The application of numerical control technology in China has not only brought revolutionary changes to traditional manufacturing industry, making it a symbol of industrialization, but also played an increasingly important role in the development of some important industries for national economy and people's livelihood (IT, automotive, light industry, medical, etc.) with the continuous development of numerical control technology and the expansion of application fields, because the digitization of equipment required by these industries has become a major trend in modern development. The current development trend of CNC lathes is as follows.

1. High speed and high precision

High speed and precision are the eternal goals of machine tool development. With the rapid development of science and technology, the speed of updating and upgrading mechanical and electrical products is accelerating, and the requirements for the accuracy and surface quality of part processing are also increasing.

2. High reliability

The reliability of CNC machine tools is a key indicator of the quality of CNC machine tool products. Whether CNC machine tools can achieve high performance, high precision, and high efficiency, and obtain good benefits, depends crucially on their reliability.

3. CAD based design and modular structural design for CNC lathes

With the popularization of computer applications and the development of software technology, CAD technology has been widely developed. CAD can not only replace manual labor to complete tedious drawing work, but more importantly, it can select design schemes and analyze, calculate, predict, and optimize the static and dynamic characteristics of large and complete machines. It can also perform dynamic simulation and emulation of various working components of the whole machine.

4. Functional compounding

The purpose of functional modularization is to further improve the production efficiency of machine tools and minimize the time used for non machining assistance. Through the compounding of functions, the range of use of machine tools can be expanded, efficiency can be improved, and one machine can be used for multiple purposes and functions. That is, one CNC lathe can achieve both turning and milling functions; Grinding processing can also be achieved on milling based machine tools.

5. Intelligence, networking, flexibility, and integration

The CNC equipment of the 21st century will be a system with certain intelligence. The content of intelligence includes various aspects in numerical control systems, such as adaptive control of the machining process and automatic generation of process parameters, in order to pursue intelligence in machining efficiency and machining quality.