Private Mould Development
DK Composite have a professional R&D team who can design and develop the private moulds of carbon rims, frames, spokes and other carbon composite parts for you, the only thing you need to do is to share your ideas with us, then we will handle the rest for you from drawing designs, mould developments, sample tests, mass production etc.
Following are our general carbon rim private mould development processes for your reference:
| No. | Questions | Answers |
1. | Typical Development Time (from project start to production start | After drawing confirmation, generally it takes around 15 days to make the mould, 15 days to make sample tests, 15 days to deliver the first samples. |
2. | Tooling Costs | The cost for a set of tools(include rim mould/tool) is around 5000 USD. |
| 3. | Tooling Lead Time | Generally it takes around 2-3 weeks. |
4. | Unit Cost, estimated | It depends on the order quantity and specific requirements(weight, size, appearance, etc.), the cost will range from 100-150 USD per rim. |
| 5. | Production MOQ | There is no MOQ limit from us, but for a private mould, at least 500 pcs/year potential quantity to cover the mould cost. |
| 6. | Production Lead Time | Mass production order lead time: 15-30 days(based on 50-100 pcs order quantity) |
| 7. | Warranty | 2 years for carbon rims and frames, 1 year for carbon spoke |
| 8. | Payment Terms | 70％ deposite after order confirmation, 30％ full payment before shipment |
| 9. | Factory Capacity Per Month | 2000 pcs for carbon rims, 5000 pcs for carbon spokes other parts |
| 10. | Capacity of Any Given Mold(number of rims per day) | 8-10 rims per day |
| 11. | What Materials Are Used | The material used for mold is P20, and main material for rim is T700, T800, M30, etc. |
