Machine has a “Machine Tools” reputation. It provides equipment for the national economic sectors, the level of a country’s machinery manufacturing industry is an important sign. In recent years, “Machine Tools” have been double-digit growth.Output value of 26.0 billion last year, production ranks fourth in the world.However, China’s machine tool consumption is over 5.9 billion U.S. dollars (about 48.8 billion yuan), the first rank “in the world.”

Output level of 26.0 billion, consumption exceeded 220 million, the difference is only natural to be imported. According to customs statistics, last year China imported machine tools metal cutting machine tools and forging equipment approximately 31.5 billion U.S. dollars, but also a “world first”! Last year the industry exported only import 1/10–3.1 billion. Status of China’s machine tool industry can use the “three small” – consuming countries, producing countries, the importer and exporter of small countries to summarize.

“Mother ship” to see the level of “NC.” China’s annual output of CNC machine tools in 1992, more than 4,200 units only. Last year, the figure has more than 24,800 units, an increase of 41.6% over the previous year. 10 years, China’s output of CNC metal cutting machine tools more than quadrupled, to accelerate the development of CNC machine tools, CNC machine tools group reflect the current development trend of the world’s high-end CNC machine tools available, such as the linear motor drive machining center, five-axis milling complex center , five-axis gantry machining center. International Mould & Metal & Plastic Industry Suppliers Association, said Luo Baihui charge, the overall quality of China’s machine tool industry has been significantly improved, but compared with developed countries, China’s machine tool NC rate is not high, the output value of the current production rate of less than 30 NC %; consumption value of the NC rate is less than 50%, while developed countries are mostly around 70%. Take for metal cutting machine tools, production of 23 million units last year, of which only 2.4 million units of CNC machine tools, production is only 1 / 10 strong. High-end CNC machine tools and related components to rely on imports.

Luobai Hui further pointed out that China’s machine tool industry in the development of a unique market space. Especially the next few years, automotive, information and high-tech industries will be strong growth in China, China’s machine tool industry will usher in “Sunny.”

The automobile industry, represented by electrical, mechanical and industrial equipment on the machine tool industry has put forward higher requirements. It is the backbone of the Big Three automakers and 9 plant statistics, technical investment of RMB 26.1 billion yuan this year, while investment in technical transformation of automotive components are also nearly 7.3 billion, of which the machine tool industry with 42 billion.

Information industry is leading the fastest growing industries in China, China’s machine tool industry will certainly provide strong support. New materials, new energy, automation, high-tech industries characterized China’s economic development will become a new bright spot, and its development requires a lot of high-precision, complex, intelligent, multi-axis control, automatic high-end machine. State machine triggered by many key projects demand considerable.

Accelerate the pace of technological transformation of traditional industries, manufacturing and CNC equipment levels have become increasingly demanding degree.

Aviation, aerospace and other defense industries, to speed up new product development and production capacity, every year on the scale of investment in technological transformation, need to purchase a large number of machine tool equipment …

CNC machine six downstream industry support

As a category of equipment manufacturing industry, especially in CNC machine tool industry, the development of downstream demand will be strong support.According to “high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment,” special plan, by 2020, aerospace, marine, automotive, power generation equipment manufacturers need high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment will be based on the domestic 80%, the future development of China machine tool industry very broad. International Mould & Metal & Plastic Industry Suppliers Association, said the Secretary-General Luobai Hui, China’s machine tool industry in the downstream industries of aviation, aerospace, shipbuilding, electric power, energy, automotive, rail transport, high-speed railway, national defense and other fields in the “five-second” period even longer period of time, will be a wide-ranging and deep-seated structural adjustment, which will bring enormous business opportunities for machine tool industry.

1, the automotive industry

Vehicles (including parts) is a machine tool industry has been the largest user industry. ”During” an average annual growth rate of automobile production and sales over 20%. Production and sale of motor vehicles in 2010 up to 18,264,700 and 18,061,900, respectively, an increase of 32.44% and 32.37%. ”Twelve Five” period, due to energy, environment and traffic and other factors and the high base effect of slowing car sales growth rate than the “during” slow down. However, from the per-capita car ownership in China (in 2010 thousands of car ownership in China is 48, the world average is 140) and the growth of GDP per capita terms, China’s auto market, especially the second and third tier markets and rural markets are still greater space for development.

