As an important embodiment of a country's industrial level and comprehensive national strength, the progress of machining is accompanied by the development of many high-tech and emerging industries. At the same time, the development direction of machining also fully reflects the characteristics of the times that advanced manufacturing technology is becoming increasingly intelligent, flexible, networked, precise, green and globalized. Equipment manufacturing, an important component of machining, provides important material support for the development and production of new technologies and products. There are several major development trends in the machining industry. Understanding these trends will be of great help to gain a foothold in this industry.
Localization of basic equipment
In the machining industry, machine tools, cutting tools, fixtures, testing instruments, etc. are all basic equipment, and the quality of basic equipment determines the level of machining to a great extent. However, there are many key parts in basic equipment. At present, China cannot produce them by itself, but must rely on imports. This is a constraint to the development of China's mechanical processing industry. In the future, the state will actively promote the localization of infrastructure equipment and get rid of import dependence.
Advanced processing technology
Developed countries use more advanced processing methods and technologies, such as high-precision processing, fine processing, micro processing, nano processing, laser processing, electromagnetic processing, superplastic processing and composite processing, to complete some processing effects that are difficult to achieve with traditional technologies. China is still catching up in this regard. With the development of science and technology, especially the rapid development of electronic technology and information technology, more and more high-tech will be applied to the machining industry to help realize the upgrading of advanced processing technology.
Automation technology becomes mainstream
Developed countries have entered the transitional stage from automatic processing to intelligent processing, and we need to further consolidate the achievements of automation upgrading. In China, with the development of computer technology and other high-tech, as well as the popularity of automatic processing equipment, the degree of automation of the mechanical processing industry has also been greatly improved, and automatic processing will become the mainstream. In the future, machining enterprises will make more use of CNC machine tools, machining centers, flexible manufacturing units, flexible manufacturing systems, and computer integrated manufacturing systems to realize flexible automation, intelligence, and integration of machining. New management concepts such as just in time production, agile manufacturing, lean production and concurrent engineering will also be widely recognized and applied.
Master core technology and innovation ability
Since the reform and opening up, it has been a normal phenomenon for foreign enterprises to invest in China and domestic enterprises to introduce foreign technology, which has driven the domestic economic development and manufacturing prosperity to a great extent. However, simply attracting foreign investment and introducing technology cannot help us master core technology, let alone improve our innovation ability. In the future, China's manufacturing industry must make breakthroughs in core technology and innovation ability in order to form its own competitiveness.
Increase the proportion of science and technology investment
At present, China is not a "manufacturing" country, and the proportion of science and technology investment in our GDP is still very low. According to statistics, in 1960, the proportion of China's science and technology investment in GDP reached a small peak of 2.32%, and then decreased year by year before 2000, only 0.69% in 1998. Although it has rebounded since 2000, it has remained at a few percentage points. In innovative developed countries and newly industrialized countries, this proportion is usually more than 2%. Therefore, it is an inevitable trend for China to further increase investment in science and technology in the future.
Cultivation of independent innovation talents
The improvement of innovation ability of machining enterprises depends on the cultivation of excellent talents. At present, the general situation is that the technological innovation ability is poor, the product development cycle is long, and the top innovative talents are also extremely limited, and there is a serious shortage of high-level talents, leading to the lack of technological innovation. In the future, the cultivation of independent innovation talents in the machining industry will be a major guarantee for the development of the industry and will be promoted to an important position.
