Vertical machining center industry development prospects

Vertical machining center industry development prospects forecast
Vertical machining center industry as an important part of high-end equipment manufacturing industry, its development prospects show a positive and broad trend. With the upgrading of China’s industrial structure and the in-depth promotion of intelligent manufacturing strategy, the demand for precision, efficient and compound CNC machine tools is increasing, and the vertical machining center industry will usher in continuous growth of market demand. At the policy level, the government strongly supports the development of high-end equipment manufacturing industry, through the formulation of “Made in China 2025” and other national strategies and supporting industrial policies, encourage enterprises to increase research and development investment, breakthrough key core technologies, improve the level of autonomy of domestic CNC system, so as to promote the overall technical level of vertical machining center industry continues to improve. Further narrow the gap with the international advanced level. Secondly, from the perspective of the market, with the growth of demand for high-precision and complex parts processing in aerospace, automobile manufacturing, new energy, precision molds and other fields, especially with the promotion of green and low-carbon manufacturing mode under the goal of carbon neutrality, higher requirements are put forward for the intelligent, environmental protection and energy saving aspects of vertical machining centers. This provides new market space and development opportunities for the development of the industry.

Third, technological innovation will become the core driving force for the development of the industry, such as five-axis linkage technology, high-speed cutting technology, intelligent control technology, etc., will continue to be applied to vertical machining center products to meet the user’s multiple demands for production efficiency, product quality and energy saving and environmental protection. The synergies of the industrial chain will also gradually emerge, including the technological progress of upstream key parts suppliers and the demand feedback of process innovation in downstream application fields, which will jointly promote the optimization and upgrading of the vertical machining center industry and the improvement of service capabilities. It is expected that in the next few years, China’s vertical machining center industry will not only maintain stable growth in the domestic market, but also gradually enhance its competitiveness in the international market, and is expected to occupy a more important position in the global high-end CNC machine tool market.

Vertical machining center industry development history
Since the advent of vertical machining centers in the 1970s, they have experienced several stages of development. In the initial stage, these machine tools mainly focused on the basic cutting capacity to gradually replace the traditional drilling and milling machines. In the 1980s, with the introduction of computer numerical control technology, the accuracy and complexity of vertical machining centers were significantly improved, and they began to be widely used in the manufacture of more complex mechanical parts. Since the 1990s, the development of vertical machining centers has entered an era of high-speed, high-precision, multi-functional and intelligent. Technological innovations such as high-speed spindle, five-axis linkage, automatic tool changing system and the combination with information technology make vertical machining center become one of the core equipment of modern manufacturing industry, especially in the fields of aviation, automotive, mold and electronics show its irreplaceable important role. With the rise of intelligent manufacturing and Industry 4.0, it is expected that vertical machining centers will continue to develop towards a higher level of automation, more refined processing capabilities and more intelligent production system integration in the future.

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