The current automotive industry is undergoing a dual transformation of “personalized customization” and “rapid iteration” – new energy vehicle companies need to complete the research and development of new central control panels within three months, modification factories need to customize exclusive enclosures for niche models, and component manufacturers need to conduct small-scale trial production to verify market demand.

However, traditional automotive parts development faces pain points such as low prototype accuracy, high mold opening costs, and long trial production cycles: if the CNC prototype process is not in place, the deviation from the final mass-produced part exceeds 0.1mm; the cost of metal mold opening exceeds 100000 yuan, and the cycle lasts for 2 months, which cannot meet the production needs of small batches (50-500 pieces). The emergence of the integrated solution of “CNC machining prototype+small batch silicone mold” for Metalstar prototype models has completely broken this dilemma, becoming an “efficient accelerator” for automotive parts development with the advantages of “high-precision prototype restoration, low-cost mold opening, and 15 day fast delivery”.

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The integrated solution of “CNC machining prototype+small batch silicone mold” solves the pain points of traditional development from the root through “precise prototype restoration, low-cost silicone mold opening, and efficient trial production connection”, providing a “high-precision, low-cost, and fast-paced” solution for automotive parts development.

Advantage 1: CNC prototype “high precision+material matching”, design verification “zero deviation”.

The CNC prototype processing of this scheme, from material selection to process control, fully meets the development needs of automotive components, ensuring the authenticity and accuracy of design verification.

  1. Material synchronization: Same origin as mass-produced parts, more reliable performance testing.
  2. Precision control: Micron level processing, more precise detail restoration.
  3. Surface treatment: synchronized mass production process, more intuitive appearance verification.

Advantage 2: Low cost and fast delivery of small batch silicone molds, significantly reducing the threshold for trial production

For small batch demand of 50-500 pieces, silicone molds have absolute advantages in cost and cycle compared to traditional metal molds, while also meeting the precision and performance requirements of automotive components.

  1. Cost only 1/5: Small batch production is the “king of cost-effectiveness”.
  2. Cycle only 7 days: Quickly respond to market demand.
  3. Wide material adaptability: meets the production of various types of components.

Choosing an integrated solution: the ‘wise choice’ for automotive parts development.