The automatic line series molds help the automotive stamping process move towards high-speed automation.

As the automotive manufacturing industry rapidly advances towards intelligence and high efficiency, the automation rate of stamping production lines has become an important indicator for evaluating a company's manufacturing capabilities. Recently, SIKAIDA has showcased the latest iteration of its automatic line series of molds. This series of molds is specifically designed for high-speed automated stamping production lines. With its high stability, rapid mold changeover, and long lifespan, it has successfully been applied to the production of body panels for several mainstream automotive brands.

Adapt to the trend and deeply focus on automation adaptation

In traditional stamping production, the compatibility between molds and the automation line body is often a bottleneck restricting production efficiency. The technical team of SIKAIDA conducted in-depth research on multi-brand robot pickers, automated cleaning and painting equipment, and end-of-line quality inspection systems, and introduced the "mold, line, machine integration" design concept at the initial stage of developing the automatic line series molds.

This series of molds possess the following core advantages:

High-precision material guiding and positioning: For the high-speed production line with a maximum cycle time of over 12 times per minute, the design of the guiding plate and floating guide blocks has been optimized to ensure the accuracy of material entry into the mold during high-speed transmission, eliminating jamming and deviation.

Automatic waste sliding design: Through CAE motion simulation, the trajectory of the waste cutting tool is simulated to ensure that the trimming waste does not roll or accumulate during high-speed stamping, and 100% smoothly slides out of the mold cavity, reducing the need for manual intervention to stop the machine.

Intelligent monitoring interface reserved: Sensors are installed in reserved holes inside the mold, and wiring channels are provided. It can be compatible with intelligent monitoring systems such as foreign object detection inside the mold and part positioning detection, enabling unmanned and safe stamping.

Quick mold change system adaptation: Standardize the mold clamping height and top rod hole layout for the entire series of molds, combined with pneumatic or hydraulic quick clamps, enabling OEMs to achieve "one-click mold change", reducing the traditional hours-long mold change time to less than 10 minutes.

Diversified applications, covering key components

At present, the automatic line molds series of SIKAIDA has covered large covering parts such as door inner and outer panels, side panels, engine hood inner and outer panels, etc., as well as complex parts such as chassis structural components.

Take the automatic door mold of a certain vehicle model as an example: During the debugging process of this set of molds, the first part was produced after the first mold closure. The edges of the parts were clear, and the surface quality reached the A-level standard. After continuously pressing 5,000 parts on the customer's production line, the waste was discharged smoothly, the mold temperature was stable, and it demonstrated extremely high reliability.

Take cold stamping of high-strength steel as an example: For the current popular hot forming and application of high-strength steel, the automatic line series of molds adopt high-strength insert materials and DLC coating technology, effectively solving the problem of wear of molds by high-strength sheet materials, and increasing the mold service life to over 500,000 stamping cycles.

Customer Testimony: Facilitating Cost Reduction and Efficiency Enhancement

"The automatic line molds of SIKAIDA performed exceptionally well when matching our automated production line, requiring almost no additional on-site debugging," said the head of the stamping workshop at BYD. "This not only significantly shortened the production cycle for our new models, but also significantly reduced our overall operating costs with its stable waste discharge and very low production downtime rate."

Looking to the future

In response to the new trend in automotive manufacturing - "multiple varieties, medium batch sizes, and short production cycles", SIKAIDA is further exploring the digital management of molds. In the future, the automatic line series molds will integrate industrial Internet of Things technology to monitor the stress, temperature, and wear of the molds during the stamping process in real time. This will shift from "passive maintenance" to "active predictive maintenance".

With meticulous craftsmanship, SIKAIDA will continue to strive to provide customers with more competitive integrated solutions for automated molds, and empower the intelligent transformation of the global automotive manufacturing industry.