Hardware industry pneumatic tools several major trends forecast

Pneumatic tools, like electronics and hydraulics, are now one of the most effective technologies in production process automation. They are widely used in various departments. According to statistics, about 30% of fully automated processes are equipped with pneumatic systems. The research and application of China's start-up manufacturing and pneumatic technologies started late, but there has been great development in the past decade or so. Pneumatic technology has been gradually applied to various industrial sectors, and has played a significant role in production.

Recalling that in 2009, the pneumatic tool market began to flourish, but the market is still not saturated, especially in professional-grade pneumatic tools. In addition to several Taiwan-funded enterprises, there are not many domestic manufacturers engaged in professional-grade pneumatic tool manufacturers. As the United States, Germany and Japan and many other professional pneumatic tools manufacturers continue to raise the cost of their own production, will be a variety of high-end pneumatic tools to domestic production, and now some have been transferred to domestic production. At the same time when converting, Europe and the United States pneumatic tools manufacturers will conduct inspections of domestic manufacturers, but according to experience, few companies can pass the audit, mainly because the foundation is too weak, including inspection equipment, management systems, and processing equipment. Technical strength and so on. This means that domestic manufacturers can only do DIY tools, tool prices drop again and again, with the reform of the national tax rebate system, many pneumatic tool manufacturers will face a crisis of survival.

Through the adjustment of product structure and improvement of business management, China's pneumatic industry has maintained a good economic operation since the late 1990s. As a convenient and cheap automation component, pneumatic products not only have a large market in the traditional fields such as electromechanical, textile, and home appliances, but also have a wide range in the emerging information technology industry, biological products industry, micro-nano fine processing industry and other fields. Expansion capacity. The author believes that the development of the pneumatic industry in China in the next few years will show the following trends:

Towards a brand management line

As more and more pneumatic tool operators move toward brand management, some famous domestic and foreign products have been introduced to meet the needs of different consumers. Pneumatic tools are one of them. According to reports, it is more advanced than electric tools in terms of manufacturing technology, materials, and measurement and control. Pneumatic tools, like electronics and hydraulics, are all one of the most effective technologies in production process automation. They are widely used in various departments. According to statistics, about 30% of fully automated processes are equipped with pneumatic systems.

The rapid development of the pneumatic system in China has also driven the development of pneumatic tools. More and more businesses are optimistic about the market of pneumatic tools. On the one hand, its technical requirements are relatively high. Most of the previous products were mainly from the United States, Germany, and Japan. The introduction of hardware products on the market is mainly based in Taiwan. Now with the improvement of domestic production technology, some companies like Wenzhou and Shanghai have introduced pneumatic tools. In addition, pneumatic tools are used in a wide range. Assembly, mechanical, and transportation industries in coastal provinces and cities such as Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Fujian, as well as scooters, electric bicycles, and motorcycles for Yongkang, as well as auto repair shops and some assembly lines. Both companies and manufacturers have used pneumatic tools.

Industry structure will be adjusted

With the continuous opening of the Chinese market, it will speed up the attraction of foreign investment, and will also bring in various highly automated production equipment. It will promote the development of the domestic pneumatic market, and will attract more foreign pneumatic companies to invest in China. A virtuous circle. This development trend may make China gradually become one of the processing bases of pneumatic components in the world.

The increase in foreign-funded enterprises will bring about major adjustments in the industry structure. Some of the existing small-scale enterprises will develop into enterprises with certain strengths. Their products have their own characteristics and occupy a number of market territories. Some enterprises have been restructured to become large and medium-sized enterprises to provide supporting parts and components processing plants; the supporting parts production plant will become an industry. One of the strongest teams in the industry will have a higher degree of specialization, such as coils, piston rods, cylinders, pistons, end caps, cylinder mounts, rod end connectors, valve plugs, valve bodies, filter elements, housings, springs, membranes. Films, etc. will achieve professional production. Some companies will also switch production or be eliminated in the market competition.

The adjustment of the industry structure will inevitably bring about sustained economic development. It is expected that in 2010 China's output value of pneumatic products (including foreign-funded enterprises) will reach 5 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of about 15%.

Product quality is further improved

With the development of industrialization and automation in the country, in the coming years, with the support of the state, powerful companies will gradually develop new products adapted to the development of pneumatic technologies, such as gas-electric-mechanical-integrated products and systems, fast response and high-life pneumatics. Components, large-flow membrane-type precision filters, integrated valves with advanced wiring technology, combined components with sensors and logic circuits, and products that can fully exert gas pressure characteristics.

