China's CNC machine tool technology breakthrough

CNC machine tools are the key equipment for the equipment manufacturing industry, and are important symbols that relate to the country’s economic construction and strategic status and reflect the comprehensive level of the country. In recent years, China's CNC machine tools have achieved great development in terms of product category, technology level, quality and output, and have made major breakthroughs in some key technologies.

According to statistics, currently there are 1,500 kinds of CNC machine tools available in the market in China, covering almost all types of metal cutting machine tools and the major forging machinery. The wide area can be matched with Japan, Germany, and the United States. This indicates that the domestic CNC machine tool industry has entered a period of rapid development.

According to statistics, the output of CNC metal-cutting machine tools in China increased from 51,861.00 in 2004 to 209,287.00 in 2013. In 2013, China's CNC metal cutting machine tool industry showed an increase in output, which was 1.75% higher than that of 2012 (205,695.13 units).

From January to December 2013, China's CNC metal cutting machine tool industry output reached 209,300 units, and the top three provinces were 45,994.00 units in Liaoning Province, 44,976.00 units in Zhejiang Province and 34,408.00 units in Shandong Province, accounting for the numerical control respectively. The proportion of the national total output of the metal cutting machine tool industry is 21.98%, 21.49%, and 16.44%. The total share of the three places in the country is 59.91%, and the output concentration is relatively high.

At present, the demand for domestic CNC machine tools is increasing. The development of CNC machine tools has promoted the innovation and upgrading of CNC machine tools. CNC machine tools belong to the metal cutting machine tool manufacturing industry. Driven by the revitalization of the equipment manufacturing industry and the transfer of international industries, the growth rate of investment in the purchase of equipment and tools in China will maintain a level of about 20% in the next 5-10 years. The demand for the machine tool industry will continue to grow at a high rate. Driven by the demand, the output of CNC machine tools in China has maintained a rapid growth. With the deepening of economic restructuring, the high growth of listed companies in the category of CNC machine tools and CNC system equipment is expected to continue. China's future market for CNC machine tools is huge. The rapid increase in the demand for CNC machine tools has brought about a huge demand for CNC systems.

Although China's CNC metal-cutting machine tool industry has made considerable progress in recent years, and the rate of numerical control has steadily increased, the structural contradictions between machine tool consumption and production are still outstanding. At present, the domestic demand for medium-to-high-end machine tools has gradually surpassed that of low-grade machine tools. However, domestic CNC metal cutting machine tools are mainly low-grade, and most high-end CNC machine tools rely on imports. The lack of technological innovation in the CNC metal-cutting machine tool industry in China and weak independent innovation capabilities have caused a large gap between domestic CNC metal-cutting machine tools and foreign famous brands in terms of quality, delivery time, and service. Therefore, China must rapidly improve the self-development and manufacturing capabilities of CNC machine tools and support it with commonality and key technologies. We must focus on the development of high-end CNC machine tools, improve the reliability and industrialization of the whole machine, and improve the domestic CNC system. The supporting capabilities of key functional components; it is necessary to speed up technology introduction and international cooperation, develop products that meet the needs of users, and form technological innovation capabilities, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in original innovation.