Metal molybdenum plate has excellent mechanical properties such as high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, high strength, high hardness and so on. Therefore, it has been widely used in national defense, military, aerospace, civil and other fields. With the development of social economy and the progress of science and technology, the market demand for high quality and large size molybdenum plate will be raised continuously. In this paper, the national standards, mechanical properties, specifications, sizes and main applications of molybdenum sheets are described. At the same time, through the overview of the domestic molybdenum plate production enterprises, process technology, processing equipment status quo, it analysed and discussed the molybdenum plate production process, processing equipment characteristics and development trends. It is the trend of molybdenum plate production to produce large size products with excellent mechanical performance and surface quality with specialized high-end production equipment.

Molybdenum is hard and tough silvery white refractory metal, Its melting point and boiling point are 2610 degrees and 5560 degrees respectively. At room temperature, the chemical properties of molybdenum are very stable. They are not corroded by hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid or alkaline solution, and have high stability in performance and size at elevated temperatures. In addition, molybdenum also has high thermal conductivity, high conductivity, low vapor pressure and high modulus of elasticity.

As an important strategic non renewable resource, molybdenum is important basic materials for the development of high-tech, for construction of modern national defense, so it is widely used in iron and steel, petrochemical, aerospace, transportation, nuclear industry and electronics and other fields. The amount of molybdenum in iron and steel accounted for more than 80% of its total consumption. At present, the domestic consumption of molybdenum products is about 15000, which is mainly used in the manufacture of molybdenum wire, molybdenum rod, glass electrode, molybdenum plate, molybdenum sheet, molybdenum boat, molybdenum crucible, molybdenum powder and so on. For example: for the manufacture of heat-resistant and acid resistant alloys, heating materials for electric heating equipment, glass furnace electrodes, wire cutting electrodes, ceramic manufacturing and so on. Among them, the consumption of molybdenum and molybdenum alloy target used for liquid crystal PVD panel coating is about 000t / A, and the consumption of molybdenum sheet and molybdenum rod for high mechanical performance is about 5000t / A.