With the increase of technical levels of calendering, drawing, casting, machining, cleaning and deburring, assembly and inspection, the appearance and intrinsic quality of pneumatic components will also continue to increase. Industrial ceramics, high-performance soft magnets, and new plastic materials have been used in new products. In the future, more and more new materials will be used, which will further improve the performance, quality, and working reliability of domestic components such as solenoid valves. It is expected that after 5 years, the use speed of domestic cylinders can be increased to 1.5~2m/s, the valve reversing frequency can be increased by 1~1.5 times, and the air source processing components and valves can increase the flow rate by 1 times under the premise that the external dimensions do not change much. .

Towards high quality, long life, and high precision

To improve the reliability of industrial automation equipment, the development of pneumatic components to high quality, long life, and high precision. The use of a pneumatic tool is the same as that of a power tool, and is even more convenient to use than a power tool. It has the advantages of small and exquisite body, long life, high safety, and better energy saving. In terms of the current overall situation, its specifications are relatively complete, such as wind chisel, gun drill, polishing machine, impact wrench and so on. These pneumatic tools are also widely used in places where power tools are inconvenient to use, such as woodworking, lock manufacturing, gas stations, chemical industries, and so on. This shows that with the continuous improvement and maturity of domestic production technology, the development of pneumatic tools will be wider and wider!

Towards low power, miniaturization, and lightweighting

The research and application of China's start-up manufacturing and pneumatic technologies started late, but there has been great development in the past decade or so. Because pneumatic tools have the characteristics of high quality, long life, high speed, high output force, and high precision, pneumatic technology has been rapidly applied to various industrial sectors, and has played a significant role in production. With the development trend of electromechanical integration technology, in order to make microcomputers, programmable controllers and pneumatic cylinders to form an electromechanical integration of pneumatic systems, pneumatic components are more low power, miniaturization and lightweight direction.

Development towards oil-free lubricating originals

Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, it is not appropriate for mechanical manufacturing professionals to be too "purely mechanized." Instead, it should be concerned with increasing new materials, new technologies, and new processes. Pneumatic originals gradually develop in the direction of oil-free lubricating originals to meet the pollution-free requirements of electronics, food, medicine, and textile industries.

The “oil-free upgrading and upgrading” of traditional pneumatic tools is in full swing among companies with certain strengths. Although these projects are not as satisfactory as they have been up to now, their research direction and reliable operation methods are undoubtedly as long as we continue to make unremitting efforts, especially to further strengthen the depth of the machinery manufacturing and polymer specialties. Work hard on cooperation, pneumatic tools really "oil-free", completely solve the air tool is lubricating oil, grease pollution, "the eldest" is just around the corner!

Exports are expected to warm up

Affected by the financial crisis in 2009, the export of pneumatic tools dropped drastically, mainly in the three leading markets of Europe, North America and Asia, and the export of pneumatic tools of the country declined. Europe is particularly noticeable. In Europe, especially Russia, the import demand for pneumatic tools in China fell sharply in the first quarter of 2009, and the market was very sluggish. The same is true in Australia. Due to the bankruptcy of the capital chain of certain pneumatic tool importers, the number and amount of pneumatic tools exported to the Australian region in the first half of the year have also dropped significantly. It can be said that in 2009 the most difficult time in the past 20 years, the overall situation is worrying.

According to statistics, in the first quarter, the decline of the two was very large compared with the same period of last year. In the first half of 2009, the number and amount of foreign trade import in the pneumatic tools industry in China decreased. The number of entrances has fallen by 25%. The amount of imports has also fallen by 16%, making it the largest period of decline in the past 20 years. Although, from April onwards, the industry’s foreign trade imports have improved slightly, it still cannot be said that the trade’s foreign trade entrance has fallen to the bottom. The relevant personage thinks that at the end of this year, whether the import of the pneumatic tools of the country can bottom out has yet to be further observed. At present, due to the large number of uncertainties, it is not yet clear.

In the past 20 years, China's pneumatic tool industry has produced products every year. 85%-90% are for export, and only 10%-15% are for domestic use. In 2009, the import of foreign trade was seriously impeded, and the production and operation of the entire industry was not very good.

Although the impact of the crisis is relatively large, but with the global economy picking up, plus some domestically produced pneumatic components have initially met the conditions for bulk export, and there is a great advantage in terms of price, I believe that in 2010, the pneumatic tool export market is expected to pick up .