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Manufacturing is the driving force behind industrialization and the backbone of a country's strength. Looking at the path of industrial transformation and development, the transformation of manufacturing is inseparable from the progress of science and technology. In the late 18th century, the invention of the steam engine set off the first industrial revolution, forming a model for economic development driven by industry and machinery manufacturing. From the early 20th century to the 1960s, electrification and automation technology brought manufacturing to the second industrial revolution, which led to the production line and mass production mode, and derived a standardized and streamlined management model.
In the era of electronic information, computer technology has been widely used, the degree of automation control has been greatly improved, machines have gradually replaced human operations, and computer integrated manufacturing and lean production modes have emerged. Beginning in the 21st century, the fourth industrial revolution promoted the integration of new technologies such as the Internet, big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things with industrial production. Intelligentization has become a new topic in the development of the world's manufacturing industry. Today, smart manufacturing has become the development trend and core content of global manufacturing. In order to seize the opportunities in the new round of industrial revolution, countries around the world have accelerated the development of intelligent manufacturing. In 2013, Germany launched the “Industry 4.0 Strategic Plan” at the Hannover Messe, discussing the smart factory and intelligent production theme, and triggered a new round of industrial transformation competition on a global scale. In 2012, the United States issued the "Advanced Manufacturing National Strategic Plan" also talked about this issue. At the same time, Japan’s “Technology Industry Alliance” and the UK’s “Industrial 2050 Strategy” are also in the aftermath.
From this point of view, the emergence of new technologies has brought about changes in the manufacturing methods of the manufacturing industry, which has led to the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry. At the moment, new technologies such as computers, big data, and the Internet of Things are also using smart factories as carriers to change the look of traditional manufacturing.
Intelligent development is a weapon to break the manufacturing dilemmaChina is a manufacturing power that is known as the "world factory", but it is not a manufacturing power. In recent years, with the changes in the economic environment, China's manufacturing companies are facing tremendous transformation pressure. At present, China's labor costs are rising rapidly, the problem of overcapacity is more obvious, the ability of independent innovation is not strong overall, production efficiency is low, and the individualized demand of consumers is growing. The harsh environment inside and outside the enterprise is self-evident. In the third echelon of manufacturing, if Chinese manufacturing companies want to seize the opportunity of development and achieve overtaking in corners, they must vigorously develop intelligence.
In fact, since the "Internet +" strategy was promoted, China has gradually tried and promoted Internet thinking and information technology to promote the transformation of traditional industries. “Made in China 2025” released in 2015 regards smart manufacturing as one of the five key development projects, emphasizing the key aspects of key manufacturing areas, and making intelligent manufacturing an important breakthrough and starting point for the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry, and launching a new generation of information technology and Integrated innovation and engineering applications for manufacturing equipment integration. In the blueprint depicted in "Made in China 2025", at the 100th anniversary of China's founding, China must become a world-class manufacturing power from a manufacturing power.
Nowadays, emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, intelligent robots, additive manufacturing, predictive maintenance, and machine vision are rapidly emerging. It has indeed provided good technical support for the intelligent construction of manufacturing enterprises, and many enterprises have already embarked on “reducing costs and Quality, efficiency and efficiency of the intelligent transformation and upgrading road.
However, at present, the road to smart manufacturing with broad prospects is not smooth and smooth. On the one hand, in any part of the intelligent manufacturing industry chain, high-level one-time investment is required, which is a big test for most companies. On the other hand, smart manufacturing companies lack successful experience, and there is a lack of synergy between enterprises. They are independent and the effects of intelligent development are not necessarily good.
The author believes that the current intelligent transformation of China's manufacturing industry has not broken through the traditional thinking, and there is an urgent need for an organic interconnection, intelligent drive, sustainable industrial ecology and integrated intelligent manufacturing solutions.
Gree's innovative exploration provides a model for upgrading intellectuals
Recently, Gree Electric and China Unicom, Minsheng Bank and Shenzhen General Construction Institute released the China Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Chain System Solution, which provides a path for China's manufacturing transformation and upgrading.
(The picture shows the 2019 China Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Chain Application Conference)
“China's intelligent manufacturing industry-wide chain system solution” broke the boundary of the industry and created the first intelligent manufacturing and upgrading industrial chain system solution platform in China, “horizontal to edge, vertical and complete, full manufacturing chain coverage”. , Smart Finance, “Cloud Network Empowerment” and Smart Green Factory provide a systematic and comprehensive development idea for the upgrading and transformation of China's manufacturing industry.
The author understands that the program has been fully applied at the Changsha base in Gree earlier, and the automation rate of the entire plant has increased to 62%. Changsha Gree's intelligent green factory relies on self-developed industrial interconnected G-FMS and energy interconnected G-IEMS system to achieve lean, automation, information and green production, effectively support flexible production, eliminate invalid waste, and guide rationalization. It has become the factory benchmark of the highest degree of automation and the latest intelligent technology in the national electrical appliance manufacturing industry.
History and reality have consistently proved that building a manufacturing power must pay attention to intelligent development. Facing the historical opportunity of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District International Technology Industry Innovation Center and the construction of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, Gree Electric and China Unicom, Minsheng Bank and Shenzhen General Construction Institute issued the "China Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Chain System Solution" The platform, using facts, shows the great value of intelligent development, accelerates the promotion of the development of the eastern province and even China's manufacturing industry, and moves toward the middle and high-end, helping China accelerate the pace of building and manufacturing a strong country.
