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    Heat treatment equipment accounts for half of the market.

    Category: Industry Trends

    Release time: 2021-03-30

    Nationwide, controlled-atmosphere furnaces and vacuum furnaces together account for less than 5% of all heat treatment equipment. A significant number of equipment types—those characterized by high labor intensity, severe pollution, and high energy consumption—still remain in widespread use. The primary energy sources for industrial production of heat treatment equipment are coal and petroleum. As industrial production scales up globally, the energy crisis is becoming increasingly severe, driving energy prices sharply upward beyond the affordability of many countries. Meanwhile, industrial production inevitably exacerbates environmental pollution problems.

      Nationwide, controlled-atmosphere furnaces and vacuum furnaces together account for less than 5% of all heat treatment equipment. A significant number of equipment types—those characterized by high labor intensity, severe pollution, and high energy consumption—still remain in widespread use. The primary energy sources for industrial production of heat treatment equipment are coal and petroleum. As industrial production scales up globally, the energy crisis is becoming increasingly severe, driving energy prices to soar beyond the affordability of many countries. At the same time, industrial production inevitably exacerbates environmental pollution, and the adverse effects caused by the discharge of industrial waste are now seriously impacting human daily life and economic activities. To address these challenges, countries around the world are actively engaged in the development and application of new alternative energy materials. Among these alternatives, non-biological renewable energy sources have gained broad recognition. Bioenergy boasts low production costs and readily available raw materials, making it an ideal choice for energy-efficient industrial furnaces.

      The reliability of heat treatment equipment and processes hinges on the reliability of mechanical components, electrical parts, instruments, sensors, and the entire system as a whole. This issue has long been a bottleneck hindering the advancement of China’s heat treatment technology and equipment development. Today, control components and their control systems have made significant progress, and market availability and technical services have become increasingly convenient—high-quality foreign products are now readily accessible within China, while domestic products have also made substantial strides. Users can now select products of varying quality levels according to their specific needs. Since quenching machines first entered the Chinese market, leading Chinese experts in the field of heat treatment have conducted comprehensive analyses, taking into account current domestic economic conditions, transportation infrastructure, market dynamics, and emerging opportunities. Based on these analyses, they have concluded that, under the current macroeconomic environment, the development of China’s mold heat treatment equipment manufacturing industry has already shown distinct regional disparities between inland and coastal areas. Particularly in recent years, influenced by the global economic crisis, many mold manufacturers have been quietly undergoing upgrades and transformations, resulting in significant regional differences during this period.

      Improving the quality of heat treatment equipment products and achieving precise manufacturing processes involve enhancing the quality, reliability, and control technologies of heat treatment equipment itself, as well as improving the consistency of heat-treated product quality and the performance of the final products. The realization of high-performance requirements for heat treatment equipment is a crucial prerequisite for minimizing quality variations—such as product performance and deformation—in heat-treated components. Abroad, heat treatment equipment already provides comprehensive control over process parameters throughout the entire heat treatment process and is moving toward greater automation, integration, flexibility, and intelligence. In China, however, controlled-atmosphere heat treatment—a technology that has been in use since the 1960s—remains confined to only a few large enterprises and a small number of specialized plants.

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