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I. Current Output Status of Grain-Oriented Silicon Steel

Grain-oriented oțel siliconic serves as a core strategic material for manufacturing power transformers, and its output volume directly mirrors the development level of a country’s power industry. The global output reached approximately 2 million tons in 2023, with China accounting for over 50% of the total, yet high-end grades still rely on imports. Output fluctuations are mainly subject to three major constraints:

1. Complex manufacturing process: More than 20 working procedures are required, including decarburization annealing and high-temperature annealing.
2. High equipment barriers: Key equipment such as Sendzimir mills still depends on imports.
3. Strict energy consumption limits: Power consumption per ton of finished steel hits 800 to 1,000 kWh.

II. Core Approaches to Boost Production Capacity

Practical and proven solutions are available to break output bottlenecks:

1. Process innovation: Laser scribing technology improves magnetic domain refinement efficiency by 30%.
2. Intelligent manufacturing: Big data is adopted to optimize annealing curves, cutting production cycles by 15%.
3. Scrap recycling: Remelting recovered edge trimmings reduces raw material costs by roughly 8%.

III. Industry Trends and Risk Warnings

Three potential hidden risks should be guarded against in the next three years:

1. Risk 1: Surging demand for new energy transformers may trigger shortages of 0.23 mm thin-gauge products.
2. Risk 2: New environmental regulations may force renovations of traditional pickling processes.
3. Risk 3: Extended lead times of imported equipment (18 months on average at present) may restrain capacity expansion.