The mold is called "; Mother of Industry "; In strategic industries such as automobile manufacturing, electronic information, and high-end equipment, molds are an efficient production process equipment. 60% -80% of precision components rely on mold forming, which can achieve high-speed mass production and ensure stable product quality in large-scale production. Molds include stamping molds, injection molds, die-casting molds, forging molds, and other types. Stamping molds play an important role in the mold manufacturing industry, accounting for over 40%, especially in the automotive industry. According to relevant statistics, more than 95% of the components in automotive production need to be formed by molds. An ordinary sedan requires approximately 1000 to 1500 sets of stamping molds for the production of body parts, chassis parts, and interior parts.

Under the background of electrification and intelligence industries, the "brain" of automobiles also follows Moore's Law of evolution, shifting from "fixed mechanical products" to "evolving electronic mechanical complexes". Car companies have to frequently launch new models in order to seize the market, and short-term research and development of vehicle models has entered a normalized mode. At the same time, electrification simplifies the power system and chassis system, and the body, especially the exterior panels, becomes the core carrier for conveying the brand concept and product differentiation positioning of car companies. The body and tooling molds become the "bottleneck" links in the short cycle development of the entire vehicle.

4、 The transformation brought by AI design of automotive molds to the industry

1. AI mold design, solving technical problems that rely on industry experience

Through breakthroughs in core technologies such as building a knowledge database, constructing industry AI models, and intelligent design algorithms, we aim to develop a new generation of professional intelligent design systems based on data and knowledge driven approaches for the mold industry. This system achieves the intelligence of stamping processes and mold structure design processes, freeing us from the industry's common reliance on experience.

2.Accelerate the cultivation of mold professionals and reduce the risk of a talent gap in the industry design

By adopting an intelligent design system, the difficulty of mold design is reduced, and the design operation process is more convenient to understand the structure of the mold. Previously, it took at least 2-3 years to cultivate a basic qualified mold design engineer. Through the use of an intelligent design system, engineers can start designing complex mold structures after 1-2 months of learning.

3. Greatly reduce the operational intensity of mold design software and liberate engineers

Designing a set of molds includes hundreds of components, and engineers need to complete over 400000 CAD software operations. Engineers who have been engaged in mold design work for a long time are prone to shoulder periarthritis and cervical spondylosis, and mold companies are often troubled by personnel turnover. A large amount of CAD modeling operations in intelligent design systems are automatically completed by the system. Engineers only need to select design goals and fill in specification parameters, eliminating the modeling process of points, lines, surfaces, and bodies that is usually done in 3D CAD design. Even non-standard structures can be automatically completed by the system, greatly reducing the workload of design engineers and making design easier.

4. Intelligent mold design system improves the quality and efficiency of mold development process

The design process of molds is extremely critical because they are developed and produced as a single piece. Taking automotive mold development as an example, mold design includes two stages: process design and structural design. Normally, these two stages should be sequential, and structural design can only be carried out after the process design is completed. Moreover, each stage must be reviewed and approved by the mold developer and the automotive OEM. Due to the long mold design cycle, in order to shorten the entire development cycle, the industry generally starts the structural design early before the final review and approval of the process design. Once the process is changed, it will cause corresponding modifications to the mold structure design, resulting in a large amount of wasted design work. According to incomplete statistics, the ineffective waste work caused by mold changes reaches 30% -40%. This not only increases the development cost of molds, but also dampens the enthusiasm of structural design engineers.

The current intensification of electrification and intelligence has intensified competition in the automotive industry. As a high-end smart new energy brand created by Dongfeng Motor, Dongfeng Lantu has extremely high technological sensitivity and is accelerating its intelligent layout in all fields such as research and development, manufacturing, products, and talent. Dajie Intelligent has gained high recognition from the customer for its independently developed platform based intelligent design technology and team's professional foundation in the field of vehicle body research and development for more than 20 years. Its technical capabilities in intelligent design core algorithms, software development, and other aspects have made it a partner in the field of equipment intelligent design. It has joined forces with major mold leading enterprises to carry out in-depth cooperation in the intelligent design of vehicle body equipment.

Dongfeng Lantu fully leverages the platform and ecological advantages of its host factory, fully opens up mold design and development scenarios, and transforms the Know How accumulated from years of actual automotive equipment development into design standards, providing application soil for the landing of intelligent design technology. As the owner of the industrial chain, I lead the application practice of intelligent design with partners within the supply chain, drive rapid iteration of the system, promote the rapid landing of AI technology in the industry, and leverage its technological leadership in the industry.

By building a multi-party collaborative innovation system, we can achieve complementary advantages in platform, research and development, and application, forming an organic cycle from standard setting, technology research and development, practical application, and system optimization. Breaking the dilemma of "increasingly unstable data, higher requirements, and shorter cycles" in the industry, we are working together to promote industrial technological innovation and achieve sustained improvement in the core competitiveness of all parties.

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Editor: Zhang Shaoyou

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