5G Application Machine Tools Are Here! 5G Commercial Use Continues To “climb” Along The Industrial Chain
Economic Observer Network reporter Li Huaqing 2019 is called the first year of 5G commercial use. In late July, Huawei released its first 5G mobile phone; in early August, ZTE’s first 5G mobile phone was officially launched; on August 21, Samsung released its first 5G mobile phone. The first 5G mobile phone in China; On August 22, vivo released its first 5G mobile phone. Under competition, major manufacturers are launching 5G terminals faster and faster.
The commercial use of new technologies often leads to new industrial chain investment layouts. In addition to the three major mobile communication operators familiar to consumers, companies in this industry chain also include communication equipment operators such as Huawei and ZTE, as well as mobile phone manufacturers. There are many companies eager to seize the market opportunities brought by new technologies.
On August 22, Shenzhen Genesis Machinery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Genesis"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jinsheng Intelligent (300083.SZ), released a variety of machine tool products for production and processing. 5G base stations and 5G terminal products include vertical machining center series, horizontal machining center series, drilling and tapping machine series, glass machine series, lathe series, laser machine series and other new products.
Xia Jun, chairman of Jinsheng Intelligent and Genesis, told reporters from the Economic Observer Network that 5G equipment preparations will last for several years. The future will involve smart factories, autonomous driving and other fields. At present, the market with the clearest market and the largest production demand is 5G base stations. , 5G mobile phones, Genesis has also launched targeted products in these two fields.
According to Genesis engineer Liang Fengpei, compared with 4G base stations, 5G base stations are smaller and have more complex internal structures. You can see with the naked eye that the cavity inside the 5G base station is elongated. Taking the base station used by Huawei as an example, the internal structure of the 4G base station is divided into three types: There are 128 relatively small cavities inside the 5G base station. The production process of 5G base stations is relatively complex.
Liang Fengpei settled the score. Compared with 4G signals, 5G signals are more susceptible to attenuation. According to calculations by the three major mobile communication operators, to achieve the same signal coverage, the number of 5G base stations needs to be three times that of 4G base stations. Public data shows that the current number of 4G base stations deployed by the three major mobile communication operators in China is 4.78 million. A conservative estimate is that the number of 5G base stations should reach 14.34 million. The number of cavities inside each 5G base station exceeds one hundred. Genesis can conduct research and development that can improve the efficiency of 5G base station production. of machine tools.
Liang Fengpei gave an example of communication filters that domestic customers need to use. It requires drilling, tapping, milling and other processes. The front, back, and sides all need to be treated. If conventional vertical machining is used, the center needs to be clamped six times, but using Genesis' new machine tools for 5G base station processing can save three-station clamping. For processing other styles of communication cavities, in order to save time, some of the new Genesis machine tools can be clamped without stopping, and some can process all four sides at the same time.
In addition to 5G base stations, Genesis’ new glass mobile phone products also target 5G mobile phones. Liang Fengpei told reporters from the Economic Observer Network that the body shells of 4G mobile phones are basically made of metal. However, because 5G signals are prone to attenuation, 5G mobile phone front and rear covers are usually made of non-metallic materials to reduce obstacles to signal penetration. These non-metallic materials include plastics, ceramics, glass, etc. Therefore, the processing of 5G mobile phone parts has different process requirements from 4G mobile phones, and can also be used to develop new machine tools in a targeted manner.
Genesis believes in the market brought about by new mobile phone trends. Genesis insiders revealed to reporters from the Economic Observer Network that since Apple took the lead in turning mobile phone casings into metal, other mobile phone manufacturers have followed suit. As a result, the market for Genesis metal precision processing machine tool products has surged, and the 5G mobile phone market has surged. This arrival reminds Genesis not to rest on its laurels and make adjustments to its products.
Liang Fengpei told the Economic Observer Network reporter that the fastest time for Genesis to develop a new device is 45 days. During this period, hundreds of people worked overtime, and some new equipment was improved from old equipment.
Before the launch of 5G terminal products, a group of upstream companies invested a lot of energy in production. Xia Jun told the Economic Observer Network reporter that once the terminal product is launched and the number of users is huge, manufacturers will be more cautious in making any changes. The golden period for substantial product modification and improvement is the laboratory stage. Although many consumers have not yet used 5G mobile phones, some of his customers are already producing 5G mobile phones, and 5G vehicle terminals, smart door locks, tablets and other products are also being tested, so the company can already sense 5G terminals. Must respond quickly to production needs.
