Automotive Industry Offers Substantial Opportunities for Electrochemical Machines.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46429) has announced the addition of 'World Electrochemical electrochemical /elec·tro·chem·i·cal/ (-kem´i-k'l) pertaining to interaction or interconversion of chemical and electrical energies. e·lec·tro·chem·i·cal adj. Machines Markets' to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service entitled World Electrochemical Machines Markets provides in-depth end-user, geographic, and competitive analyses for the markets. In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the applications of ECMs in automotive, aerospace and defence, machine building, as well as other industries. Market Sectors Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research service: By End-user Industry: * Automotive * Aerospace and defence * Machine building * Others By Application: * Deburring, polishing and shaping * Machining, sinking, drilling, grinding By Geographic Region: * North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. (the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada, and Mexico) * Europe, Middle East, and Africa * Asia Pacific (Asia and the Pacific countries) * Rest-of-the-world (South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Africa, and others) Technologies The following technologies are covered in this research service: * Deburring * Sinking * Polishing Market Overview Automotive Industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. Offers Substantial Opportunities for Electrochemical Machines The world electrochemical machines (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) markets are set to experience increased growth due to the ability of ECMs to machine complex and brittle parts rapidly and their technical superiority over traditional techniques. This is contributing to significant revenue growth in the mass production-based automotive industry, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. This industry offers excellent growth prospects for ECMs as it extensively uses electrochemical deburring (ECD ECD Early Childhood Development ECD Electron Capture Detector ECD Energy Citations Database ECD Executive Creative Director (advertising) ECD Ethyl Cysteinate Dimer ECD Electron Capture Dissociation ECD Electronic Civil Disobedience ) machines to deburr the internal burrs of various components such as gear wheels, gear wheel shafts, clutch shafts, and crank shafts a shaft bent into a crank, or having a crank fastened to it, by which it drives or is driven. See also: Crank . Automotive companies favor ECD machines for their speed as well as the end-product quality ensured by them. However, the costs of ECMs are relatively high when compared to conventional machining equipment and could range from $25,000 to $2.0 million, depending on the type and size of the machines. This is a considerable deterrent to the uptake of ECMs and poses a strong challenge for suppliers to identify innovative methods of reducing machine costs. One way of achieving this is by using reinforced concrete reinforced concrete Concrete in which steel is embedded in such a manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces. The reinforcing steel—rods, bars, or mesh—absorbs the tensile, shear, and sometimes the compressive stresses in a concrete for the machine base, remarks the analyst. Thus, by reducing the initial costs, ECM suppliers can aim at attracting new customers. Capability to Machine Complex Parts and Significant Technical Advantages Drive Growth ECMs biggest advantage over conventional machining equipment is their unique ability to repeatedly and accurately machine products that have complex shapes. This capability is the single most important factor driving end users - particularly in the automotive industry - to choose ECMs over other machining types. This is because the removal of burrs in a component plays a critical part in the functioning of the vehicle. Another distinct advantage of the ECM process is that there is no contact between the tool and the workpiece Noun 1. workpiece - work consisting of a piece of metal being machined piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was . This prevents the wear and tear of tools and helps control the costs of the materials involved. ECM is a much faster process than conventional machining and therefore, allows many parts to be machines at a time. Moreover, it does not generate any residual stress Residual stresses are stresses that remain after the original cause of the stresses (external forces, heat gradient) has been removed. They remain along a cross section of the component, even without the external cause. in the workpiece and is also ideal for machining fragile parts that cannot bear heavy loads and brittle parts that are prone to developing cracks during the machining process. Thus, ECMs technical advantages, combined with the growth of end users such as the automotive industry, ensure that the ECM markets are on a growth path and open up new avenues for machine vendors, says the analyst. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46429 |
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