After 2010, China's domestic forging industry ushered in a round of rapid development, and made great progress in the production capacity of large-tonnage equipment and large parts
After 2010, China`s domestic forging industry experienced a peak period of intensive launching of 10,000-ton lines. In just a few years, China’s domestic 10,000-ton line has soared from 6 to more than 20. The forging capacity of large crankshafts/front axles has increased from About 1 million pieces soared to 4 million pieces. After this round of production boom, whether it is the 10,000-ton line of ZGER Heavy Machinery Group, ZHZJ Heavy Machinery Technology Group, Great Wall Special Steel, or small free forging enterprises in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, China’s domestic forging steel production capacity has become saturated and large Tonnage equipment is mainly free forging, but many companies have gradually begun to build large-tonnage isothermal forging and multi-directional die forging capacity to meet the high-end demand for high-profile and difficult-to-process metal forgings.
China's production capacity for large hard-to-deform metal forgings is gradually increasing
The key forging and casting parts and difficult-to-deform metal forgings in some application areas in the downstream of the industrial chain are gradually replacing imported products by Chinese enterprises, and the development and production of high-end die forging products is gradually accelerating.
According to statistics, the import rate of high-end automobile forgings in China has gradually dropped from 70% to 80% to 20-30%. Especially in terms of non-ferrous metals and hard-to-deform metals, China has made many technological breakthroughs. Forgings of Chinese aircraft structures are mainly made of aluminum alloys, and there is already a high proportion of titanium alloys and composite materials used abroad. Foreign countries have adopted many new technologies in the production process of non-ferrous metal forgings, such as isothermal die forging of titanium alloy and hot extrusion of engine hollow turbine shafts. These technologies have been gradually introduced and absorbed in our country and have continued to develop, gradually forming independent production capabilities for major technical equipment such as aviation development, gas turbines, large-scale petroleum refining, mega-kilowatt nuclear power, and supercritical thermal power. The core forging castings of these equipment also have higher added value due to harsh use conditions, high technical requirements, and difficult manufacturing. This is the main direction of China's manufacturing transformation and forging capacity upgrade.