Opportunities and Challenges for Mold Companies to Build 3D Printing Centers

With the continuous progress and wide application of 3D printing technology, it has become a trend for enterprises to build their own 3D printing centers. This initiative not only brings unprecedented opportunities for mold enterprises, but also accompanied by a series of challenges.
Opportunities, 3D printing technology for mold enterprises injected new innovative vitality. It can help enterprises achieve rapid iteration and optimization of product design, quickly transform ideas into physical models, and significantly shorten the time to market. In addition, 3D printing technology with its high degree of customization capabilities to meet the market's urgent need for personalized molds, for enterprises to win a competitive advantage, enterprises can flexibly adjust the production scale and plan to respond to market changes. At the same time, compared with traditional manufacturing methods, 3D printing in cost control also shows great potential, high material utilization, low dependence on first-line skilled workers, green and intelligent are not traditional manufacturing.
However, the challenges should not be ignored. Technical maturity is the primary problem of self-built 3D printing center, including quality control in the printing process, material selection and post-processing, etc. need to have a deep accumulation of technology. In addition, the investment in equipment and ongoing maintenance costs, enterprises must accurately assess their own financial strength and production needs, a reasonable allocation of resources. More critically, the professionalism and complexity of 3D printing technology puts forward high requirements for 3D printing talent, companies need to change the manufacturing mindset from subtractive manufacturing to build a high-quality additive manufacturing technology team to support the efficient operation of the 3D printing center.
In summary, the mold enterprise self-built 3D printing center is a strategic decision full of opportunities and challenges. Enterprises should be based on their own actual situation and market environment, to develop a scientific and reasonable strategic planning, to ensure that 3D printing technology can bring sustained value growth and competitive advantage for the enterprise. We have launched the overall solution of 3D printing for molds and dies, according to the situation of enterprises and the characteristics of products, one-stop, all-round, worry-free to help enterprises to build and operate 3D printing centers, handing over the “key” of 3D printing to customers, and completing the transformation and upgrading of enterprises efficiently during the change of the industry.