In building manufacturing powerhouse today, our country has made the development of the equipment manufacturing industry to improve the strategic position, the development of the CNC machine, CNC cutting tools and CNC application level of ascension, to promote efficiency and reduce the cost of manufacturing industry, is causing the whole country and industry more and more attention, in the next few years China's tool industry will face reshuffle and rapid development opportunities. At the same time, foreign tool enterprises are also aggressively marched in the domestic market, are cut off from the big cake belongs to own that a, relying on its strong technology research and development and market development, extrusion domestic enterprise market space, this is a challenge for domestic tool manufacturers, a have to accept the challenge, and the shrinking is unable to avoid.

How to face the opportunities and challenges? How to face the problems of domestic cutting tool industry? With these questions, the reporter had an interview with China's machine tool industry association tool branch secretary-general shen commented.

Industry development was mixed, mixed

Joy: the rapid development of Chinese CNC cutting tools industry

"Nc cutter is the habit of modern efficient tool called." Shen secretary to speak. "It is an integral part of modern digital manufacturing technology." In nearly a decade, with manufacturing industry accelerated the pace of modernization, the digital manufacturing technology has gained rapid development in our country. The end of the 20th century, metal-cutting machine tools in our country the annual output has reached 190000 units, of which only 14000 sets of CNC machine tools; At the time, represented by new type of cemented carbide cutting tools of the modern, efficient tool, also accounts for only 15% of the total tool production. After entering the new century, the development of China's machine tool industry accelerated dramatically, in 2007, China has reached 123200 units, CNC machine tool production output numerical control rate of 43.7%. Matching with the high proportion of carbide cutting tools, also rose to 40.3% of the total tool production. Since entering the new century, therefore, nc machine tools and efficient tool in our country, has achieved rapid and synchronous development. At present, the localization of the modern, efficient tool, already the batch entered the automotive industry, mould industry, aerospace, power generation equipment, general machinery and other fields. The performance of the partial products has reached or close to international advanced level, effectively break the monopoly position in the field of import tool in some, for efficient cutting tools in China market has contributed to the specification of the competition.

Sorrow: the development level of tool industry of our country is still a big gap compared with the need of modern manufacturing industry

"When it comes to the achievements and progress in the past ten years, these are all real, is that we should for sure." Shen secretary said, "but, too overestimate our level, for the future development is also harmful." At present, some in the industry optimistic that China's development in the recent ten years a large number of nc machine tools and modern and efficient tool, many products at even closer to the international advanced level, so that machine tool products in our country has entered into the international advanced level, basically meet the needs of the development of modern manufacturing, this idea is wrong.

Shen secretary thinks, this kind of overly optimistic estimates, it is not in reality, is not conducive to the development in the future. This is because, first, our country in recent years, the development of nc machine tools and modern and efficient tool, basically in the stage of imitation, or copy a combination. Although the high-end products, but its development is still in its infancy, and the advanced stage of the independent innovation ability don't mix. Second, in recent years in the high-end product development, we adopted is given priority to with imitation, substitution import policy, to speed up the development, to meet the requirements of manufacturing. But this way of development cost is totally dependent on developed countries on technology, lost the initiative of development, always follow behind somebody else. The foundation of modern efficient tool manufacturing technology, for example, there are three main areas: a high level of modern cutting tool material, a high level of modern and high levels of cutting tool coating technology and equipment dedicated digital manufacturing technology and equipment. The three chunks of high-end technology, including raw materials, technologies, processes and equipment, we also depend entirely on the introduction, leave the "foreign stick", high-end product is made out. Thus, we review the machine tool industry in recent ten years of rapid development, should be fully recognized, and insist on seeking truth from facts, not to overestimate we have reached the level of development of blindly. To continue conscientiously, hard work, in the developing constantly consolidate the foundation, enhance the ability of independent development, to provide better service for the modern manufacturing.

To the same old

"Conformism, shen secretary said, his conservative views in the process of the development of Chinese modern, efficient tool hazards caused by far more than the influence of the technology behind."

From the traditional standard tool development to modern, efficient, production enterprises to undergo a thoroughly remould oneself and the uncertainty of painful and difficult process of change. The process of the change makes some companies recoiled, enterprise leaders to have no choice in face of this situation grasped the nettle and preferring piaffe. The reason is the domestic market, there are still quite traditional high speed steel tools through large quantities of low production and low Labour costs can still profit. This kind of wrong idea become the biggest obstacle to development of China modern, efficient cutting tools. "We should see that change is the objective needs. China's manufacturing industry is at an unprecedented speed, accelerate the process of modernization in auto industry, for example, from 1956 to 1992, spent 36 years, only to 1 million, 1992 to 1996, only spent 4 years on developing in 1.5 million, since then more geometric progression growth, 5.7 million vehicles in 2005, will be more than 10 million vehicles this year, become the important auto production country. A large modern manufacturing system, rapid springing up on the earth, and in our country has become a true reality. So, no matter from the tool industry in our country's own living space, or from the global need to see our country entire manufacturing competitiveness, enterprises to accelerate structural adjustment to promote the development of modern, efficient cutting tool are imperative, stagnation and there is no way out of the rut. But whether this conceptual change rapidly in a timely manner, to the development of enterprise and industry prospects, have a decisive influence." Shen secretary said anxiously.

A weak independent innovation

Science and technology is the first productive force. Because there is no serious solid to pay special attention to the scientific and technological innovation, leading to the rapid growth of China's modern and efficient tool for another after the lack of technical support for continuous development.

Shen secretary general think that along with the high-speed development of the manufacturing industry in the past decade, modern, efficient tool development quickly in our country, but there are disadvantages, this rapid development in the foundation is not solid, efficiently for enterprise sustained development the biggest hidden dangers.

Many various tools in the industry has established the purpose of the research and development center, engineering center, however, so far, have not seen these center on the basis of modern, efficient cutting tool technology research progress. Some research and development center, in the introduction of technology digestion and absorption performance is good, but the real still exist problems in the country's capacity for independent innovation. Shen secretary said: "at present, has a worrying tendency: companies are keen to catch project, product, figure is quick effect, table. This predisposition momentum makes the enterprise to concentrate on basic research is too little, little interest in theoretical research. However, solid foundation is the strong power to promote enterprise's sustainable development, the lack of basic research, also lack the source motive force of sustainable development."

To study the modern aircraft on advanced manufacturing technology, for example as the reference to the domestic industry at present. Boeing company in development represented by Boeing 787 modern new airliner, put forward development goal is to "better, faster, more province, green". For this reason, the aircraft used a large number of new technologies, new processes and new materials. All kinds of fiber reinforced composite materials, alone accounted for more than 50% of the aircraft weight, in the history of aircraft can be a landmark leap. For the manufacture of the aircraft in the future may face the new problems and new challenges. Boeing has set up a global, open research institutions, called "advanced manufacturing technology research center (AMRC)". This research center, to set the global power, provide new means for new aircraft manufacturing, new technology, new methods and new tools. In the said the centre's global partners, several multinational companies emblazoned tool, what is this matter to our inspiration? Shen secretary said: "with Boeing and its partners in the global position of strength and profound technology accumulation, said they are fully qualified has occupied the top position of the aviation manufacturing technology. But in such a position of strength, the Boeing company still maintained a dedicated state of mind, not stuck in the past laurels idea, continue to joint partners around the world, one step at a time of studying, trying to put the new generation of aviation manufacturing technology, to a higher realm. This example, it should make our domestic manufacturing industry, get some profound enlightenment and lessons."