of high precision and high quality of dies. All materials of die are made of high quality steel and precision standard die base, which ensures service performance and life of molding. In line with principle of customer first, we provide the best quality, delivery date, quality service and reasonable price, absolutely guarantee interests of customers, and provide confidentiality commitment to all technical information of customers.
We sincerely welcome you to visit our company and expand your business!
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