It is reported that the auto industry, “Twelve Five”, the planning for the 2015 annual output of 25 million vehicles, head of Dong Yang, CAAM forecast for 30 million, the mainstream automotive companies planning an annual capacity of 2015 and more over 30 million This undoubtedly provided a great machine tool market.Therefore, 2011 is to stimulate the early exit auto consumption policy (tax concessions for vehicles with small displacement canceled earlier this year), plus some cities restrict the number of passenger cars increased, the car is bound to the psychological impact on people. Therefore, the estimates will be this year’s auto market has cooled, but not less than 10% of sales to maintain the growth rate is still possible.

Automotive machine tools necessary, first of all should be efficient and high reliability, but also with sufficient accuracy and precision of stability, but also moderately flexible, so not only requires a lot of common machine tools, CNC and many more need to Non-numerically controlled machine tools (such as machine tool, etc.).

2, the rail transport sector

High speed and acceleration, heavy focus on China’s railway construction and reconstruction, has entered the development of the “fast track.” From 5 years beginning in 2010, about 700 billion yuan every year to maintain large-scale investment to the machine tool industry to bring enormous business opportunities.Meanwhile, by 2015, China will build 79 of the 22 cities in urban rail transit, with a total investment of 882 billion yuan, but also for machine tool products in the market.

Rail demand for machine tools industry is multifaceted. One is the locomotive (diesel electric locomotive and electric transmission) and vehicle manufacturing.Second, manufacturing wheels and axles drive routine maintenance, as well as processing and high-speed railway sleeper track processing and so on.Processing and manufacturing of these much-needed common CNC metal cutting machine tools, such as machining centers, CNC vertical lathe and so on. Also need special CNC metal cutting machine tools, such as the orbital plate grinder, grinder axle. Also need to press, bending machines, forming machine tools.Clearly, today’s rail transportation industry has become a very important machine tool market in China’s emerging customer base.

3, the shipbuilding industry

2010 China’s shipbuilding industry production situation is better (1 to 11 months, the national volume of 56.76 million dwt shipbuilding, an increase of 55.4%; new undertaking 63.98 million dwt ship orders, is 2.8 times last year), and China still sufficient amount of handheld shipbuilding orders (as of the end of November last year to 19,936 million dwt), so the 2011 production of China’s shipbuilding industry will be better. However, the international shipbuilding market recovery is weak, shipping prices decline, coupled with the structural imbalance of China’s shipbuilding capacity (low-end general ship excess capacity, high-end production capacity), increase in the pressure of RMB appreciation against the backdrop of China in 2011 business risks facing the shipping industry can not be ignored.

As an important client machine ship equipment (in the low-speed diesel engines, crankshafts, propellers, deck machinery, etc.) industry, in the “Eleventh Five-Year” period has made significant progress in a number of new and expansion projects.However, funding these projects has been basically put in place, heavy on the key processing equipment (including the super-heavy) machine tool orders are basically complete. Obviously, ship equipment industry, heavy machine tools in 2011 for the order will be significantly reduced, while other types of machine tools will have new needs.

4, wind power and nuclear power equipment manufacturing

Energy has become the top priority of China’s energy strategy. This article focuses on discussion of its close relationship with the machine manufacturing of wind power and nuclear power equipment.

Rapid development of wind power in the 6 years 2004 to 2009, the wind power installed capacity of more than 100% annual growth rate is estimated to the end of 2010 installed capacity of up to 35 million kilowatts, will reach 100 million kilowatts by 2020. Now megawatt-class wind turbine production in China has been the biggest for the 3MW.

However, the Chinese wind power equipment manufacturing industry is still in its infancy, in addition to several of the stronger companies, most companies only by way of technology transfer machine assembly. The one hand, low excess capacity there, and the entire industry will need to raise the level of technical capacity and equipment, the natural need to purchase advanced machine tools, especially the large size of the NC general and special machine tools.

Countries striving to develop nuclear power is clean energy. 2010 installed capacity of 10.8 million kilowatts of nuclear power in China in building nuclear power generating units of 23 units, accounting units under construction in the world 40%. Original plan for China to achieve in 2020 installed capacity of 40 million kilowatts of nuclear power, but in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and to consider the real possibility of long-term planning the upcoming nuclear power is expected that indicators will be adjusted to 70 million kilowatts or more. ”Twelve Five” China’s nuclear power development during the peak period, the annual investment in nuclear power construction will be over 70 billion yuan, while the nuclear power equipment, nuclear power accounts for 5% of the total investment of about 6%. So nuclear power equipment manufacturers also there is a demand for high-end CNC machine tools.

