According to relevant agencies' forecasts, combined with the total asset data of China's CNC machine tool industry and China's economic growth data in recent years, according to the linear regression forecasting method, it is estimated that by 2020 the asset size of China's CNC machine tool industry will reach 270 billion yuan.
The 21st century is undoubtedly an information society. Whether it is a company's sentiment, or the continuation of a country's development, or the communication and cooperation of the entire world, information plays a pivotal role in it. In the field of industrial manufacturing, information is equally important.
In recent years, with the rapid development of our CNC machine tool industry, the introduction of the concept of “Industry 4.0†and the implementation of the “Made in China 2025†strategy have injected new impetus into the industry. According to relevant agencies' forecasts, combined with the total asset data of China's CNC machine tool industry and China's economic growth data in recent years, according to the linear regression forecasting method, it is estimated that by 2020 the asset size of China's CNC machine tool industry will reach 270 billion yuan.
Market outlook can be expected
As one of the three pillar industries of the manufacturing industry, China's CNC machine tools have achieved rapid development in terms of product type, technology level, quality and output, and major breakthroughs have been made in some key technologies. According to the data, in 2010, the output of CNC machine tools in China reached 236,000 units, an increase of 62.2% year-on-year. There are 1,500 CNC machine tools available in the market in China, covering almost the entire category of metal-cutting machine tools and the major forging machinery. In 2014, the output of CNC machine tools in China reached 391,000 units. According to statistics, from January to November 2016, the number of CNC machine tools imported in China totaled 10,245 units, a decrease of 15.9% year-on-year. In November, the import volume was 1,004 units.
The increase in the output of CNC machine tools and the decline in the output of imported machine tools is the steady improvement of the technical level of CNC machine tools in China. The machine tool manufacturing industry is the engine and heart of China's industry and national economy, especially major technical equipment. It is a concrete embodiment of a country’s overall national strength and plays a major role in the construction of the national economy.
With the continuous progress of the comprehensive strength of the CNC machine tool industry in China, more and more large overseas companies have chosen to stay in the Chinese market. For example, Emak Group, the world's leading supplier of metal processing solutions, announced the establishment of EMAG (Chongqing) Machinery Co., Ltd. to establish a Chongqing factory, making EMAG the largest European machine tool manufacturer in China with a total of 550 employees in China and all The world produces high-end manufacturing systems.
Increased pressure for transformation
On the whole, the development of China's machine tool industry is good and the prospects are promising. At the same time, however, the pressure for industry transformation is also expanding.
Data show that from January to April 2017, China's metal processing machine tool imports totaled 23,101,100,000 US dollars, and the cumulative amount of imports decreased by 11.8% year-on-year. The following is the total import and growth rate of metal processing machine tools since 2016.
Total import and growth rate of metal processing machine tools since 2016
After undergoing rapid development from 2010 to 2011, the market for metal processing machine tools began to stagnate and continue to decline in 2012. Due to technical reasons, the domestic machine tool industry has a large gap with foreign products, especially high-end products. Inadequacies are heavily dependent on imports, but in recent years, the situation has improved with the promotion of policies and increased investment in technology.
At present, the transformation and upgrading of the domestic machine tool industry has become the main feature of development. The Chinese machine tool industry and market continued to exhibit the characteristics of “declining total demand and upgrading demand structureâ€, and further showing the changing trend of traditional engine deceleration and new dynamics.
"Information island" problem to be solved
In the 1980s, the machine tool industry enterprises in China were making efforts to advance toward informatization. There have been more than 20 years of history. However, on the whole, there is still a far cry from the demand for information technology to promote industrialization. "Isolated islands of information" has become a major problem for the industry currently facing. Under the rate of resource sharing, input and output are not satisfactory.
Chang Chunbai, director of the information center of Changchun Zhongxin Machine Tool Factory, stated that each of our work on the informationization line must be detailed and clearly defined. It is mainly implemented in five steps:
The first PDM design data management, CAPP (computer-aided process design) standard implementation. This section is mainly to build a PDM and CAPP application platform, so that relevant technical personnel are familiar with the PDM work environment, master static product data management, to achieve a quick query, generate a list of compliance requirements, usually product parts list, purchased parts list, etc. .
The second is to implement design process management and related change management. Changes are frequent in the design. This process is mainly implemented by PDM management data, changes, and version management. Make digital pictures of managed products real, authentic, and available to other departments. The management of the design process is mainly to optimize this system, fully optimize our original design process, and improve product design results.
Third, the division of labor. Material quotas, equipment flow chart implementation.
The fourth is product configuration and deformation design. This piece is currently very difficult to implement in the implementation process, we all know that product configuration, product changes, a great necessity, implementation is very difficult, and now further improvement.
The fifth is ERP system integration.
Implementation becomes a priority, then integration will be a top priority. The integration proposed here is not only the integration of systems, but also the integration of information technology and advanced manufacturing technologies. Information technology is accompanied by innovation, permeability, driving, and multiplicity, but it can't replace the expertise in manufacturing. The development of modern manufacturing technology has accumulated many years of experience, and it is constantly updated and progressed. Therefore, to make information technology play its role in the manufacturing industry, it must be combined with manufacturing technology. We must take the route of combining information technology with advanced manufacturing and management technologies.
Even a certain industry in the manufacturing industry cannot ignore the great role of information integration. The machine tool industry is a very promising industry. Only when it is possible to achieve orderly integration of industry systems and interlocking with each other, the overall function is greater than the sum of some functions. The real information and intelligent machine tools can be realized.