200 Tons Of High-Precision Machine Tools Equipped With Tungsten Carbide Milling Cutters To Help China Aerospace

It is reported that the first China International Import Expo opened in Shanghai, China National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai). Among them, the largest exhibit of the “volume” at this fair is a high-precision machine tool with a total weight of about 200 tons – Jinniu Longmen Milling Machine. It comes from one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-precision heavy-duty machine tools, Germany's WALDRICH-COBO Machine Tool Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

The high-precision machine tool manufacturing company was founded in 1920 and has a history of nearly one hundred years. However, in fact, the company was acquired by Beijing No. 1 Machine Tool Plant in 2005. Therefore, strictly speaking, this company should be a subsidiary of Jingcheng Mechanical & Electrical Holding Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Beijing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. In fact, the major domestic technology equipment processing plants, such as aerospace, ship engines, rail transit, etc., can often see the company's products.

According to reports, the precision of this high-precision milling machine is very high, reaching the industry's top level. This "big guy" has a positioning accuracy of 4 μm and repeatability of 6 μm. In addition, it belongs to the important strategic high-tech equipment that China encourages to import and subsidize funds.

However, such a large "volume" high-precision milling machine, "small one" carbide knife (hard alloy milling cutter) is indispensable. why? We can get the relevant information directly from the word "milling machine". Milling machines, as the name implies, are machine tools that use a milling cutter made of a hard alloy milling cutter to machine various surfaces of the workpiece. Specifically, what can the milling machine do? ——It can mill planes, grooves, teeth, threads and spline shafts, as well as more complex profiles.

Why is the tungsten carbide milling cutter usually used? Instead of other materials milling cutters? Because the current use of difficult-to-machine materials is increasing, and the requirements for the mechanical properties of materials are constantly increasing. In addition, the requirements for processing efficiency are gradually increasing. However, traditional blades do not accommodate these new requirements. In short, traditional blades do not meet the high demands placed on the modern machining industry – high precision, high speed cutting and lower cost. However, the carbide-coated blades have high hardness and excellent wear resistance, which can meet the increasing requirements of mechanical processing. That is to say, cemented carbide blades are gradually replacing traditional blades.

Why is this high-precision milling machine or will it help China's aerospace industry? Because of its high-precision machine tools, it has a wide range of applications in high-end equipment manufacturing such as aerospace, rail transportation, automobile manufacturing, mold industry and machine tool production. Among them, in the field of China's aviation industry, with the increase in the number of military aircraft and the advancement of commercial aircraft projects, China will have more than 3,000 new general-purpose aircraft. These aircraft, whether the military is commercial or commercial, the processing of many parts on the fuselage requires high-precision machine tools. Therefore, the carbide CNC blade has more room to play, and the role is quite large. It can be said that if the cemented carbide blade is missing, this German high-precision machine tool is like "a tiger with its teeth and claws pulled out", and you can't do it.

With the strategic goal of China's manufacturing powerhouse - "Made in China 2025" - gradually implemented, China will make breakthrough progress in the ten key areas, and aviation equipment is among them. Aviation equipment includes aircraft, aerospace engines and aerospace equipment and systems. In recent years, domestic market demand has become stronger and stronger, and the aviation industry is facing unprecedented development opportunities and a good environment. At the same time, China's cemented carbide industry restructuring and industrial transformation and upgrading will also be promoted.

However, it must be said that the world's leading CNC blade manufacturers are mainly distributed in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Among them, Sandvik, Kenner, Iskar, Mitsubishi, Kyocera, Sumitomo and other six companies have occupied more than 90% of the domestic market share of cemented carbide CNC blades. This means that while developing high-precision machine tools in China, we must also accelerate the development of hard alloy CNC blades. Because, as we all know, modern CNC high-precision machine tools will generally be equipped with a series of tool products, which means that “the knife will not cut the woodwork” and the “worker must first sharpen its tools”, and also have the “knife” first. And "the device." Without this hard alloy knife, no matter how high-precision the machine tool can only be an axe without a blade, it is white, that is, a wooden stick. All know that wood cut trees, can not be used, the relationship between high-precision machine tools and hard alloy knives is also a rational. Therefore, in the process of promoting the rapid development of China's aerospace industry, CNC blade, as the ultimate product of the tungsten industry chain, also serves as the raw material and processing equipment material for aerospace equipment, not only accelerates the transformation and upgrading of the tungsten industry in China, but also enters the world. The symbolic products of the tungsten industry is also an indispensable indicator of China's manufacturing from a big country to a manufacturing power.

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