5, the aviation industry

China’s aviation industry is on the rise, in addition to military aircraft has made considerable progress series, the remarkable C919 large passenger aircraft have signed orders for 100 aircraft starting in 2014 made its first flight. Evidence in the flight test phase of the new ARJ21 regional jet, the cumulative reach 340 orders made, other issues such as helicopters, general aircraft development capability has also been significantly enhanced.

Aerospace industry, China is speeding up new generation of satellite technology and product upgrading and development of high-thrust rocket. Manned space flight, lunar exploration and the Compass navigation system has made significant initial results.

2011, aerospace industry, especially high-speed CNC machine tools, high efficiency, high precision, high-end multi-axis CNC machine tools will have new needs, which may include the manufacture of composite material with integral components of the auto shop and automatic fiber placement machine machine.

6, the machinery industry

The machinery industry is talking about here refers to the current system belongs in the machine together 12 major industries (including automotive industry has been separately studied above), they are basic user of machine tools industry.

China’s machinery industry in 2010 produced a good business environment, the annual sales value of more than 13 trillion yuan, an increase of more than 30% increase in imports and exports are 30%, while profit growth may be more than 45%. Machinery industry sales in 2011 will maintain good growth momentum, although the growth rate will drop slightly, but is expected to more than 15%. The fixed asset investment growth rate will be higher than the national level, including a large portion of investment is the purchase of machine tools and other production equipment. Medium-sized enterprises and some foreign-invested enterprises, will focus on high profile purchase of CNC machine tools, and small and medium enterprises, especially private SMEs are mostly middle and low purchase of CNC machine tools, machine tools and for general non-specific and specialized CNC machine tools, there are no small demand . The future, the low-end machines will account for no small proportion.

Features bigger and stronger imminent

“Cake” is indeed very attractive, it is not easy to enjoy. To China’s current high-end CNC machine tools and complete sets of equipment into the line of the development, production capacity, in the variety, quality and quantity still can not meet market needs. Take the automotive industry, aerospace industry, the current high-end CNC machine tools needed are: high-speed machining centers, multi-axis machining center, double-spindle turning centers and milling centers, precision grinding and composite grinding machines, precision EDM, precisionlarge landing leading milling machine and precision boring and milling machine, CNC high plane, etc., but these devices can not meet the needs for domestic enterprises, industrialization level to be increased. Luo Baihui that enhance the overall level of China’s machine tool without delay. Current needs special attention is the need to improve the CNC machine tool products as soon as possible on the basis of independent development, enhancing international cooperation to improve the high-end CNC machine tools and complete sets of supply levels.

CNC technology by the computer software and hardware technologies, network technologies such as precision measurement technology and integrated optimization made. At present, digital technology is moving fast, complex, intelligent, sophisticated, environmentally friendly direction. Cheng-ting in that, blindly and so on, rely on other countries transfer the latest, most advanced technology and equipment, can miss the boat. Rapid increase in CNC machine tools now be independent product development, manufacturing capability. To this end, an effective numerical control technology and development centers, to strengthen the focus on technology research, testing, form a complete set of development capabilities; same time, through co-production, joint ventures, the starting point to achieve the production mainstream, into the volume and specialization.

Improve the quality of machine tools, machine tool companies must establish a new development model. Luo Baihui that, machine tool companies to “shrink Front”, refined the main industry, the master key parts, the key processes of the core technology. Processing can take part in general the implementation of international procurement. Meanwhile, we should strengthen the development of strategic alliances, in order to quickly get the latest technology, enterprises can direct research institutes at home and abroad “marriage.”

CNC machine tool relative to the host for the production of feature even more behind the development of enterprises. However, features not only determines the overall performance of machine tools, but also accounted for about 60% of whole cost of its development is directly related to the competitiveness of machine tool level. At present, the functional components of the production scale of enterprises is generally small, scattered layout, and some OEMs or attached to the Institute.Rationalize the system of production enterprises features, bigger and stronger group of functional components manufacturer, is imminent.