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The Chinese aerospace industry creates an opportunity for the machine tool industry
27/06/2007
June 27, 2007
The aerospace industry in China, in the western part of the country in particular, is generating a great demand for machine tools, both local and foreign industry, as reported by Adsale.
For example, the group Xi'an Aircraft Industry Co Ltd (XAC), a large aerospace company is equipped with more than 1,600 teams of metal cut, approximately one-third of the equipment that has. The company is also an important base of research and manufacturing of large and medium-size to use ships and civil.
Chengdu Aircraft Industry (Group) Co Ltd, is the basis for design, manufacturing and production in batches for McDonnell Douglas; queues for Boeing and doors for Airbus of the Astronavigation Bureau of France. Also located in the eastern part of China, this company is equipped with two lines of production FDNC involving a total of 18 CNC machine tools in a building of 14,000 square meters. It has also created a space automated materials and tools, respectively.
The Chinese Government pointed out in its eleventh five year plan than the development of critical technologies, such as CNC machine tools of high level, they will be key.
It will pay particular attention to products of the range of high-precision and performance: cutting tools CNC control systems CNC high-level, digital instruments of measurement and inspection of high precision and specialized processing equipment, and equipment of processing key.
In reference to the cutting tools in particular, China has great confidence in imported products, with 80 per cent of demand satisfied with imports.
