Mold is the basic process equipment in industrial production, and it is also an indispensable tool for the development and realization of less cutting technology. In electronics, automobiles, motors, electrical appliances, instruments, home appliances and communications industries, 60% to 80% of the parts and components require mold processing. More molds are used in the production of light industrial products. Therefore, the mold industry has the "mother of all industries". "The reputation.

　　The level of mold technology and the level of scientific and technological content directly affects the development of industrial products. It determines the quality of products, the efficiency of enterprises, the development capability of new products, and the international competitiveness of a country's manufacturing industry to a large extent. Therefore, the level of mold technology and the level of scientific and technological content has become an important indicator to measure a country's design level and product manufacturing level. With the wide use of mold CAD/CAE/CAM technology, the level of mold technology and technological content will have a qualitative leap.

　　The market requires high-quality, low-cost products, and requires rapid response to various market demands. Plastic mold technology will inevitably develop towards specialization, standardization, integration, intelligence, virtualization and networking.

　　Plastic molds have distinct characteristics of the times, which can be summarized as four characteristics of "fast, precise, more, and high". The so-called "fast" means that the market requires shorter and shorter product update cycles, and correspondingly requires shorter molding cycles, so various fast processing methods have appeared and been promoted in large numbers. Due to the rapid development of the technological content of the products, the precision requirements for the molds are also getting higher and higher, that is, the molds are "fine". Varieties, specifications "more", "high efficiency" is the basic pursuit of the market economy, many mold manufacturers attach great importance to the production efficiency of molds.

　　In recent years, my country's plastic molds have developed rapidly. At present, the proportion of plastic molds in the entire mold industry is about 30%, and the proportion in the import and export of molds is as high as 50% to 70%. With the rapid development of China's machinery, automobiles, home appliances, electronic information building materials and other pillar industries of the national economy, this proportion will continue to increase.

　　Plastic mold technology includes many fields such as design technology, material selection, processing technology management and maintenance technology. Its development trend includes the following aspects:

　　1. Large, micro and precision plastic mold design and manufacturing technology

　　2. The degree of mold standardization will continue to improve

　　3. The integration of mold CAD/CAE/CAM technology is an inevitable trend