On October 16-17, 2013, the ninth China intelligent electrical technology BBS in suzhou grand meeting, and the BBS to "energy management and intelligent manufacturing" as the theme, from the heart of the BBS report, we can foresee, intelligent manufacture for low voltage appliance store industry brings a great change...

Low voltage electrical appliances industry development experience of thinking

Low voltage electrical products is a product of a quantity bedding face is wide and high yield varieties, specifications, in the development of the national economy plays an important role.The low-voltage electrical products has long been recognized as the industry is "not high technology content, equipment and personnel quality requirements is not high, low barriers to entry", family workshops of small companies.Simple equipment and quality is not high people combat has been characteristic of low voltage electrical appliances enterprises, the low level of product manufacture process, serious homogeneity, and very big gap between the same products abroad, "located at liushi wenzhou" phenomenon is the typical representative, these are seriously hindered the development of productivity.

With the development of science and technology, especially the development of the smart grid construction, the concept of low voltage apparatus further widen, and smart grid client to extension, it gives a low voltage electrical appliances industry invisible technology and the concept of change, not only requires low voltage electrical appliances in addition to have the original function, also requires intelligent functions such as intelligence, communication, modular.Even with energy saving, energy management, and other functions.

The change of the products at the same time to update the original enterprise management and production mode.Manufacturing and the improvement of the social security system of employment also makes human costs rise greatly, wenzhou model has obviously can not adapt to the requirement of production development, the external environment forced companies constantly seek more advanced management and production mode, the trend of the use of advanced manufacturing equipment significantly improve labor productivity be vividly portrayed.

What is a smart manufacturing?

Made for a "smart" concept, the industry is generally believed that the first, in turn, intelligent high-end equipment, is the advanced manufacturing technology, integration and fusion of information technology and intelligent technology, usually has the perception, analysis, reasoning, decision-making and control functions of equipment collectively, reflects the development of intelligent, digital and networked manufacturing requirements.The connotation of the intelligent manufacturing including product of intelligence, intelligent, machining process of the design process of intelligent, information management and service of intelligent.Vigorously cultivating and developing intelligent manufacturing equipment industry to speed up the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing, improve production efficiency, technology products and water quality, cut down the consumption of energy resources, and is of great significance to implement the intelligent of the manufacturing process and greening.

Some analysts pointed out that "intelligent equipment manufacturing industry is the important component of the strategic emerging industries, but it belongs to the relatively new concept, is a high-end equipment manufacturing industry in the market has not yet been fully excavated gold mine".

Some experts believe that the future will also reflect the importance of the intelligent equipment to become the foundation of other high-end manufacturing industry rapid development, to provide advanced field of intelligent control system, automatic production lines and other high-tech production equipment, promote the development of the high-end equipment manufacturing industry.

The singularity everybody professor wadhwa on January 11, 2012 in the Washington post: "+ artificial intelligence robot + = manufacturing revolution, digital manufacturing technology will lead to global technology and market elements of revolutionary changes in the way of configuration, so as to make the huge changes in the human production mode and life style. Predictably, the 21st century will be the intelligent manufacturing gain great development and wide application of era, intelligent manufacturing will cause significant changes of manufacturing, even revolutionary change.

Why intelligent manufacturing is the next "revolution" of low voltage electrical appliances industry?

China's low-voltage electrical products through more than ten years of development, its product technical performance has gap with foreign products, our third and fourth generation product of the technical indicators have completely close to and beyond the similar foreign products.Throughout the low-voltage electrical appliances production, we have in the world, but look from the labor productivity, abroad is 10 times or more in our country.Especially from the product quality gap is even greater, clearly show our manufacturing level is inferior to abroad.Reflection we are still very backward mode of production, the whole production process is given priority to with single machine processing and a number of human, general equipment integration, low production efficiency is low, a large quantity, high labor intensity and labor and consistency of product and poor quality.Although a few representative backbone enterprise only through the introduction of a single device or semi-automatic production line, improve the level of a single process.This intelligent appliance industry in China in the transformation and upgrading with the core of competitiveness.

Made "smart" brings the significant changes in manufacturing will also bring significant change to low voltage electrical appliances industry, especially in low voltage electrical appliance manufacturing level at present and abroad there is a big gap, if he did not catch up with the "smart" made it "high-speed train, low-voltage electrical appliances industry in China will always be beyond by foreign enterprises.Urgent need to shift from quantity growth to quality efficiency, carry out the development of low-voltage intelligent manufacturing equipment is imminent.

Change direction

Parsing the manufacturing strategy report from the Chinese academy of engineering, we think that intelligent manufacturing low voltage electrical appliances industry development can be divided into three levels.

(1) the first level is designed and developed to realize intelligent manufacturing: visualization of 3 d design software, all kinds of digital simulation platform, the rapid prototyping technology.

(2) the second level is the process equipment to realize intelligent manufacturing: digital process management, the prosecution intelligent manufacturing equipment and process;The digital workshop/factory management, information management and intelligent production mode.

(3) the third level is the production management to realize intelligent manufacturing: ERP, CAPP field management, flexible assembly line, intelligent robot, intelligent detection, smart tags, intelligent tracing.

The above three levels to enhance the level of manufacturing low voltage electrical appliances industry face made "smart", the revolution is of great guiding significance.Some in the industry pioneer, and achieved remarkable effect, and is made "smart" roadmap for development, as a primary means to improve the international competitiveness of enterprises.We are delighted to see that more and more companies are moving.