Die casting mold and method for using and maintaining a die casting mold

A die casting mold, comprising:

• a mold frame, with at least two mold inserts and with at least one slider, wherein the mold frame comprises a frame pocket for arranging the at least two mold inserts and the at least one slider, wherein the at least two mold inserts delimit a cavity with an undercut corresponding to the at least one slider, wherein the mold frame comprises a first and a second mold frame halves disposed on opposite sides of a parting plane,
• wherein at least one of the first and the second mold frame halves is formed by a plurality of mold frame parts connected to one another in a form-fitting manner, wherein one of the plurality of mold frame parts has a locking surface, which, as viewed along a locking axis, is effective as a slider lock against a displacement of the at least one slider directed outwardly as viewed from the cavity,
• wherein the plurality of mold frame parts are layered, wherein a first mold frame layer is plate-shaped and provides a bottom portion of a boundary of the frame pocket spaced from the parting plane, and wherein a second mold frame layer is annular, the locking surface being disposed on the second mold frame layer,
• wherein the second mold frame layer comprises a ring shaped inner surface facing the cavity, and
• wherein the ring shaped inner surface comprises the locking surface.