Opportunities and Challenges Faced by Precision Stamping Technology
Precision stamping technology originated in 1914 and has gone through the secret period, popularization period, and development period.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, precision stamping technology developed rapidly alongside the automotive industry and was widely applied in the machinery, electronics, automotive, and military industries. Today, significant advancements have been made in the variety, dimensions and shapes, material thickness, and mechanical properties of precision stamping parts. To meet market demands, production balance, quality reliability, and processing economy have become increasingly prominent. To date, approximately 45 countries worldwide have adopted precision stamping technology, producing around 10,000 types of precision stamping parts with a global inventory of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 precision stamping machines.
The experimental research on precision stamping technology in China originated in 1965 and has since spread across more than 50 enterprises in 16 provinces and cities nationwide. Over the past 40-odd years, the development of China's precision stamping technology has admittedly been arduous, plagued by both cognitive issues and objective constraints. However, it has experienced rapid growth in the nearly 15 years since 1992: approximately 5 enterprises have engaged in the development and application of precision stamping machines, achieving encouraging results. Enterprises specializing in the production of precision stamping raw materials are also emerging. Nevertheless, the current major challenges include a small and fragmented market scale, low output, inefficient production, a shortage of professional talents, inadequate supporting facilities, and a significant gap compared with foreign counterparts. Fortunately, these issues are expected to be gradually resolved in the course of further development.
Currently, the precision stamping market is expanding, specialized precision stamping factories are being established, professional teams in precision stamping are taking shape, the variety of precision stamping parts is increasing, and precision stamping machines are being developed and put into use. Undoubtedly, the development of China's precision stamping technology must be combined with China's national conditions and the specific circumstances of each enterprise, taking a path of independent development.
With the rapid development of the economy, China's precision punching technology is facing new opportunities and challenges.