Global Machining Centres Market Size, Share, Research; By Type: Horizontal Machining Center, Vertical Machining Center, Others; By Application: Automotive, Aerospace, Construction and Agriculture, General Engineering (Fluid Power), Oil and Energy; Regional Analysis; Competitive Landscape: Industry Events and Developments; 2023-2028

Global Machining Centres Market Outlook

The global machining centres market size reached a value of about USD 26.05  billion in 2021. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of about 7.44% during the forecast period of 2023-2028, and is likely to attain a value of USD 40.18 billion by 2027.

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News and Developments in the Market

• Latest technology developments in horizontal and vertical machining centres include speed and motion control. In particular, new and modern machine setups are increasingly becoming faster in traverse feed rates as well as programmable rates. Motion control systems are also getting faster. As a result of the bolstered speed of systems, there is facilitation of faster production of better parts with quicker execution of work. Other advantages of technological advancements are overall machine longevity, accuracies in parts, and improved surface finishes. Shops are also becoming more efficient and productive.

• Recent years have witnessed the introduction of five-axis machining centres with two rotational axes in addition to the standard three axes. Such changes have enabled machining of shapes with greater intricacy.

• Machining centres carry out multiple types of machining simultaneously on various workpiece surfaces, thereby significantly enhancing production efficiency. Continual advancements in machining precision and speed have made machining centres an integral part of the production process, driving growth of the machining centres market.

• Organisations such as Hurco Companies Inc. manufacture computer numeric control (CNC) machine tools that are designed to support the metal forming industry as well as metal cutting. Modern products come armed with interactive controls including proprietary software. Products by companies like Hurco are used in independent job shops and are also used in short-run manufacturing processes in large companies. They are additionally used by producers with production-oriented processes. Customers include producers of precision parts, dies, and tools, and manufactures of moulds for industries including defence, medical equipment, aerospace, transportation, energy, and computer equipment.

• Companies like FANUC offer solutions like ROBODRILL for Vertical Machining Centre Applications. The modern solution offers better quality and precision at attractive hourly rates. ROBODRILL carries a patented high-speed tool changer capable of holding twenty-one tools and offers more reliability in its class. The solution enables the delivery of more efficient machining.

Extensive Use of Machining Centres at Manufacturing Sites Likely to Drive Machining Centres market Growth

Machining centres are extensively employed at manufacturing sites. The machining centres are employed in die manufacturing and are critical equipment for machining metal components and parts. In the automobile industry, machining centres are employed to efficiently grind and drill engine parts and fashion dies for body components. Several other products normally used in everyday life and in industrial environments are produced in machining centres.

Machining centres have a computerised automatic tool change function. While generally, an operator is required to exchange the tools on an NC machine tool, machining centres carry a change arm to automatically retrieve and exchange tools from a tool magazine. This saves time and effort, enabling automated and power-saving operations while decreasing costs.

Manufacturing prismatic like partitions, gearboxes, frames, covers, etc. warrants various kinds of operations like drilling, milling, boring, tapping, and other associated machining operations. In the machining centres market, the CNC machine tool centre is a sophisticated manufacturing machine tool capable of carrying out several machining operations with significant precision, and high quality and surface finish. A CNC machine tool centre is capable of performing milling, drilling, and lathe operations. CNC machine centres may be classified by configuration into Horizontal Machine Centre, Vertical Machine Centre, and Universal Machining Centre.

Increasing Complexity of Jobs Expected to Help Market Growth

Customers today receive jobs with greater intricacies in terms of configuration and number of set-ups. Thus, there is growing demand for machinists and programmers with requisite knowledge and experience to carry out such jobs. Assessments of new jobs can identify ways machine parts may require new investments with added capabilities such as 5-axis or HMC or including a fourth axis rotary  or a fourth and fifth axis trunnion table for already operational machines.

ASEAN Region Expected to Witness Significant Growth

Realignment of strategies of global producers might result in increased growth of the machining centres market in the ASEAN region. Companies like Hurco are expected to invest in Southeast Asia which is expected to boost market growth.

While horizontal machining centres (HMCs) are more expensive than vertical machining centres (VMCs), HMCs offer many benefits, including superior coolant and chip control, and presence of a fourth axis rotary table, permitting the operator to use multi-sided tombstone type fixturing to facilitate a greater number of parts in one arrangement. HMCs generally come with a changer for pallets, which enables the operator to load parts while the machine is already in use.

VMCs represent a more conventional type of machine configuration and are more suited to everyday job-shops that execute lot sizes ranging from small to medium. HMCs are relatively less quick and easy to setup, however they are often not  preferable for a shop with a high blend of low-volume work. In comparison, the HMCs are preferable in high-production settings.

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Combination Turning and Milling Machines Represent a Stable Growth Area

As automation drives demand for integrated system solutions, more users are growingly adopting machine tools that support the integration of several machining technologies. Digitalisation has enabled enhanced machine uptime and increased efficacy of production processes.

A steady growth area for the machining centres market is the combination turning segment and milling machines segment. For these  dynamic machining centres, Schaeffler offers a top performance range of bearings for rotary tables used. These include options that feature direct drives and specialised integrated angle measuring systems.

Increasing use of ancillary automation solutions to improve machine tool efficiency and growing integration of several production methods within machine tools are significant trends influencing consumers and producers of machine tools and metal machining centres.

