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The development of specialized airflow crushers for special materials in the industry
source：English website Release time：2025-12-04
As a core crushing equipment suitable for high-purity, thermosensitive and other special materials, the specialized airflow crusher for special materials is gradually advancing with the upgrading of downstream industry demand, technological innovation and policy guidance. Currently, it is in a high-quality development stage of deep technological cultivation and market expansion. The following will explain from three aspects: development history, current situation and future trends:
1. Development process
The exploration period of technology introduction (1970s-1990s): During this stage, the demand for powder processing in China began to emerge, but there was a gap in related technology, which heavily relied on imported equipment from Germany and Japan. Domestic research institutions and enterprises began to introduce technology and attempt domestic trial production. At that time, flat air flow crushers were the main ones, with limited equipment processing capacity, high energy consumption, and poor particle size control accuracy. Core components such as nozzles also relied on imports, which could only meet the simple crushing needs of basic special materials.
Rapid growth period (2000-2020): With the surge in demand for high-purity ultrafine powders in fields such as electronic ceramics and pharmaceutical intermediates, the industry has entered a stage of rapid development. Enterprises such as Sichuan Juzi and Jiangsu Pengfei have established independent research and development systems, and various equipment structures adapted to different special materials such as collision and circulation have matured. The equipment processing capacity has been increased to several tons per hour, and the particle size control accuracy has also been greatly improved. In 2008, the domestic market size of airflow crushers had reached 1.26 billion yuan, with a gradual increase in localization rate and a transformation from single machine equipment to simple system integration.
High quality development period (2021 present): Emerging industries such as new energy and semiconductors are driving the industry's transformation towards intelligence. The equipment not only adapts to more high barrier special materials, such as lithium battery positive and negative electrode materials, semiconductor packaging materials, etc., but also achieves breakthroughs in energy saving and intelligent control. From 2021 to 2025, the industry market size will increase from approximately 3.8 billion yuan to 5.6 billion yuan, with an average annual compound growth rate of 8.1%. Leading enterprises are beginning to expand overseas and form a competitive landscape with foreign companies in the market.
2. Industry Status
The market size is steadily expanding and the demand structure is optimized: by 2025, the industry market size has reached 5.6 billion yuan, and factors such as the expansion of the new energy industry chain and the tightening of environmental regulations continue to drive demand. The demand growth rate in emerging fields such as lithium battery positive and negative electrode materials, photovoltaic silicon materials, etc. is significant, and the fields of pharmaceutical intermediates, 3D printing metal powders, etc. have also become important growth points. Regionally, there is a characteristic of 'strong east and advancing west', with manufacturing bases formed in Jiangsu, Shandong, and other regions, while the central and western regions undertake capacity transfer.
There have been breakthroughs in technology, but there are still shortcomings in related fields: supersonic airflow crushing technology breaks through the limit of particle size control, combined with AI algorithms to achieve intelligent grading, some equipment energy efficiency is improved by more than 20%, and noise is controlled below 75 decibels. However, in fields such as high-precision (D50<1 μ m) and large-scale continuous production, there is still a gap in domestic equipment. Bearings and control systems rely on imports, and about 32% of pharmaceutical and semiconductor customers prefer to use imported equipment.
The competitive landscape of domestic and foreign enterprises coexists: domestic enterprises such as Sichuan Juzi and Qingdao Youmingke occupy about 45% of the market share through technological accumulation; Foreign companies such as ALPINE from Germany and Hosokawa from Japan have consolidated their market positions. At the same time, industry concentration is gradually increasing, with CR5 expected to rise from 31% in 2023 to 45% in 2030, and mergers and acquisitions will accelerate.
3. Future Trends
Deepening towards green and intelligent technology: On the one hand, we will develop new wear-resistant components such as ceramics and tungsten carbide composite materials, optimize the airflow circulation system, and combine waste heat recovery technologies to promote energy consumption reduction of more than 20%; On the other hand, it will deeply integrate IoT and digital twin technology, monitor working conditions in real-time through sensors, optimize AI parameters, reduce equipment failure rates, and achieve unmanned operations.
The development of equipment towards multifunctional integration: no longer limited to a single crushing function, in the future, it will integrate functions such as drying, mixing, and surface modification, becoming the core unit of the overall solution for powder engineering. For example, in the pharmaceutical industry, the integration of crushing and clean collection can be achieved, which meets the requirements of GMP certification.
