Tool industry should enter the high-end market

From October 26 to 27, 2013, the "2013 Advanced Manufacturing Process and Tooling Technology Seminar" was successfully held at Tsinghua University. The seminar was jointly organized by the Institute of Advanced Technology and Cutting Tools of Shanghai University and the Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanics of Tsinghua University. More than 400 experts and scholars from domestic and foreign famous universities, research institutes, machine tool and tool production and sales companies were invited to co-operate in Beijing. , for China's machine tool industry health and stability development advice.

The use of a win-win platform for production, research, and research At present, the use of high-speed, high-efficiency, and precision tools is not yet widely used, which severely restricts the development of China's economy and the transition to a manufacturing powerhouse. With the rapid increase in labor costs and the continuous increase in raw material prices, in the next 5 to 10 years, China's high-speed, high-efficiency, and precision tools will have a huge space for development. It is necessary to carry out long-term and in-depth discussions on advanced manufacturing technologies and tooling technologies in order to increase China's manufacturing efficiency, product accuracy and added value.

In this seminar, more than 20 speakers from industry associations, colleges, and companies represented the production, learning, research, and application fields and made brilliant speeches in various fields. Professor Liu Baicheng of School of Materials and Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University pointed out at the meeting: “Advanced manufacturing technology is the technological foundation of manufacturing and strategic emerging industries, and it is crucial to the development of economy and national security. Therefore, we must attach great importance to the development of resource conservation, Environmentally-friendly and advanced manufacturing technologies. To this end, it is necessary to increase investment in research and development and strengthen collaborative innovation between companies and universities and institutions."

Unlike traditional academic seminars, this seminar places great emphasis on the combination of theoretical research and practical effectiveness. Professor Chen Wuyi from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics introduced cutting technology of nickel-base alloys. Prof. Lin Bin from Tianjin University introduced the mechanism of axial ultrasonic vibration assisted grinding. Professor Zhang Deyuan from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics introduced practical vibratory cutting tools. Professor Zhang Dinghua of Northwestern University of Technology introduced the machining and surface integrity test of aviation-difficult-to-machine materials. Prof. Tian Xinli of the Academy of Armored Forces introduced the research progress of high-performance and low-cost processing technology for engineering ceramics. Prof. Deng Fuming of China University of Mining and Technology The development history, problems and prospects of superhard tools in China, Professor Zhang Qinji of Beijing Jiaotong University introduced the development status of polycrystalline diamond precision machining technology, and Professor Quan Yanming of South China University of Technology introduced hot tube cutting tools and cobalt-free hard alloy cutting. Performance study.

Participants from scientific research institutes, manufacturers and user companies have conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions on various aspects of the technology, application, and research and development of the tool industry, and have proposed some technical problems encountered by some companies in the manufacturing process. The corresponding solutions have fully demonstrated that the seminar has played a role in the win-win platform for production, education and research.

The high-end cutting tool market can be used as an important component of the equipment manufacturing industry as well as an important tool in cutting machining. It determines the machining efficiency, precision, and quality of parts in the manufacturing industry. Since 2012, after the rapid development of China's cutting tool industry for 10 consecutive years, the sales situation has changed rapidly and entered a market downturn that has not been seen for many years. In 2013, the overall situation of the domestic tool market has not seen any significant improvement.

Under such circumstances, the participating experts believe that the tool industry should carefully study the national macro-policy orientation, adjust its own development strategy in a timely manner, and accelerate structural adjustment and industrial upgrading. The focus of the tool industry's transformation of economic development methods should be to move into the high-end market of manufacturing, eliminate the excess capacity of high-efficiency and low-efficiency tools, and vigorously develop modern high-efficiency cutting tools that are urgently needed by the manufacturing industry to provide the largest community with the least resource consumption. productive forces. In order to enter the development field of modern high-efficiency cutting tools, cutting tool companies must complete a major change in their role: from a simple tool supplier, to a provider of integrated solutions for manufacturing process technology.

Representatives from companies such as Schenk Precision Machinery Trading Shanghai Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Cemented Carbide Trading Co., Ltd., Henan Fenike Superhard Material Co., Ltd. and the latest products and technologies participated in this technical seminar. They explained the relevant issues from different perspectives. Advanced manufacturing processes, new coating and tooling technologies, tool application concepts and their development trends are aimed at improving China's manufacturing manufacturing standards and promoting the overall manufacturing level of the Chinese tool industry.

The "12th Five-Year Plan" period is an important period of opportunity for China's machine tool industry to accelerate its development and achieve greater change. Hao Ming, chairman of the China Machinery Industry Metal Cutting Tool Technology Association, said at the meeting that China urgently needs industry companies and experts to devote themselves to advanced manufacturing processes and cutting tool technologies, and to digest and absorb advanced foreign technologies while combining China’s national conditions. Innovation. The participating companies stated that they will vigorously develop the production of high-efficiency cutting tools, pay attention to sales, pay more attention to after-sales services, and strive to innovate to advance into the high-end cutting tool market.