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Posted on March 29, 2016
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Experts from the industry speak about the trends that will help die and
mould industry to ourish in the coming years
  Die and mould industry is a key constituent of the vital capital goods
trade that is considered as the ‘Mother of the Manufacturing’. Die and
Mould Associations in India are looking forward to achieve engineering
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excellence with an aim to establish India as a global manufacturing hub.
The domestic die and mould industry is undergoing dramatic change,
with major OEMs developing and manufacturing the products locally.
There is an increase in demand especially from the commercial tool
rooms. Globalisation is making the traditionally competitive business
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even tougher. As a result, die and mould makers must rethink both their
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short-term and long-term strategies. The tooling industry as a whole in India’’
which counts die makers and mould makers as its two most prominent
groups is not just experiencing a drastic change but a complete
restructuring with far-reaching implications.
“The main role to drive die and mould industry in 2016 will be the latest
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technological trends in tooling industry along with cost-effective,  2.7K

energy ef cient and environmental friendly solutions for the dies and
mould makers. The innovation  engaged in design, manufacturing of dies
for pressing, stamping, punching and forming; injection and
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compression moulds; die casting dies; patterns and pattern

equipment’s; jigs and xtures; standard. Tooling component; CAD/CAM; INDUSTRY UPDATE
rapid prototyping; 3D printing or additive manufacturing; gauges; Curtail imports to boost local
precision machining; special machineries and related products will set manufacturing
the trend of 2016,” says Keshav Khurana, Executive Director,
Wohlhaupter India Pvt Ltd.  2.6K
1. Compete on valueAdapting to the changing times is imperative for die
and mold makers. “Tool making has undergone a cultural shift, moving
away from being considered a craft demanding high degrees of skill to
being increasingly viewed as a commodity, something that anyone can
perform with the right technological tool at hand, such as 3D parametric BRAND REPORT
solid modeling, rapid tooling and high-speed machining, etc. As a result, Toshniwal ow meters for measuring
die and mold makers can’t rely on old business models but must instead water consumption
focus on targeting niche markets and developing specialized products,
materials, processes and customer knowledge in order to survive in  2.4K
today’s market. In other words, they must try to compete on value
instead of cost,” says Sadananda Koppalkar, Head – Business
Development – EDM – Die and Mould, Makino India Pvt Ltd.
2. New generation manufacturingApart from the conventional
technologies like die sinking and wire EDMs, the new generation BRAND REPORT
manufacturing extensively uses hard machining and complex pro ling BKT’s Bhuj Plant: An epitome of tyre
on multi-axis machining centres to completely nish the die and mould making
with little need for manual nishing and correction. Supporting these
machining methods are new developments in design analysis, inspection
techniques and complex programming systems.

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3. Less time, more productivityChanging customer expectations and  2.4K

rapid model changes requires a fast turnaround in the manufacture of
dies and moulds. “Presently, production demands require the ability to
react to frequent product changes, shorter production runs, lower
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inventory levels and higher productivity.Adapting to the demands

quickly and adding value to the product with less dependency on UNCATEGORIZED
manpower is the key to move up on value chain and sustain in such A Legacy of Innovation: Lapp India
scenarios,” explains Koppalkar.
4. Produce cost competitive moulds“Many new launches in automotive
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sectors with different designs and shapes will increase demand for dies.
Health Industry people are more cautious thus Mineral water bottles,
many new segment in food industry storage, Pharmeuticals etc will
create new demand. We can see different creative toys which we have
to compete with China. Today many moulds are coming from Taiwan and
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China we should produce molds cost wise competitive and keep delivery
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commitment to get this business,” says Ramkripal Yadav, Key Account advanced tertiary treatment
Sales and Marketing, Hass Automation India Pvt Ltd. technologies
5. High-speed machiningHigh-speed machining will lead to reduce the
workload and also the costs of producing high precision surface nishes.  2.4K
The tool life is also extended, though proper care must be taken to tailor
and balance the tool and with the use of proper CAD/CAM solutions,
the risk of errors drastically goes down as it automated eventually
reducing human intervention. Late Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s 5-point
agenda for die and mould industry, which he had crafted in 2014 are as PUMPS & VALVES
follows: New Concepts in Designing Butter y
1. The industry should aspire to grow from the present ` 17000 crore Valves
sizes to over 35,000 crore by 2020. 2. Advanced product technologies
such as nano technology and robotics should be encouraged across the
spectrum. 3. Product quality should be enhanced to international

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standards with zero waste principles such as ‘Just in Time’ with  2.4K
continuous improvements on shop oor based on the idea of ‘Kaizen’.
4. The sector should aim to emerge as a net exporting industry by 2020,
by understanding and catering to international industrial needs. 5. The
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industry should forge at least 20 unique partnerships with technological

and management institutions across India to promote, design and run. INDUSTRY UPDATE
Khurana believes that the die and mould industry should follow the Controlling Pollution in Textile
agenda mentioned by Dr. Kalam that will help drive the industry to be a Industry
critical milestone for the national economic growth.n
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industry in 2016 will be the latest technological trends in tooling
industry.
Keshav Khurana, Executive Director, Wohlhaupter India Pvt Ltd

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