Light CNC cutting machine market prospects are promising

At present, in the cutting machine market, heavy cutting machines are represented by Messer and Jinfeng. The representative manufacturers of light cutting machines are represented by small bees in China and Steeltailor in the international market. It is particularly noteworthy that SteelTailor's lightweight CNC has covered lightweight cantilever cutters, light bench cutters and light gantry cutters with an effective cutting width of 3.5m.

The light CNC cutting machine, because of the digital control function of the heavy-duty CNC cutting machine, has the advantages of light weight and economy. It can completely replace the semi-automatic cutting machine, replace the manual cutting machine in a large amount, and can replace the traditional heavy-duty CNC cutting machine in a small part. Wide range of applications, especially suitable for a large number of small and medium-sized micro-processing enterprises, with a very good market prospects.

Since the introduction of the portable CNC cutting machine in 2004, the light CNC cutting machine represented by small portable has been growing rapidly every year. At present, there are more than 100 enterprises in the industry, and a market segment with an annual output of about 10,000 units and an output value of about 200 million yuan has been formed.

The traditional heavy-duty cutting machine, due to the design concept of the cold-working machine tool, especially when the CNC cutting machine was born decades ago, the electronic and numerical control technology is still not developed, the control system and the height-adjusting device are very heavy, so it is large. Heavy CNC cutting machines are popular in the processing field, especially in large enterprises and some regional metal cutting processing service centers. Traditional heavy-duty cutting machines have become the default models. The majority of users also believe that CNC cutting machines should be so large and heavy.

In fact, whether it is flame, plasma or laser cutting, it is a thermal cut, but also a non-contact cut. When cutting is performed, the torch is kept at a certain distance from the steel plate, and the heat of the flame, the plasma arc or the laser beam is used to melt the metal to form a slit. Since it does not touch, the CNC cutting machine does not generate any resistance torque during the cutting process. Therefore, the design of the machine tool can be completely lightened. It is not necessary to have a large self-weight of the machine itself as in cold machining to ensure that the cutting torque does not cause the machine itself. The movement or shaking ensures that the processing proceeds normally.

All in all, the cutting machine itself does not need to be much larger, as long as the platform is stable enough to carry the weight of the steel plate. The CNC cutting machine can be lighter and smaller. With the development of electronic technology and the miniaturization of control systems, lightweight cutting machines have become a reality. The attached table is a comparison of several cutting machines.

As can be seen from the table, the market for manual cutting machines, semi-automatic and profile cutting machines is gradually being replaced by CNC cutting. The popularity of plasma cutting has also made CNC cutting machines, especially light CNC, popular. From 2004 to 2011, the small bee type lightweight cantilever cutting machine gradually matured in the domestic market. At this stage, in the international market, the light CNC cutting machine represented by Steeltailor is still in the market entry stage. With the addition of more international giants in the industry, in the three years after 2012, we predict that the light CNC cutting machine will fully mature. In the future, there will be a large number of manual cuttings in place, a full replacement for semi-automatic and contour cutting machines, and a small replacement for heavy-duty CNC cutting machines.