Sharing an article with everyone about continuous mold manufacturing design is mainly about connecting stamped products to the strip, and sending semi-finished products to various engineering stations for stamping through equidistant feeding. There are many ways to connect stamped products to the strip, and continuous mold manufacturers introduce that the connection method also needs to be determined based on the characteristics of stamped products and stamping direction. Continuous mold manufacturing mainly involves conveying semi-finished products with additional materials, so the material utilization rate of continuous molds may be lower than that of engineering molds, but the production efficiency is much higher than that of engineering molds.
1. Stamped products detach from the strip and drop directly: the finished product is directly punched down at the end of the stamping die, and the stamped product is separated from the strip. This type of stamping product is directly stamped, and vibration grinding and cleaning are semi-finished products. This design is widely used in motor terminals, hardware parts, LCD parts, hard drive components, and other similar applications.
2. Stamped products are still attached to the material belt: Stamped products are connected to the material belt and leave the mold together. Stamped products are connected to the material belt, and there is a receiving machine behind the stamping mold to collect the stamped products connected to the material belt using a fixture. This type of stamped product generally requires post-processing such as electroplating, threading, etc., so it needs to be connected to the strip for other processes. This approach is mostly applied to terminal products.
3. Stamped products are attached to the strip, but can be peeled off directly by hand: Stamped products are connected to the strip and leave the mold, while stamped products are connected to the strip. The difference from terminals is that they can be peeled off by hand. This type of product also needs to undergo post-processing treatments such as electroplating, so it is necessary to connect the stamped product to the strip. During assembly, only the stamped product needs to be manually peeled off from the strip or other fixtures, simple molds, etc. After being assembled with the plastic part, it is peeled off to form a semi-finished product. This method is generally used for materials such as shrapnel, USB connectors, and connector shells.