China leads in some segments

330105-02-12-05-02-05 “Lighthouse Factory” because of its strict selection criteria, has been regarded as the leader of the fourth industrial revolution, “digital manufacturing” and “Industry 4.0” demonstrator. Of the 90 selected factories in the world, 31 are located in China, more than 1/3 of the total. Song Huasheng said that this figure fully shows that if in the first three industrial revolutions, China is a runner of Western countries, then in the fourth industrial revolution, China is a runner, and even in some segments of the field is the leader.

The reporter combed and found that in the “lighthouse factory” located in China, in addition to the manufacturing base of large multinational companies in China, there are many local manufacturers’ factories, many of which have created industry records.

Sany Heavy Industry Beijing pile Machine factory is the 330105-02-12-05-02-05 first certified “lighthouse factory” in the global heavy industry.

“The heavy industry is a typical discrete manufacturing, with many varieties, small batches, complex processes and other characteristics.” Dong Mingkai, president of the intelligent manufacturing Research Institute of Sany Heavy Industry, told reporters that this has brought great challenges to manufacturing. For example, in the face of tens of meters long and tens of tons of workpieces, the same industrial robot, grasping large and heavy workpieces, it is more difficult; The same is the visual recognition, for large and complex workpieces, it is more difficult to identify. This requires new custom algorithms and tools that need to be developed, configured, and repeatedly tested in a special environment.

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330105-02-12-05-02-05 Since 2018, the pile machine factory has begun the basic preparation work for the industrial Internet. On the surface, the factory has achieved the “elephant dance” of heavy machinery. In fact, the factory has 8 flexible working centers, 16 intelligent production lines, and 375 fully networked production equipment, achieving full connectivity of production and manufacturing factors. In the background, the “root cloud platform” collects nearly 36,000 data points in the factory day and night, and “calculates” the optimal parameters for each process, each model and even each tool.

The Ningde factory of Ningde Times New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is the first battery factory in the world to be awarded the “Lighthouse Factory”. As the World Economic Forum put it in its review of its “Lighthouse factory” : “In order to address increasingly complex manufacturing processes and meet the demand for high-quality products, Ningde Times has used technologies such as artificial intelligence, advanced analytics and edge/cloud computing to achieve a defect rate of only one part per billion at a rate of 1.7 seconds per battery set in three years, while increasing labor productivity by 75% and reducing annual energy consumption by 10%.”

In addition, Tsingtao Brewery and Alibaba Rhino Factory were also the first “lighthouse factories” in the global beer and beverage industry and clothing industry when they were selected.

After years of cultivation and development, China’s intelligent manufacturing has entered a period of accelerated development. Global automation manufacturers pay more attention to the Chinese market layout, the local supply capacity continues to improve, key components, core algorithms, 330105-02-12-05-02-05 system solutions to achieve considerable progress, the support system construction is gradually improved, standards, demonstrations, platforms and other support capabilities continue to strengthen, Sheng said.

In fact, since the “13th Five-Year Plan”, the level of digital networking and intelligence in China’s manufacturing industry has been significantly improved, and the development trend is good. According to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in terms of supply capacity, the domestic market of intelligent manufacturing equipment has met the rate of more than 50%, and there are 43 system solution suppliers with main business income of more than 1 billion yuan. In terms of supporting systems, China has established an internationally advanced standard system, issued 285 national standards, and led the formulation of 28 international standards. More than 70 industrial Internet platforms with certain influence have been cultivated. In terms of promotion and application results, the production efficiency of pilot demonstration projects has been increased by 45% on average, the product development cycle has been shortened by 35% on average, and the rate of defective products has been reduced by 35% on average. New models and new forms of business have emerged, such as discrete intelligent manufacturing, process-based intelligent manufacturing, network collaborative manufacturing, large-scale personalized customization, and remote operation and maintenance services.