Forecasting the future development trend of China's machine tool industry

The development of machine tools in the future is inseparable from the development needs of the future manufacturing industry. For example, the development of energy, resources, food, medical engineering, communication technology and automotive industries has a great impact on the development of machine tools in the future.

However, as a whole, the future development direction of machine tools must be as follows: to provide overall manufacturing solutions, comprehensive and efficient equipment, and sustainable.

Equipment in industries such as energy, resources, and agricultural machinery are generally large machinery. When processing these equipment, the machine tool needs higher spindle torque, higher spindle power and larger working space. China Ao Li Machine Tool Network believes that the specific requirements for machine tools are more custom functions instead of specific machines.

Equipment in the medical engineering, communication technology and other industries are generally small devices. The components of these devices are getting smaller and smaller, the structure is more and more compact, and different cutting environments are required during processing. Sometimes it is necessary to process difficult-to-cut materials such as titanium alloy. Therefore, the processing equipment requires higher precision and rigidity. In terms of specific production requirements, medical engineering (targeted solutions) requires smaller and higher quality. The field of communication technology requires smaller size and higher cost competitiveness.

For the automotive industry, it is generally a highly integrated product that requires integration of various manufacturing technologies in a small space. This requires new processing techniques to process new metal materials, and new processing machinery is needed to process new materials like fiber materials. The requirements of the automotive industry for machine tools are that they can be assembled and assembled in the future using one machine. In terms of machine tool deployment, the machine tool is required to have more processing space and is suitable for mass production.

Looking at the machine requirements of the different types of industries mentioned above, future machine tools should meet the following basic requirements: smaller accuracy errors, reduced energy consumption, shorter processing times, higher overall equipment efficiency and sustainability.

There are different specific requirements for different products: different sizes, a wide range of products, and processing of new materials. In order to meet the specific requirements of production and take advantage of scale, the economics of machine tools must be changed. The modular customization of machine tools is the future development trend. Customizable functions can improve the economics of machine tools and facilitate large-scale deployment.

In the future, machine tools are not just individual machines, but a holistic solution that can be customized. Therefore, the future development trend of machine tools is a customizable, modular manufacturing and overall solution.

Machine tools as a whole manufacturing solution, including machine tools, tools, clamping devices and the machine itself. In the face of specific production requirements, future machine tools need to improve the efficiency and sustainability of integrated equipment.

In summary, there are two trends in the development of machine tools in the future: to the complete development of the overall manufacturing system to meet the specific requirements of customers; to improve the overall efficiency and sustainability of the equipment.