Three major trends in the automotive industry laser cutting can be expected in the future

According to the report of the China Automobile Association, China's auto market will continue to grow slowly in 2018, with annual auto sales of 29.87 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 3%. With the increase in the number of cars in first- and second-tier cities, the car market in third- and fourth-tier cities has become an important planning regional market for companies to exert their strength in the future.

In the context of the end of the tax reduction policy for small-displacement vehicles at the end of 2017, combined with the market performance in 2017, industry insiders predict that the auto market will show three major trends in 2018: the decline in the car market Obviously, there is little chance of a 'turnover' next year; the SUV market is still hot, and small and compact SUVs will enter an 'explosive period'; new energy models may enter an era of rapid development. As an advanced manufacturing method, laser cutting has gradually become more important in the automotive industry.

Cars will enter a 'dormant' period. 2018 is a year of intensified competition in China's auto industry, and the auto market may face a reshuffle. According to the China Automobile Association’s forecast for the Chinese auto market in 2018, in terms of passenger vehicles, the growth rate of passenger vehicles in 2018 is expected to be 3%, and the sales volume will be 25.59 million. Among them, the sales volume of sedan will be 11.77 million, which will fall 1 year-on-year. %. Based on this judgment, the car market may enter a 'dormant' period next year. Small and compact SUVs have entered the 'blowout' period. Although the SUV market has passed the 'blowout' period, consumer demand in the SUV market has been relatively strong in 2017, and sales are still very hot. From the current market situation, the SUV represented by The popularity of cars in the world is expected to continue into 2018. If not surprisingly, the sales of low-end SUVs in 2018 will continue to account for the forefront of SUV market sales. New energy has entered a period of 'rapid development'. According to the information released by the National Passenger Federation, in November 2017, the sales of new energy narrow passenger vehicles reached 74,900, an increase of 131.4% year-on-year; and according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, by 2020 , my country’s new energy vehicle sales are expected to reach 2 million. Although the number of new energy vehicles is still a drop in the ocean in the face of the number of vehicles in the country, with the future development of China's automobile technology and increasingly stringent fuel consumption and emission regulations, new energy vehicles have become an irreversible future development trend.

With the expansion of SUV market demand, new energy has entered a period of 'rapid development'. Advanced manufacturing technology represented by laser technology is also constantly promoting the upgrading of the automotive manufacturing industry, covering almost all of the automotive manufacturing industry Application areas. Among them, laser cutting is one of the main laser applications. Laser cutting in the automotive industry includes flat sheet cutting and three-dimensional cutting. The application range of surface sheet cutting includes: automobile parts, automobile body, automobile door frame, automobile trunk, automobile roof cover and other aspects.

Automatic laser cutting equipment for huagong laser automobile gear shift cover

The application of 3D laser cutting technology in the automobile manufacturing industry is mainly in the design and manufacture of automobile body. It is widely used in the development of new models, the production of deformed cars, or the cutting of prototype car parts and body panels. Cutting holes, trimming, cutting steering wheel holes, windshields, roof cover brackets, etc. For example, the AUTOBOT3015 3D laser cutting machine for automotive thermoformed parts of Huagong Falilai is a three-dimensional five-axis laser processing equipment specially developed for the automotive thermoforming line industry.

Hua Gong Fa Lilai AUTOBOT3015 3D laser cutting machine for automobile thermoformed parts

The combination of advanced laser manufacturing technology and automobile production is the general trend. It is foreseeable that the application prospects of laser cutting in the automobile manufacturing industry will become wider and wider!