Wang Liang, a deputy to the National People's Congress, advocates for the use of unconventional methods to promote the industrialization of "purely domestic" five-axis machining centers.

Wang Liang, a deputy to the National People's Congress, advocates for the use of unconventional methods to break through core technologies and achieve mass production of five-axis Machining Centers with 100% domestic components, ensuring the security of industrial and supply chains while driving the manufacturing sector toward high-end development.

"Currently, China's high-end five-axis Machine Tools and core components still face high reliance on foreign sources and core technologies being controlled by others," Wang Liang, a National People's Congress deputy and head of the Electrical Technology Department atShandong Weida , told China City News in an interview. He emphasized that using unconventional means to achieve breakthroughs in core five-axis machine tool technologies and realize the mass production of five-axis Machining Centers with 100% domestic components is a strategic move to safeguard the security of industrial and supply chains and promote the manufacturing industry's upgrade to a higher level.

Wang Liang noted that five-axis Machining Centers serve as a critical foundation for industries such as aerospace, new energy vehicles, and high-end mold manufacturing, and their technological level directly impacts the nation's capability to develop major equipment. Currently, in addition to large leading enterprises, a growing demand for industrial upgrading is emerging among numerous small and medium-sized manufacturing companies. Although these smaller clients face challenges such as dispersed needs, weak risk tolerance, and concerns about using domestically produced machine tools, the related market is vast and holds significant value.

To address this, Wang Liang put forward three suggestions:

First, establish a national special project to concentrate resources for breakthroughs and mass production. He proposed creating a national special project focused on the industrialization of five-axis Machining Centers with 100% domestic components, with core objectives of "full supply chain autonomy and reliable mass production." The project would integrate central government funding, local government matching funds, and private capital to concentrate efforts on overcoming bottlenecks in complete machine integration and key components, while promoting the in-depth application of technologies such as direct drive and time grating encoders. During implementation, the project should balance the demanding validation requirements of leading enterprises under extreme conditions with the routine validation needs of small and medium-sized manufacturers. This approach aims to break the industry's vicious cycle of "lack of validation — poor performance — difficulty in promotion — hindered mass production."

Second, strengthen policy support and adopt a first-purchase, first-use strategy to reduce promotion risks. He suggested including five-axis Machining Centers with 100% domestic components in the national pilot program for insurance compensation for major technical equipment (the "first set" program). This would effectively mitigate various risks enterprises face during market promotion and product validation, providing stable user validation scenarios and market application space for domestically produced five-axis machine tools through the first-purchase, first-use mechanism.

Third, establish a multi-faceted validation system to create a virtuous cycle of "mass production — user validation — technological iteration." Wang Liang called for building a comprehensive user validation system covering both leading enterprises and small to medium-sized clients. This would leverage the extreme operating condition validation capabilities of leading enterprises on one hand, and harness the feedback advantages of small and medium-sized clients under routine operating conditions on the other. He emphasized the need to promote efficient mechanisms for validation feedback and technological optimization within enterprises, gradually alleviating small and medium-sized clients' concerns about using domestically produced Machine Tools. Continuously increasing recognition among various user groups would ultimately enable industrial-scale development.

Source: China City News