At the end of 2017, the Xicheng high-speed railway passing through the Qinling and Daba mountainous areas was completed, marking that the high-speed railway in the western region of China has been contiguous. At the same time, with the gradual advancement of the “Belt and Road Initiative” initiative, there will still be a large number of infrastructures such as railways, highways, and water conservancy projects.
Tunnel rock drilling is an important part of the construction of these large-scale infrastructures. It is not only a huge market demand, but also involves construction safety, which is of great significance. However, the intellectual property and core technology of high-tech rock drilling equipment are still in the hands of a few foreign companies.
China's tunnel rock drilling industry has huge market potential.
Driven by the development opportunities of the “Belt and Road”, the new round of western development, and the construction of railways and highway networks, the demand for tunnel construction in China is strong, which brings a good opportunity for the development of rock drilling equipment.
At the same time, the global manufacturers of rock drilling equipment have also regarded China as one of the most important markets, and they have accelerated the development of the Chinese market through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and investment and construction.
However, the safety production situation of tunnel construction in China is not optimistic. According to the relevant notification of the National Safety Production Emergency Rescue Command Center on tunnel construction accidents, between 2013 and October 2017, there were 39 tunnel construction accidents (incidents) in China, causing 107 people to die, causing 204 people to be in distress. The security situation was severe.
How to improve the core competitiveness of rock drilling equipment?
Due to the structural characteristics of industrial products, China's rock drilling equipment production enterprises are mainly private enterprises, and most of them are small and medium-sized enterprises in production scale, and they are often concentrated in the pneumatic tool industry of rock drilling equipment.
China's rock drilling machinery industry has registered and withdrawn every year. It is not conducive to the long-term accumulation of production technology and technology, the innovation and innovation of enterprises are also insufficient, product technology upgrades and upgrades are slow, and products are concentrated in areas where technology added value is not high.
As far as the current market situation of rock drilling equipment in China is concerned, the market for pneumatic rock drill products has become saturated. The domestic product market share is over 90%, basically “resisting” the import of foreign brand products, and there are certain batch products exported to developing countries.
Improve product quality and reliability of hydraulic rock drilling equipment, research and develop independent intellectual property rights and core technologies, enhance the influence of domestic independent brands is the only way for the development of the whole industry of the country and rock drilling machinery. More energy-saving, environmentally friendly, efficient and accurate hydraulic rock drilling equipment is the future development direction of China's rock drilling machinery industry.
