Plastic forming is a technological method that uses the plasticity of materials to process parts with little or no cutting under the external force of tools and dies. Due to the characteristics of the process itself, although it has a long history of development, it is also constantly researching and innovating, and new processes and methods emerge one after another. The basic purpose of these researches and innovations is to increase the plasticity of materials, improve the precision and performance of formed parts, reduce the deformation force, prolong the service life of dies and save energy. And "plastic forming principle" is the basic theoretical knowledge to achieve these goals; The prerequisite courses for studying this course are mainly Mechanics of Materials and Metallurgy, which are important components of the mold discipline.
Plastic forming generally refers to the forming process of metal materials, while plastic forming refers to the forming process of plastic materials.
In other words, these two industries are completely different. At present, my recommendation is that you learn plastic molding, because you have done a good job in the domestic plastic molding industry, and people who do this industry abound. Relatively speaking, the plastic forming industry is rarely contacted, and even contact plastic forming is a relatively simple plastic forming process.
Do you know about turning, milling and planing? It is some mechanical processing methods of metal forming. The speed, output and cost of mechanical processing are higher than that of die production, that is to say, the manufacturing cost and cycle of processing a single product are very long, and the quality, output, production speed and production cost of metal products manufactured by metal plasticity have a leap development.