Overview of industrial laser industry development
Before the birth of fiber lasers, the industrial lasers used in the market for material processing were mainly gas lasers and crystal lasers. Compared with CO2 laser with large volume, complex structure and difficult maintenance, YAG laser with low energy utilization rate and semiconductor laser with low laser quality, fiber laser has many advantages such as good monochromaticity, stable performance, high coupling efficiency, adjustable output wavelength, strong processing ability, high electro-optical efficiency, good beam quality, convenient and flexible use, good material adaptability, wide application, small maintenance demand With many advantages such as low operating cost, it is widely used in material processing fields such as engraving, marking, cutting, drilling, cladding, welding, surface treatment, rapid prototyping, etc. It is known as the “third generation laser” and has broad application prospects.
Development status of global industrial laser industry
In recent years, the scale of the global industrial laser market has fluctuated. Affected by the COVID-19 in the first half of 2020, the growth of the global industrial laser market has almost stagnated. In the third quarter of 2020, the industrial laser market will recover. According to the calculation of Laser Focus World, the global industrial laser market size in 2020 will be about 5.157 billion US dollars, with a year-on-year growth of 2.42%.
It can be seen from the sales structure that the largest market share of industrial robot industrial laser products is fiber laser, and the sales share from 2018 to 2020 will exceed 50%. In 2020, the global sales of fiber lasers will account for 52.7%; Solid state laser sales accounted for 16.7%; Gas laser sales accounted for 15.6%; The sales of semiconductor/excimer lasers accounted for 15.04%.
Global industrial lasers are mainly used in metal cutting, welding/brazing, marking/engraving, semiconductor/PCB, display, additive manufacturing, precision metal processing, non-metallic processing and other fields. Among them, laser cutting is one of the most mature and widely used laser processing technologies. In 2020, metal cutting will account for 40.62% of the total industrial laser application market, followed by welding/brazing applications and marking/engraving applications, accounting for 13.52% and 12.0% respectively.
Trend forecast of industrial laser industry
The substitution of high-power laser cutting equipment for traditional machine tools is accelerating, which also brings opportunities for domestic substitution of high-power laser equipment and control systems. It is expected that the penetration rate of laser cutting equipment will further increase.
With the development of laser equipment towards high power and civilian, the application scenarios are expected to continue to expand, and new application fields such as laser welding, marking and medical beauty will continue to drive the growth of the industry.
Post time: Nov-08-2022