The inverter welding machine to replace the traditional welding machine enters the acceleration stage
The inverter welding machine is accelerating to replace the traditional welder. The improvement of welder holdings is the main logic of the industry's rapid growth. Look from the downstream demand, the welding machine business trends and the Essen Exhibition, the inverter welding machine with energy saving and environmental protection properties to replace the traditional welding machine enters the acceleration stage.
Advantages and disadvantages of inverter welding machine
Because of the high operating frequency, the inverter welding machine has the advantages of a small size, light weight, energy saving, saving material, fast dynamic response, high efficiency, good welding performance, multi-function and conductive to realize welding mechanization and automation compared with traditional welding machine. Inverter welding machine replacing the traditional China welding machines will improve the ownership, which is the core reason why economic cycle is downturn but inverter welding machine industry is prosperous. Inverter welding machines use a large number of electronic components, whose life will be shorter than the traditional welder with mechanical structure (life-expectancy of inverter welding machine is generally 2-5 years but the traditional welding machine can be used for more than 10 years). Inverter welding machine sales lack of authoritative statistics, according to research from different enterprises, it is expected, the industry growth rate will be about 20% in the next five years.
Current situation of welding industry
Under the inflation and downlink of economic growth background, the Universal welder product gross margin improves, which benefits from the traditional welding machine switching to inverter welding machine, the company did not feel significant slowdown in demand, but the cost (electronic components and other raw materials, labor costs, etc.) pressure, and short-term gross margin will still be moderately lowered. But we expect that the current round of inflation will fall to normal levels by the end of the year and product gross margin will be improved next year. The welder shortage accelerates the welding automation, high-margin welding cars and welding robot business is expected to have high growth. We described the next decade will be the golden year for the portable welding machine to replace the artificial in the 2011 mid-term strategy report. China has entered the era of labor shortages, welders and other structural shortage of skilled workers is more prominent, high wages of welders, recruitment difficulties (manual welding has higher requirement for welder skills and experience, high-grade welder recruitment is more difficult) problem has been widespread, the drain welding automation products have space to import and substitute, costs still have space to fall, which has begun to show a cost advantage compared with manual welding.