Robots: Two-axis and three-axis manipulator products will have a large import substitution space in the future.
According to the news from Jiwei.com, recently, when the robot was surveyed by the organization, it expressed the progress of the semiconductor equipment business. At present, most of the market for related products in the semiconductor field is occupied by foreign manufacturers such as Brooks in the United States and Rorze in Japan. In solving the localization demand in this field, the company has always aimed at industrial safety and self-controllability, and gradually overcome technical difficulties. It is the earliest company in China that can achieve the industrialization of semiconductor manipulator products.
According to reports, the robot semiconductor business products are mainly vacuum manipulators and cluster equipment, including: atmospheric manipulators, vacuum manipulators and other products, EFEM, and vacuum transmission platforms. The downstream industries served are semiconductor process equipment manufacturers, and the main customers include North Huachuang, China Micro Semiconductor, Yitang, Tuojing Technology, Huahai Qingke, etc.
In 2022, in terms of vacuum manipulators for robots, the two-axis vacuum direct-drive manipulator products have been applied in small batches and multi-batch applications on the client; the three-axis vacuum direct-drive manipulator products are in the client verification stage, which combines a new controller software and hardware platform The application can support the long-term application of downstream customers; the four-axis vacuum direct drive manipulator product is in the research and development stage.
At present, the three major components of robot EFEM products, namely the atmospheric manipulator, ALIGNER, and Loadport/SMIF products have fully realized independent design. Robotic two-axis and three-axis manipulator products are mainstream products competing with international manufacturers. After entering the mass sales stage, there will be a large room for import substitution. The robot said that in the future, the domestic substitution opportunities caused by the external environment of the semiconductor industry will continue, and the company will also deploy production capacity in advance for business release. The barriers to importing equipment in the semiconductor field are relatively high, and the general import cycle is six months to one year.