Publish Time: 2025-11-26 Origin: Site
Crowds gathered around the intelligent CNC systems at the machine tool exhibition—these "industrial brains," capable of improving machining accuracy by 75% and boosting efficiency by 20%, are becoming the focal point of manufacturing competition.
At the recently opened 2025 Taichung TIMTOS Smart Manufacturing Show, intelligent manufacturing took center stage. Shortly before, at the Beijing CIMT2025 and Xi'an International Machine Tool Exhibitions, the global machine tool industry focused on the same transformative trend: the deep integration of artificial intelligence and CNC technology.
Academician Zhou Ji of the Chinese Academy of Engineering stated that the next decade is a critical period for the development of the new generation of intelligent manufacturing equipment, exemplified by intelligent CNC machine tools. With the launch of systems like the "Huazhong CNC 10 Series," machine tools are transforming from mere "executors" into "thinkers," a technological revolution reshaping the global manufacturing competitive landscape.
At the 19th China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT2025), the world's first intelligent CNC system integrating AI chips and a large language model, the "Huazhong CNC 10 Series," attracted widespread attention.
This system builds a technical architecture of "one intelligent base, two digital threads, and three functional subsystems."
The hardware layer integrates AI chips, forming the "neural network" and "super brain" of the machine tool; the software platform supports the deployment of large language models.
Huazhong CNC, with the theme "AI Empowerment, High-End Smart Manufacturing, Five-Axis Leadership," demonstrated the deep integration of AI technology and CNC machining. Its AI assistant can already automatically generate machining programs through voice interaction, and its autonomous maintenance capability even surpasses that of engineers with three years of experience.
Machine tools now possess self-perception, autonomous learning, and deep interaction capabilities for the first time.
The efficiency improvements brought by intelligent CNC systems are remarkable. According to data from the CIMT2025 exhibition, machine tools equipped with intelligent systems demonstrated exceptional performance across various machining scenarios.
The intelligent vertical drilling and tapping center, jointly developed with Create, improved rough machining efficiency for automotive motor housings and mobile phone mid-frames by approximately 10%; the intelligent vertical five-axis machining center, developed with Jiangxi Jiashite, improved scroll plate contour accuracy by 75%.
At the Xi'an International Machine Tool Exhibition, a five-axis CNC machine tool became a focus of attention, primarily machining automotive anti-collision beams, sunroof guides, and complex curved surface parts.
This equipment can complete machining on multiple surfaces in a single setup, significantly reducing machining time and improving accuracy.
The intelligent system, by deep learning from the command domain data generated by virtual simulation machining and real-time comparison with measured data for "dual-code control," can increase machining efficiency by up to 20%.
The aerospace and new energy vehicle sectors have become growth engines for the application of intelligent CNC technology.
In aerospace, key technologies like machining difficult-to-cut materials such as high-temperature alloys and titanium alloys, and complete machining of large, complex curved parts in a single setup, are driving demand for high-end CNC systems.
TopucNC's GMB-L series gantry five-axis machines, an industry pioneer with an ultra-large machining range of 8×35 meters, spatial positioning accuracy of 0.04mm/m², and rapid traverse speed of 80m/min, are suitable for efficient precision machining of ultra-large parts like spacecraft shells and ship components.
In the new energy vehicle sector, intelligent CNC systems provide ideal solutions for machining key components.
Beijing FANUC, together with the group, launched specialized solutions for new energy vehicle machining, responding to market transformation demands.
As the world's largest consumer and producer of machine tools, accounting for 32.5% of global consumption and 32.1% of production, China has become a key force driving industry development.
The manufacturing level of domestic CNC systems has generally improved.
At the CIMT2025 exhibition, a large number of Chinese local companies showcased their "specialties." BEIJING NO.1 MACHINE TOOL PLANT's five-axis gantry turn-mill compound machining center "Taurus" achieves machine tool accuracy at the micron level (one-thousandth of a millimeter).
Zhejiang Bogo Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.'s ultra-precision lathe spindle rotation accuracy is less than 0.1 micron, with repeat positioning accuracy less than 0.2 microns.
Import substitution is accelerating, especially with the localization rate of core five-axis components (CNC systems, ball screws, linear guides) increasing significantly.
Accompanying this is cost reduction, with private host manufacturers launching cost-effective models, and application fields expanding, with penetration rates increasing in medical and automotive components.
In the future, intelligent CNC systems will develop towards greater integration and systematization. Wuhan Huagong Laser Engineering Co., Ltd. exhibited its latest generation of 3D five-axis laser cutting intelligent equipment, the first to be equipped with an AI interactive system.
WZ Heavy Duty Machine Tool Group Ltd. launched the world's first high-speed, high-precision intelligent heavy-duty vertical turn-mill compound machining center. Combining new-generation AI technology and utilizing maintenance methods like AI large models, it can ensure efficient, healthy, and stable operation of the machine tool.
This machine can achieve autonomous perception, autonomous learning, autonomous optimization and decision-making, autonomous control and execution, while also possessing functions like remote monitoring and fault diagnosis.
The "μAI Agent Machine Tool" at the Shanghai Industrial Fair demonstrated an even more cutting-edge development path. It takes an unconventional route, relying on AI agents and world models, bypassing software like CAM and CAE, and simultaneously dependence on manual experience, akin to "autonomous driving" in the industrial world, autonomously generating machining paths, achieving autonomous enlightenment and evolution.
Intelligent CNC technology is not only improving machining accuracy and efficiency but also reshaping the entire manufacturing ecosystem. Jinyun County in Zhejiang, known as the "China Hacksaw Machine Capital," demonstrated the innovation capability of local enterprises by hosting an International Machine Tool & Tool Exhibition.
Julihuang's globally launched GS-43 special machine for fast cutting of stainless steel can saw through a 350mm diameter solid stainless steel bar in just 10 minutes and 58 seconds, increasing the cutting speed by 5 times compared to ordinary machine tools.
Against the backdrop of manufacturing transformation and upgrading, intelligent CNC systems have become core supporting equipment for promoting new industrialization and cultivating new quality productive forces.
With the continuous integration and application of AI technology, China's intelligent CNC is carving out its own development path in the global machine tool industry.