The challenges brought by the global market
Changzhou Huawei Yak Mold Co., Ltd. ("Huawei Yak") is a precision, large-scale injection mold enterprise specializing in the design and manufacturing of various household appliances and automobiles. The company currently has 723 employees with an annual output value exceeding 300 million yuan. As ChinamoreOne of the major injection mold manufacturers, the company is committed to providing high-quality and competitive products to domestic and foreign customers in a shorter period of time. Its long-term goal is to become a customer supplier and permanent partner.

Over the course of more than a decade, Warwick Yak has built a team consisting of outstanding professional designers and experienced mold makers. In addition, through continuous technological innovation, the company has acquired multiple machines worldwidemoreAdvanced mold manufacturing equipment enables the provision of high, precise, and sharp molds. At present, the company's annual production capacity of molds is 600 sets.

In 2005, Warwick became a global leadermoreA member of ARRK Group, a large mold manufacturer. Through cooperation with ARRK Group, Warwick has mastered advanced management concepts and more mold manufacturing technologies, and has also expanded its overseas customer base.

When dealing with foreign clients at the beginning, Warwick Yak learned that the technical requirements of these companies were vastly different from those of domestic companies. Foreign customers have very strict requirements for manufacturing quality, mold appearance, and delivery time. In addition, they also require the use of foreign standard parts, and the physical mold must be consistent with the three-dimensional digital representation. Each item of the mold has detailed acceptance technical requirements. If the contract terms are violated, a high fine will be imposed.

Analyze and identify the limitations of old processes
Despite these challenges, when faced with the opportunity to manufacture molds for one of the world's leading automotive parts manufacturers, Faurecia, Warwick did not hesitate to take bold action, even if it meant meeting stricter mold manufacturing standards.

Despite these challenges, when faced with the opportunity to manufacture molds for one of the world's leading automotive parts manufacturers, Faurecia, Warwick did not hesitate to take bold action, even if it meant meeting stricter mold manufacturing standards.

The company's research analysis also shows that the current design software and process are insufficient to meet new challenges. In addition, the professional knowledge and software application level of the company's mold designers also vary greatly. For example, even if designing parts with the same functionality, designers will create parts of different sizes and shapes based on their own design style. The company's design application software is quite diverse and lacks a unified platform. Moreover, due to the temporal nature of the design process and the need to convert data at various stages, the design cycle becomes too long and quality accidents are prone to occur.

Complete solution, standard process
After multiple evaluations and comparisons, Huawei Yark purchased NX through Siemens PLM Software's platinum agent in Nanjing, Nanjing Zhixiang Technology Co., Ltd ™ Software, replacing previous programs. Huawei Yark's project manager Zhou Xiaowei said, "Siemens PLM Software's NX software provides a complete mold design solution. And Siemens PLM Software's partner, Zhixiang Technology, provided us with comprehensive training and after-sales support, helping us improve the skills of our designers and enhance internal collaboration. ”

Warwick Yak has created a customized standardized design process using NX's open interface, programming tools, and parts library. Thanks to NX, our mold design process has now been simplified, automated, and highly accurate, "said Zhou Xiaowei. ”

Due to the fact that the entire process from design to simulation and manufacturing only uses NX data format, data conversion is no longer required and errors will not occur. In addition, the high-quality features in NX, such as direct modeling and simulation, accelerate the speed of mold design and facilitate faster data exchange with the outside world.

Compared with the original design process, the NX based standard method has made significant improvements, fully realizing 3D design and enabling rapid generation of 2D drawings at the end of the design cycle. Zhou Xiaowei said, "Like a high-powered car, NX is a 3D design software with ultra-high performance. ”Moreover, NX can automatically create accurate material lists and support high-quality mold manufacturing methods such as high-end electric pulse, CNC milling, wire cutting, deep hole drilling, and electrical discharge machining (EDM).

Reduced errors and improved quality
Since implementing the new mold design process based on NX, Warwick not only reduced the design error rate by 80%, but also shortened the cycle time. For example, the design cycle for a medium-sized car mold has been reduced by 3 to 5 days. In addition, the development of annotation tools has enabled automatic list annotation of the waterway and hole positions on the mold, reducing the workload of generating 2D drawings by 50%.

In short, since adopting NX, Warwick Yak has improved mold quality, shortened development cycles, and is able to provide quality that meets the requirements of international customers such as Faurecia, while achieving strict delivery targets. We have completed the Faurecia project according to the required high-quality specifications and delivered the molds to the customers on time, "said Zhou Xiaowei

Warwick sees the collaboration with Siemens PLM Software and Zhixiang Technology as an important way to enhance competitiveness. We will continue to use NX to further improve productivity and shorten lead times, while reducing development costs, "said Zhou Xiaowei