The main component of automobile die is panel die. This kind of die is mainly cold stamping die. In a broad sense, "automobile mold" is the general name of the mold for manufacturing all parts of automobile. For example, stamping mold, injection mold, forging mold, casting wax mold, glass mold, etc. Mould is the main process equipment widely used in industrial production, and it is the most important means and direction of technological development. The level of industry in a country depends on the development level of mold industry to a large extent. The development level of mold industry is one of the important signs of a national industrial level.
Mold is a tool used to form articles. This tool is composed of various parts. Different molds are composed of different parts. It mainly realizes the processing of the shape of the object by changing the physical state of the formed material. Die is the basic process equipment of automobile industry, more than 90% of parts in automobile production need to rely on die forming.
In 2015, China's automobile production capacity reached 34 million, such a huge market demand will bring unlimited business opportunities for China's automobile mold industry. In order to develop the mold industry in China to an intensive way, we must strive for the business goal of "low input, high output", which requires mold enterprises to carry out reform from many aspects.
Automobile mold is the key component in the process of automobile manufacturing. Whether it is panel mold or vehicle mold, it plays a decisive role in automobile quality and quality. Automobile mold industry has the characteristics of customized production, and the manufacturing process is difficult to be standardized. The driving factor of the automotive mold industry is the change of vehicle models, including new models and improved models. The value of automobile mold is large, according to different mold classification, the value can range from tens of millions to hundreds of millions.
According to the data of forecast of production and marketing demand and analysis report on transformation and upgrading of China's automobile mold industry issued by foresight Industry Research Institute, since 2001, the global mold industry has been in a steady upward trend, with an average growth rate of more than 5%. By 2015, the global mold industry market scale has reached 115 billion US dollars. In developed countries such as the United States, Germany and Japan, the demand for automobile related molds accounts for more than 40% of the total mold demand. The global auto mold market has exceeded 44 billion US dollars.
In recent years, China's automobile manufacturing enterprises have launched hundreds of new models every year. A considerable part of these new models is the change of automobile appearance, that is, the continuous renewal of body panels, while keeping the engine and chassis basically unchanged. The update of automobile panels requires automobile molds as the basic equipment, so there is a huge demand for automobile molds.
The development of automobile mold industry is closely related to the development of downstream industry automobile industry. The steady and rapid development of downstream automobile industry will greatly promote the development of automobile mold industry. Die is a kind of consumable with large consumption. More than 90% of parts in automobile industry are formed by die, and cold working, hot working and plastic die steel are used at the same time. The average consumption of die is 0.12 tons per 10000 vehicles. In general, manufacturing an ordinary car itself requires about 1500 molds, including nearly 1000 stamping molds and more than 200 interior parts molds.
Automobile mold accounts for about 1 / 3 of the market share of the mold industry. According to the statistics of the National Bureau of statistics, the sales revenue of China's automobile mold in 2017 was 266.342 billion yuan. According to this calculation, the scale of China's automobile mold Market in 2017 reached 88.8 billion yuan. By 2023, China's automobile production will reach nearly 41.82 million, with an average annual growth rate of about 6.0%, and the demand for automobile molds will reach about 500 tons.
At present, there are about 300 automobile mould manufacturing enterprises in China, most of which are small in scale and limited in technology and equipment. In terms of the competition pattern of the domestic automobile mold market, the competition in the medium and low-grade mold market will become increasingly fierce, while in the high-end market, whether it is domestic high-grade automobile mold or export automobile mold, the number of domestic enterprises with competitive strength is still small.
In recent years, the rapid development of digital mold technology is an effective way to solve many problems in the development of automobile mold. The so-called digital mold technology is the application of computer technology or computer-aided technology in the mold design and manufacturing process.
According to the requirements of product categories and automobile manufacturers, automobile molds can be divided into three grades: low end, middle end and high end. The mould with low technology content has been oversupplied and the market profit space is narrow; The competition in the middle end mold market is becoming increasingly fierce, and the high-end mold with high technology content is far from meeting the market demand. China's imported mold is mainly high-end mold, and there is still a huge space for development in this field.
