Steel Texture Vehicle Lamp Mould | For Smooth & Consistent Automotive Lighting

Product Specifications

Steel Texture Vehicle Lamp Mould: The Foundation of Consistent Lighting

Core Service/Product Parameters Comparison

Key Advantages: Smooth Lighting & Reliable Performance

1. Steel Durability: Stable Texture for Long Production Runs

• High Hardness & Wear Resistance: S136/H13 steel undergoes heat treatment to 50–55 HRC, resisting wear from abrasive resins (e.g., glass-reinforced PC) and maintaining texture integrity over ≥500,000 cycles. This eliminates "texture degradation" (common in aluminum molds) that causes uneven lighting in late-batch lamps.
• Corrosion Resistance: S136 steel’s chromium content (13–17%) prevents rust or pitting from resin additives or cleaning agents, ensuring the mold’s texture stays smooth—critical for transparent PC/PMMA lenses (even minor corrosion causes light scattering).
• Thermal Stability: Steel’s low thermal expansion coefficient (11.5×10⁻⁶/℃ for S136) ensures core-cavity alignment ≤0.002mm during high-temperature injection (280–320℃ for PC), avoiding part warpage that disrupts light distribution.

2. Precision Texture: Enabling Smooth & Consistent Lighting

• Uniform Texture Replication: Using laser engraving or chemical etching, we create micro-patterns (10–50μm) with 99.8% replication accuracy—ensuring every injected lamp part has identical texture. For example, taillight diffusers with uniform 15μm texture dots produce even red light (no "bright spots" or "dark edges") that meets ECE R112 signaling standards.
• Smooth Surface Finish: Ra ≤0.01μm polished steel texture eliminates micro-imperfections (scratches, burrs) that cause light scattering. For headlight lenses, this ensures clear light transmission (≥90% for PC) and reduces glare for oncoming drivers.
• Custom Texture for Lighting Needs: Tailor texture to lamp function:
  • Headlight Reflectors: Mirror-like steel texture (Ra ≤0.008μm) for high reflectivity (≥95%), focusing LED light into a sharp beam.
  • Taillight Diffusers: Semi-matte micro-texture (Ra 0.005–0.01μm) for soft, uniform light diffusion.
  • Fog Lights: Anti-glare texture (20μm depth) to reduce light scatter in low-visibility conditions.

3. Compatibility & Consistency for Automotive Production

• Resin Adaptability: Optimized for automotive lamp resins:
  • PC: Steel molds’ heat resistance (H13 steel withstands 320℃) prevents resin degradation, maintaining clarity.
  • PMMA: S136 steel’s corrosion resistance avoids chemical reaction with PMMA, ensuring smooth lens surfaces.
• Batch-to-Batch Consistency: Steel molds’ dimensional stability (±0.005mm tolerance) reduces part variation to ≤0.1%—critical for automakers requiring 10,000+ identical lamps per model year.
• Reduced Scrap Rate: Precision texture and steel durability cut scrap rates to ≤0.3%, lowering production costs for high-volume orders.

Application Scenarios by Vehicle Lamp Type

Our Service Process for Steel Texture Vehicle Lamp Moulds

1. Lighting & Design Collaboration: Work with your team to define lamp optical requirements (beam pattern, diffusion, reflectivity) and texture specifications. Provide DFM analysis to optimize mold geometry (e.g., adjusting texture depth for taillight diffusion).
2. Mold Material & Texture Selection: Recommend steel grade (S136/H13/NAK80) based on lamp type and production volume; finalize texture type (laser/chemical etching) via 3D texture simulation.
3. Prototype Mold & Testing: Manufacture 1-cavity prototype mold in 12–15 days; conduct test injections with PC/PMMA resin. Validate texture replication, dimensional accuracy, and lighting performance (via optical testing equipment).
4. Batch Mold Production: After prototype approval, produce multi-cavity molds (2–8 cavities) for mass production. Conduct 100% mold inspection (3D confocal scanning, CMM) to ensure texture and tolerance compliance.
5. Post-Delivery Support: Provide mold maintenance guidelines (cleaning, texture touch-up) and 1-year warranty for mold defects. Offer process tuning for resin parameters to maintain lighting consistency.

Quality Assurance

• Optical Testing: Use goniophotometers to measure light distribution, spectrophotometers for color consistency, and haze meters to verify lens clarity (≤2% haze for PC parts).
• Mold Inspection: Employ Zeiss CMM (±0.0005mm accuracy) for dimensional checks and 3D confocal scanners (resolution 0.1μm) to validate texture depth and uniformity.