Laser is used in material processing and is hailed as a revolution in manufacturing technology. According to the China Optical Society, China's laser processing industry has developed rapidly, and its total output value has increased from 160 million yuan in 1999 to 1.2 billion yuan in 2003. However, in terms of overall strength, China's application of high-power laser cutting technology and complete sets of equipment is still in its infancy. The United States has 25,000 laser cutting machines in use, while China only has more than 600.
Zhu Xiao, a laser research expert at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, said: "The failure to master the core technology has resulted in excessive procurement costs, which is the main reason why China's high-end laser and laser complete equipment markets have been occupied by foreign products for a long time." He gave an example For example, for example, laser cutting equipment, although in the past the price of each unit made in China was only 1.7 million yuan, which was far lower than the price of imported goods of 700,000 US dollars, the cutting performance could not meet the needs of high-level processing. Therefore, the demand for Chinese laser cutting equipment Some are imported goods.
Compared with the first-generation domestically produced products currently being manufactured in batches, the second-generation large-scale laser cutting machine manufactured by Wuhan Huagong has greatly improved its cutting speed, cutting quality, and safety and stability. In addition, the research and development of the third-generation large-scale laser cutting machine products is proceeding smoothly, and the prototype will be available in early 2005.
Zhu Xiao said that since the late 1990s, the process technology and manufacturing level of China's laser processing equipment have made major breakthroughs, key optical components have been localized, and CNC technology has also been greatly improved. In addition, By introducing and absorbing advanced overseas technologies, the gap between China-made cutting-edge laser processing equipment and internationally renowned brands in terms of quality, functionality, and stability has gradually narrowed.
Survey statistics show that there are more than 200 laser-related companies in China, mainly located in economically developed provinces and cities such as Hubei, Beijing, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Guangdong (including Shenzhen and Zhuhai Special Zones). Annual sales account for approximately 90% of the total national laser product market. Four major laser industry clusters have been basically formed in Central China, the Bohai Rim, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta, with the above provinces and cities as the main body. As competition in the laser processing equipment industry continues to intensify, mergers, acquisitions, integrations and capital actions among large enterprises become increasingly frequent. Excellent domestic laser processing equipment companies are paying more and more attention to the research of the industry market.
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In the past ten years, as the industrial laser application market has continued to expand, the field of laser processing has also continued to develop, from traditional light industries such as watches, batteries, and clothes buttons to machinery manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, and The expansion of application fields such as aviation, power and energy, and medical and dental instrument and equipment manufacturing will effectively drive demand for laser processing equipment.
In 2011, global laser industrial processing equipment sales achieved strong double-digit growth. According to data from Industrial Laser Solutions (ILS), global laser system sales revenue in 2011 was US$7.06 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16%, of which laser sales revenue was US$1.956 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%.
Lasers have been widely used in industrial production, communications, information processing, medical care, military, culture, education, and scientific research. According to statistics, the market value of laser-related products and services, from high-end optical fibers to common barcode scanners, is as high as trillions of dollars. Chinese laser products are mainly used in industrial processing, occupying more than 40% of the market space.
Laser processing has entered or is entering various industrial fields.
In 2011, the growth of various fields of laser applications slowed down year-on-year. However, driven by products such as smartphones, tablets, 3D TVs, touch screens, LEDs and TFT LCDs, the entertainment and display markets became A new growth point for the industry.
Between 2005 and 2011, China's laser processing equipment grew rapidly, with an average annual growth rate of more than 20%, which is much higher than the average annual growth rate of the world's laser processing equipment. After 2008, stimulated by measures such as structural adjustment and boosting domestic demand, China's laser applications have experienced substantial growth in industries such as railway locomotives, engineering machinery, military industry, and new energy.
In 2009, the scale of China's laser processing equipment industry reached 4.6 billion yuan, exceeded 5.5 billion yuan in 2010, and was approximately 6 billion yuan in 2011. The laser processing equipment market shows a stable and rapid growth trend. It is expected that during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of China's laser processing equipment industry market will exceed 20%, and the market size is expected to exceed 13 billion yuan.
The development of the laser processing equipment industry has played a positive role in promoting the development and progress of science and technology, promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and accelerating the modernization of national defense technology.