To be in a leading global PCB industry in China, must have the world's leading equipment manufacturers, PCB development in more than 50 years has been follow this rule.
PCB industry of China after 2000 has achieved rapid development, our country has become the largest and the highest value of PCB production. However in the PCB investment proportion accounted for about 60% of the equipment, especially high-end devices, there has been no localization, become a bottleneck restricting the development of PCB industry in China.
Speed up the development of PCB equipment is imminent
CNC technology co., LTD. Shenzhen, the vice general manager of competent technical LeiQun introduces to the reporter said that a large portion of PCB factory investment equipment, drilling equipment will account for only 30%, if coupled with the testing equipment and other equipment will account for 50% to 50% of total investment. Therefore, development with independent intellectual property rights of domestic equipment can become PCB industry the key to a breakthrough.
The good news is that, in recent years, the domestic PCB equipment companies on the basis of the new in the import, increasing independent research and development, has achieved good results. , deputy secretary-general of China's printed circuit industry association (CPCA) Liang Zhili says, in the field of PCB equipment, already can completely replace the imported products, domestic perfection of our country exposure, baking, screen printing, etching, developing and electroplating, drilling/milling, testing (special and general, fly needle), surface treatment and other process equipment also has basically meet the requirements, the medium laboratory testing equipment and basic self-sufficient. In the field of high-end equipment, such as mechanical drilling, laser and optical test equipment such as drilling, domestic less before, but in recent years has been involved in domestic manufacturers, and many have replaced the imported equipment, it is worth mentioning that these devices are independent innovation products with independent intellectual property rights.
From development course, the whole PCB PCB technology breakthroughs and innovation, is the circuit board manufacturers and device makers unite to do, the innovation of the PCB based on the innovation of the equipment, and the dependence on equipment craft is very large. LeiQun, said to be in a leading global PCB industry in China, must want to have the world's leading equipment manufacturers, is a leading is unlikely to do otherwise, PCB development in more than 50 years has been follow this rule. PCB equipment, he says, to promote the development of the whole industry will play a active role. Domestic PCB manufacturer is always follow others, cannot lead in the technology, the main reason is that domestic PCB enterprise have a new product to come out, can't find with the equipment manufacturer. In this case, the advanced foreign equipment manufacturers is not cooperating with Chinese PCB enterprises, they are only top of PCB enterprises and foreign cooperation. "The problem is not the case, the domestic PCB production enterprises all face this situation. Therefore, only developed equipment enterprises, to promote the development of the industry." LeiQun told reporters.
CNC and general manager Yang Chaohui previously in an interview with "China electronics news" reporter said, drilling equipment, laminating equipment and testing equipment is the weakness of the domestic PCB industry development, but the equipment is in the production of high-end PCB products must be used. With constantly improve the level of PCB technology, the technology in PCB industry progress, HDI (high density PCB) becomes more and more popular products, the demand for this kind of equipment is also growing. Development, he said, these high-end equipment will be the challenge for the domestic equipment companies.
PCB industry chain enterprises should cooperate closely
LeiQun tells a reporter, high-end equipment has three features: technical difficulty is big, the price is high, equipment and process of combining with very closely. The three characteristics decided the only financial strength and technical strength of the company to do high-end PCB equipment investment, especially the third condition --, combining with PCB, it is harder for equipment manufacturers, because many high-end PCB products of domestic manufacturer can't do it, must find a leading PCB enterprises do. At this point, but numerical control mode is worthy of reference, they cooperate and our country Taiwan PCB enterprises, make together to equipment, and then sold to the mainland of PCB enterprises, in this way, the mainland PCB enterprises are of great help to reduce the production cost, for example, he said, after the launch of their equipment, foreign similar equipment will reduce the price 20% to 20%.
He stressed that the domestic PCB industry bigger and stronger, the industrial chain each link to cooperate with each other, the domestic PCB enterprise must and equipment companies, real domestic enterprises for domestic equipment enough support: want to use their equipment, equipment problems timely feedback to the domestic enterprises, let them better improvement in the design of the research and development in the future. Conversely, equipment enterprises should also actively to the PCB domestic enterprises with advanced equipment, can provide free prototype to let them try, from a single piece and small batch to mass, cooperate and send technical personnel to the scene, in order to control risk. "Equipment companies want to progress, there are two need to be: first, research and development on improving inputs, but numerical control current r&d staff accounted for 40% of the total number of employees, only in this way do be breakthrough technology; second, must and PCB manufacturer to establish a close strategic cooperative relations, to do first-class equipment manufacturers must and first-class PCB enterprise cooperation, to have our users to support you. Equipment manufacturer and PCB manufacturers should be interactive, equipment to do much, stability can be done well, is not in the research laboratory to improve stability, but in the process of the mass use of client gradually improve." LeiQun said.
He also called on the nation there should be some support domestic PCB equipment enterprises to encourage policies, such as PCB enterprise trial or purchase of domestic equipment should offer certain subsidy, in order to increase their interest in using domestic equipment.
