Reverse Engineering of Blow Molds
| Industry | Automotive Parts Manufacturer |
| Mold Type | Blow Mold |
| Work Size | Approximately 700 x 400 |
This is an example of reverse engineering a blow molding die for an automotive parts manufacturer.
A customer requested us to create an updated mold for an old mold that was made several decades ago and whose drawings had been lost.
Since neither the mold drawings nor the 2D and 3D product diagrams of the relevant item were available, we performed a 3D scan of the mold’s shape and created a 3D model. This allowed us to restore and manufacture a mold capable of forming products with the same shape.
In addition, when producing the updated mold, we received a request to change the blowing specifications of the mold, so we produced it through the following process.
①3D scan of the actual mold
② 3D modeling of product shape
③ Reflecting your requests in the mold design
④ Manufacturing an updated mold by cutting aluminum material
Molds without drawings have become molds with drawing data, and customers are now able to consider designs based on the data, such as how to handle mold maintenance and consider tuning, and we have received positive feedback from our customers.
In this way, we can not only reverse engineer old products for which there are no drawings, but also handle the subsequent part processing, so please feel free to contact us if you need help.
