What Is a Forming Tool?

In order to continuously reduce the weight of automobiles, more and more new requirements are required for tool manufacturing and vehicle production processes. Metal processing requires the use of new high-strength materials and innovative tooling solutions to achieve controlled, cost-effective production processes. When people seriously consider forming tools, they need to greatly increase friction, cutting force and forming processing force. This will put a lot of pressure on the conventional steel village during the forming process. It can be found from the statistics of the use of steel for cutting tools that 1.2379 steel has been mainly used in the past ten years; powder metallurgy can be used in high-quality applications, and the most commonly used is 1.3344PM. But can these two materials more economically process high-strength steel plates? The answer is complicated. The relationship between processing batch size and part geometry needs to be considered, because high-strength steels place new requirements on tool manufacturing, that is, an innovative material coating that is easy to form can extend the service life of tools. Only by constantly tuning the tools can new systems with better matching between tools, lubricants and workpiece materials be obtained. Although this system can be used in many situations, it cannot be used as a widely used problem solution. Even if the latest engine is installed in Volkswagen Golf, it will not be possible to win a Formula 1 car race, because this car will always be Volkswagen Golf and will never become a racing car, although Volkswagen Golf is undoubtedly a very good model in its class. When it comes to forming and processing of ultra-high-strength steel plates and ultra-high-strength steel plates, it seems like it is about the F1 competition in the tool manufacturing industry.