The classification of molds is based on the different materials
Hardware mold, plastic mold, and its special mold.
Hardware molds are divided into: stamping molds (such as blanking molds, bending molds, drawing molds, hole turning molds, shrinkage molds, undulating molds, bulging molds, shaping molds, etc.), forging molds (such as die forging molds, upsetting molds, etc.), extrusion molds, extrusion molds, die casting molds, forging molds, etc;
Non metallic molds are divided into plastic molds and inorganic non-metallic molds. According to the different materials of the mold itself, the mold can be divided into: sand mold, metal mold, vacuum mold, paraffin mold and so on. Among them, with the rapid development of polymer plastics, plastic molds are closely related to people's life. Plastic molds can generally be divided into: injection molding molds, extrusion molding molds, gas assisted molding molds and so on.
(reprinted from Baidu Encyclopedia)