Globalization layout and accelerated domestic substitution: Domestic leading enterprises will continue to expand overseas markets and increase international market share; At the same time, focus on tackling core components and breaking import dependence. At the policy level, the "14th Five Year Plan" for the new materials industry will promote an increase in research and development investment. It is expected that the proportion of industry research and development investment will increase from 3.8% to 6.5% by 2027, helping domestic equipment achieve breakthroughs in the field.
1. Development process
The exploration period of technology introduction (1970s-1990s): During this stage, the demand for powder processing in China began to emerge, but there was a gap in related technology, which heavily relied on imported equipment from Germany and Japan. Domestic research institutions and enterprises began to introduce technology and attempt domestic trial production. At that time, flat air flow crushers were the main ones, with limited equipment processing capacity, high energy consumption, and poor particle size control accuracy. Core components such as nozzles also relied on imports, which could only meet the simple crushing needs of basic special materials.
Rapid growth period (2000-2020): With the surge in demand for high-purity ultrafine powders in fields such as electronic ceramics and pharmaceutical intermediates, the industry has entered a stage of rapid development. Enterprises such as Sichuan Juzi and Jiangsu Pengfei have established independent research and development systems, and various equipment structures adapted to different special materials such as collision and circulation have matured. The equipment processing capacity has been increased to several tons per hour, and the particle size control accuracy has also been greatly improved. In 2008, the domestic market size of airflow crushers had reached 1.26 billion yuan, with a gradual increase in localization rate and a transformation from single machine equipment to simple system integration.
High quality development period (2021 present): Emerging industries such as new energy and semiconductors are driving the industry's transformation towards intelligence. The equipment not only adapts to more high barrier special materials, such as lithium battery positive and negative electrode materials, semiconductor packaging materials, etc., but also achieves breakthroughs in energy saving and intelligent control. From 2021 to 2025, the industry market size will increase from approximately 3.8 billion yuan to 5.6 billion yuan, with an average annual compound growth rate of 8.1%. Leading enterprises are beginning to expand overseas and form a competitive landscape with foreign companies in the market.
2. Industry Status
The market size is steadily expanding and the demand structure is optimized: by 2025, the industry market size has reached 5.6 billion yuan, and factors such as the expansion of the new energy industry chain and the tightening of environmental regulations continue to drive demand. The demand growth rate in emerging fields such as lithium battery positive and negative electrode materials, photovoltaic silicon materials, etc. is significant, and the fields of pharmaceutical intermediates, 3D printing metal powders, etc. have also become important growth points. Regionally, there is a characteristic of 'strong east and advancing west', with manufacturing bases formed in Jiangsu, Shandong, and other regions, while the central and western regions undertake capacity transfer.
There have been breakthroughs in technology, but there are still shortcomings in related fields: supersonic airflow crushing technology breaks through the limit of particle size control, combined with AI algorithms to achieve intelligent grading, some equipment energy efficiency is improved by more than 20%, and noise is controlled below 75 decibels. However, in fields such as high-precision (D50<1 μ m) and large-scale continuous production, there is still a gap in domestic equipment. Bearings and control systems rely on imports, and about 32% of pharmaceutical and semiconductor customers prefer to use imported equipment.
The competitive landscape of domestic and foreign enterprises coexists: domestic enterprises such as Sichuan Juzi and Qingdao Youmingke occupy about 45% of the market share through technological accumulation; Foreign companies such as ALPINE from Germany and Hosokawa from Japan have consolidated their market positions. At the same time, industry concentration is gradually increasing, with CR5 expected to rise from 31% in 2023 to 45% in 2030, and mergers and acquisitions will accelerate.
3. Future Trends
Deepening towards green and intelligent technology: On the one hand, we will develop new wear-resistant components such as ceramics and tungsten carbide composite materials, optimize the airflow circulation system, and combine waste heat recovery technologies to promote energy consumption reduction of more than 20%; On the other hand, it will deeply integrate IoT and digital twin technology, monitor working conditions in real-time through sensors, optimize AI parameters, reduce equipment failure rates, and achieve unmanned operations.
The development of equipment towards multifunctional integration: no longer limited to a single crushing function, in the future, it will integrate functions such as drying, mixing, and surface modification, becoming the core unit of the overall solution for powder engineering. For example, in the pharmaceutical industry, the integration of crushing and clean collection can be achieved, which meets the requirements of GMP certification.
Globalization layout and accelerated domestic substitution: Domestic leading enterprises will continue to expand overseas markets and increase international market share; At the same time, focus on tackling core components and breaking import dependence. At the policy level, the "14th Five Year Plan" for the new materials industry will promote an increase in research and development investment. It is expected that the proportion of industry research and development investment will increase from 3.8% to 6.5% by 2027, helping domestic equipment achieve breakthroughs in the field.
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