The “black light factory” that can produce without labor and even if the lights are turned off has become a reality, and Chinese enterprises have climbed to the middle and high-end of the global value chain

Nearly 20,000 square meters of body automation production area, more than 130 flexible intelligent robots work quietly and busy, most areas of the workshop do not need operators. The intelligent robot arm automatically completes the assembly of body parts, paint spraying, quality testing and other links, and a 360-degree intelligent AGV unmanned transport vehicle automatically shuttles through the workshop to transport various production materials, and the production accuracy and efficiency are at least 10 times higher than that of the artificial era. The vehicles that complete the final assembly and test do not need a driver, and the whole process of automatic driving to the designated delivery area, to achieve no warehouse movement, no pick-up…

This scene full of science and technology, happened in the Chinese Express Gaohe city boutique factory located in Yancheng City, Jiangsu province. With the comprehensive application of digital intelligence, the production line here has realized 100 percent automation from material transportation to all connection processes, and basically achieved a “black light factory” that can run even if the lights are turned off without labor.

It is understood that in the more than 500 links from various parts to the final assembly of the high car, most of them have been completed by a variety of robots, and the automation, refinement and intelligence greatly improve the work efficiency. Through intelligent interconnection, all products are combined online and offline process quality measurement, manufacturing process 100% online measurement, offline measurement through the coordinate measuring room and blue light measuring system, to achieve fine management of body size, equipment accuracy of 0.06 mm, less than the diameter of an adult hair.

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“The position of the robot is very precise, it will go to the same position every time, its repetition accuracy is less than 0.1 mm, and the quality and consistency are very guaranteed.” Introduction of Chen Chen, director of automotive manufacturing planning of Chinese Express.

As China’s economy enters a stage of high-quality development, the wave of digital intelligence such as Gaohe automobile has begun to be widely used in China’s manufacturing industry, promoting Chinese enterprises to climb to the middle and high end of the global value chain.

Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology show that in 2020, the national industrial robot production of 237,068 units, an increase of 19.1%, of which, in December 2020, the national industrial robot production of 29,706 units, an increase of 32.4%. From the perspective of operating income, in 2020, the operating income of industrial robot manufacturing enterprises above designated size in the country will be 53.17 billion yuan, an increase of 6.0%.

In the view of Liu Sheng, associate professor of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, digital intelligent upgrading is conducive to strengthening technological innovation and upgrading of enterprises, improving management mode, improving product quality, upgrading of enterprise structure, realizing the comprehensive synthesis of “1+1>2”, helping enterprises with less resource consumption, lower cost, higher operational efficiency and demand response speed. To enable more efficient manufacturing and resource allocation processes.

“The large-scale use of robots has reduced the demand for cheap labor, reduced labor costs, eased the pressure of epidemic prevention and control, and bought valuable time for the industry to further shift to innovation-driven and high-quality development.” At the same time, the use of robots reduces labor intensity and improves the working environment, which will attract and retain more young and high-quality workers for the manufacturing industry, especially creating demand for programming, numerical control, maintenance, statistics, quality inspection and other positions with higher technical content and better working conditions for the labor force, Sun said.