Large imported bearings have six main application areas which are called «six golden flowers». These are computer numerical control bearings, railway vehicle bearings, mine and metallurgy bearings, engineering machinery bearings, automobile bearings and wind power bearings.

The first category is the product that is used in the computer numerical control machines. At the end of the 11th Five–Year plan, the market share of the computer numerical control increased from 30% to 50%. Based on the 2.1 billion that was achieved at 2005, the total number will reach about 7.89 billion at 2010. It means that the increasing rate is about 30% annually. At the year of 2001, there were about 17521 computer numerical control machines, while about 85000 at 2006. The increase is very obvious. And it is predicted that the number of the machines will continue increasing. Therefore, there will be more and more bearings that can be used in these machines. Among all the categories, the main shaft bearings are high value–added products. They can earn more benefits; as a result, more and more bearing factories prepare to manufacture this kind of product.

The second category is applied in the railway vehicles. According to the 11th five–year plan, there will be more and more vehicles at the year of 2010. Thus, bearings that are applied in the railway vehicles have a brighter future.

The third one is used in the mine and metallurgy areas. The quick development of the machinery industry is due to the more requirements of the energy, mine and metallurgy industry for the complete sets of equipments. From 2002 to 2006, the equipments used in the mine and metallurgy have an annual increase of 40%. Therefore, the requirements for the heavy–duty bearings will be increased as well.

The fourth type is the bearing that can be used in the engineering machinery. Pushed by the increase of the export demands, the engineering machinery develops rather quickly. It is predicted that the increasing rate of the engineering machinery will reach about 23% at 2007. So, with the development of this industry, the engineering machinery bearings will keep the development as well.

The fifth type is used in the automobiles. It is obvious that automobiles apply a lot of bearings. As we can see, with the development of the economy, more and more people can afford cars, therefore, the automobile industry is developed rather quickly which will lead to the application of more bearing products.

The sixth type can be used in the wind power industry. In today's society, wind power generation becomes more and more popular. The main products used include motor bearings, yaw bearings and gearbox bearings, etc.

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