Machining center is the most common CNC machine tool, many brands, the price difference is also quite large. What is the difference? Listen to the comments. Ill-informed, please not mentioned processing center manufacturers, this article is purely personal views, if there are different opinions, please beat brick.

SE3007 The world’s first machining center was first developed in 1958 by the United States Carney-Traek Company. It adds automatic tool changing device on the basis of CNC horizontal boring and milling machine. Beijing Machine Tool Research Institute in 1975 trial production of China’s first horizontal machining center JCS-013, 1978 trial production of China’s first vertical machining center JCS-018. It is also said that JCS-013 is actually manufactured by Beijing Second Machine Tool Factory. At that time, the technological distance between China and the world was 17 years.

Nowadays, China’s current machining center technology application is basically synchronized with the world, and there is a relatively large gap between the precision and stability of the world’s first-class level. Why is the same 850 vertical machining center (X stroke is 800mm, Y stroke is 500), there is a big price gap between foreign and domestic, why there is also a considerable price difference between domestic brands?

The typical vertical machining center manufacturers at home and abroad are divided into 7 categories, taking the most conventional manufacturers’ standard configuration of three-axis 850 vertical machining center as an example (only for the main model, the configuration of each manufacturer will be different), to talk about the characteristics of these 7 categories of products. Through queuing and comparison, a correct analysis of the position of domestic machine tools is made.

The distinction of each echelon is a big headache, the manufacturers mentioned in this article are enterprises that have survived the market test for many years, and the price of their products is basically recognized by the market, and the price of their products can basically reflect their product configuration and actual value. The final decision is based on the approximate price, which is actually not very scientific and there is no way.

Tier 1 – Super players

In the first echelon, Swiss Micron, Swiss Baomei, Swiss Strag, Swiss Ligit, Swiss Weiming, German Hammer, German Omet, German Bilang and other brands belong to the super first-class players in the field of processing centers, and the price is more than 1.5 million.

No matter from the internal appearance, or design level and innovation, or processing ability and processing precision, almost impeccable. Fine work, excellence, machine tool processing accuracy is very high, the output is very low. Because the price is too expensive, the cost of use is too high, users are often forced to buy.

SE3007 The brand image of the first echelon of processing centers is high, and for ordinary users, it can only be viewed from a distance, like a supercar in the machine tool. High and low, high procurement and use costs directly lead to a very low market application rate. Although the price is high, the profit is not necessarily high, the quality is good, the business is not necessarily good, and the turn after the bright may be sad tears. Switzerland’s Micron has been acquired by the Swiss Archimir Group, Switzerland’s Baume was acquired by Switzerland’s Stragg… Can not help but think of the world’s top supercar Bugatti Veyron, behind the sports world is the tragedy of 4 degrees of change.

The quality of the machine tool is ensured by the quality of the bed material, the level of machining, the quality of parts, the quality of assembly and the production control and other links, and the assembly quality of the machine tool is always guaranteed by manual, unlike automobiles, home appliances and other products can achieve automatic assembly. The level of assembly mechanics is high and low, and the mass production of machine tools has harsh delivery time limits, because of this, the mass production of machine tools is difficult to ensure a high level, which is why the world’s top ten machine tool manufacturers can not enter the first echelon of reasons.