"The domestic laser equipment market is chaotic, with uneven quality, and prices vary greatly." "Most of them are fighting a price war."
At the 17th China (Tianjin) International Equipment Manufacturing Expo (hereinafter referred to as Tianjin Industry Fair) held from June 3rd to 6th, laser companies from home and abroad one after another showed their new products and strength. At the same time, a number of large domestic enterprise representatives revealed to reporters that the laser equipment industry urgently needs to "break the circle" from technological innovation to the overall industry chain.
What's the way out under the predicament?
Because of the four characteristics of high energy density, high monochromaticity, high directivity and high coherence, lasers are especially suitable for material processing. Its advantages of high processing efficiency, high speed and good quality have been widely used in the field of industrial manufacturing. Especially in the fields of automobiles, shipbuilding, steel, aerospace, etc., laser processing has become a key technology for advanced manufacturing.
"The industry needs another breakthrough.""In terms of laser technology and applications, many key technologies and core components in my country are still dependent on foreign manufacturers, which severely restricts the further development of domestic manufacturers."
"The current momentum of barbaric growth of laser processing equipment is unsustainable. The profit rate of the industry is constantly being compressed, and it is inevitable that the industry will reshuffle in the next few years." Wang Xiaohua believes that because there are fewer domestic companies with core technology, low-end and homogeneous The competition is obvious.
In order to deal with market competition and industry reshuffle, what are the tactics of Han's Laser, one of the leading companies in laser equipment? Wang Xiaohua introduced that Han's Laser aims at key core technologies, broadens the product chain in two directions, creates an intelligent production line solution that synchronizes multiple laser cutting machines, and actively develops in the direction of industrial Internet intelligent manufacturing.
Where is the next "outlet"?
Laser cutting, laser marking and laser welding are also called the troika of laser processing technology, which is a relatively mature and extensive application of laser in the industrial field.
From the perspective of hardware, 10,000-watt high-power lasers have become a trend and even more realistic. In addition, the future breakthroughs of high-precision laser cutting machines for new energy materials are more in the optimization and upgrading of system software. How to make intelligent nesting and precise processing is the essence of the development of the laser industry.
Many industry insiders told reporters that due to irrational investment in the primary market and insufficient market competition, many laser production products will be sold at small profits in 2021. At the same time, this will also cause more and more companies to enter a state of loss. This makes the industry feel "anxious."
"We hope that this industry will have sufficient market competition on the basis of orderly guidance." Wang Xiaohua said, "The final part of the competition is to compete who has the core technology. Without core technology, no matter how high the price-performance ratio is, it will be big but not strong."
Yan Chunying analyzed that domestic laser manufacturers should continue to deepen the "device first" strategy in the vertical direction, adhere to the vertical integration process, continuously upgrade the technical indicators of core devices and increase the degree of system matching, and improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency, beam quality, Quality stability, innovative products and services, and seeking the best market plan. Horizontally, laser manufacturers should boldly try to drive the construction of a smooth industrial synergy ecosystem, accelerate the opening up of upstream, midstream and downstream devices, lasers, laser equipment and supporting industrial chains, establish a laser ecosystem, open up resource cooperation, and jointly face the "new infrastructure" The prospects are broad but full of uncertain markets.
How to improve the overall level of the domestic laser industry chain and innovation chain? Yan Chunying believes that ultrafast lasers are very worthy of attention. The upstream of ultrafast laser mainly includes laser materials and supporting components, and the downstream is mainly applied in the fields of industrial micromachining, scientific research applications, precision medicine, aerospace, and additive manufacturing. All links in the ultrafast laser industry chain are closely linked. A breakthrough from the upstream will surely promote the development of the middle and downstream industries, and the development of the middle and downstream will in turn urge the optimization of the middle and upstream.
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