Laser technology is a cutting-edge technology for modern high-end manufacturing. Compared with traditional processing equipment, laser processing equipment, optical communication devices and equipment, laser measurement equipment, lasers, laser medical equipment, laser components and other laser equipment have many comparative advantages such as high precision and high efficiency. Therefore, with the rapid development of laser processing technology, especially the rapid iteration of core component laser technology, the laser power continues to increase, the cost continues to decrease, the range of processable materials continues to expand, and the processing quality and processing efficiency continue to improve. The replacement effect of laser technology on traditional process technology is increasingly prominent, and it plays an important role in the process of industrial transformation and upgrading. From the perspective of application scope, the application of laser processing technology has expanded from the light industrial fields such as food, textiles, and electronics at the beginning to heavy industrial fields such as automobiles, ships, aerospace, aviation, and high-speed rail. Data shows that my country's laser market has achieved more than 6 times growth in the past 10 years, and the market size has grown to 241.532 billion yuan by 2023.
Development Trends:
1. The laser industry has received support from national industrial policies and has broad development prospects：
The laser industry belongs to high-tech industries. Many long-term development plans and industrial policies issued by the state have listed lasers and related industries as key development targets. As early as 2006, the state launched the "Outline of the National Medium- and Long-Term Science and Technology Development Plan (2006-2020)", which clearly listed laser technology as a frontier technology for development alongside biology, information, new materials, advanced manufacturing, advanced energy, ocean, aerospace and other technologies, giving play to the leading role of science and technology in leading future development and improving my country's high-tech research and development capabilities and the international competitiveness of the industry. Under the guidance of national policies, the laser industry has received stable support and rapid development, and has also driven the rise of my country's civil and defense industries.
2. Laser technology is in line with the current industrial development trend of energy conservation, emission reduction and green environmental protection：
As global environmental issues are increasingly attracting people's attention, keywords such as "energy conservation, emission reduction, pollution control, and green industry" frequently appear in the public eye. Laser processing technology, as a new processing technology, has excellent characteristics such as no direct contact with tools, high processing efficiency, low energy consumption, no noise, and no environmental pollution. It not only meets the expectations of the public and the requirements of environmental protection departments, but also reduces the energy consumption and pollutant treatment costs of manufacturing enterprises in the production process.
In general, the development of laser technology and the laser industry has positive significance for downstream manufacturing application industries, and the good substitution effect is in line with the current green and environmentally friendly industrial development trend.