Applications of Machining Centres Across Industries Expected to Boost Market Growth

Machining centres are extensively used in aerospace, automotive, power generation, hardware, wood processing, and home appliances. The automobile industry employs machining centres are employed for efficient drilling and grinding of engine parts, and for producing dies for body components.

Advantages of Vertical Machining Centres (VMCs) Likely to Stimulate Machining Centres Market Growth

Ease of Operation

The structural design of VMCs enable superior visibility; this enables operators to detect and resolve problems during the milling process. Further, operators need to expend less time on setup and programming as the user-friendly CNC controls simplify programming while the design of the machine makes fixturing workpieces easy. 

Enhanced Productivity

Open visibility of VMCs enables easy large part manufacturing. Thus, VMCs are preferred in the machining centres market when the nature of the job is easier and less intricate, and required quantities are low. These are well suited for quick milling jobs. 

A Popular Alternative

VMCs are a more popular alternative, and it is expected that these machines would be more readily available and less expensive. With lower cost of machines, the cost of operation and production also declines, the benefits of which may be passed on to the customers. It might also encourage the availability of skilled workers.

Higher Cost May be a Hindrance

Cost is a significant consideration, and cost increases with complexity of the machine. However, deciding which machine to choose on the basis of actual requirements and not giving in to the temptation to add unnecessary features may help in the acquisition of a good machining centre within cost constraints. 

Market Analysis

By type, the market is segmented into Horizontal Machining Centre, Vertical Machining Centre, and others. By application, the market is divided into Automotive, Aerospace, Construction & Agriculture, General Engineering (Fluid Power), Oil & Energy, and others. By region, the market is classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East and Africa.

The comprehensive EMR report provides an in-depth assessment of the market based on the Porter's five forces model along with giving a SWOT analysis. The report gives a detailed analysis of the following key players in the global machining centres market, covering their competitive landscape and latest developments like mergers, acquisitions, investments, and expansion plans. Major players in the domain include JTEKT Corporation, FANUC Corporation, Yamazaki Mazak Pvt. Ltd., FFG European and American Holdings GmbH, Makino Inc., Okuma Corporation, and others.

HMCs Suited to High-production Settings; VMCs Preferred for Relatively Less Complex Tasks

HMCs, while relatively expensive, offer several benefits, such as superior coolant and chip control. There is also the presence of a fourth axis rotary table, permitting the operator to use tombstone type fixturing with multiple sides to facilitate a greater number of parts in one arrangement. VMCs are more suited to everyday job-shop applications that execute small to medium lot sizes. In high-production settings, HMCs are preferable whereas for comparatively less intricate tasks, VMCs are preferred.

Uses Across Industrial Sectors Likely to Boost Market Growth

Machining centres are extensively used in aerospace, medical parts, automotive, power generation, hardware, wood processing, and home appliances, resulting in multiple end-users for the machining centres market. In the automobile industry, they are employed for efficient grinding and drilling of engine parts, and for producing dies for body components. A 5-axis machining is extensively employed in CNC machining to produce intricate aircraft components as it enables milling, drilling and manipulation of parts along the X, Y, Z, and linear axes. The 5-axis CNC machines enable the aerospace industry to go beyond 3D machining, enabling machining of intricate parts.

In medical parts production, 4-axis and 5-axis machining used for intricate geometries enabling complex cutting and fashioning. Modern solutions also enable desired levels of cleanliness and high-level surface finishing.

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Expanding Industrialisation and Manufacturing Activities Likely to Drive Market Growth

Demand for machining centres is expected to increase during the forecast period. Growing demand for precision, automation, and efficacy in the manufacturing of different items is expected to boost market demand. This is also expected to increase demand for skilled operators capable of operating such machines.

In countries like India where industrialisation, entrepreneurship, and innovation are on the rise and governments are emphasising and promoting such efforts, demand for machining centres is expected to increase, boosting the machining centres market growth.

In regions like North America and Europe, the construction and manufacturing sectors are likely to drive market growth. North America, Europe, and Asia are projected to be key markets.

Competitive Landscape

JTEKT Corporation is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of machine tools, electronic control devices, driveline components, steering systems, bearings, and home accessory equipment, etc.

FANUC Corporation started developing NCs in 1955 and has been engaged in factory automation (FA), which includes basic technologies comprising NCs (numerical controls), servos and lasers, and robots to which such basic technologies are applied, along with Robomachines.

Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, established in 1919, has been a key contributor to the development and maturity of the overall machine tool industry. Yamazaki Mazak manufactures sophisticated machine tools including machining centres, CNC turning centres, multi-tasking centres, and laser processing machines and automation systems with a ‘DONE IN ONE’ concept.

FFG European and American Holdings GmbH is the manufacturer of machine tools and systems. FFG Europe & Americas (FFG E&A) forms a component of the Taiwanese Fair Friend Group (FFG) that is active at a global level. The Group is headquartered in Germany and unites 15 traditional manufacturers originating from Italy, the United States, Germany, and Switzerland. They are manufacturers of machining centres, turning centres, milling machines, grinding machines, rotary transfer machines, and gear cutting machines for mechanical production and automation.

Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. is a leading company engaged in CNC machining centre design and digital innovation. The company introduces path-breaking machining solutions for premium performance.

Okuma Corporation is a comprehensive manufacturer of machine tools, producing a wide range of CNG machine tools. Based out of Japan, it produces tools ranging from wheel machines and lathes to grinders, machining centres, double columns, and super multitasking machines.

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