The recently held executive meeting of the State Council made arrangements such as "focusing on the development of new generation intelligent manufacturing, strengthening the implementation of industrial infrastructure reconstruction projects, and promoting the high-quality development of key manufacturing industry chains". During recent interviews and research in multiple locations, it was learned that with the deep integration of artificial intelligence technology and advanced manufacturing technology, the new generation of intelligent manufacturing is becoming a key engine driving the value reconstruction of China's manufacturing industry chain, driving the rapid development of upstream and downstream industrial chains such as intelligent equipment, industrial software, industrial robots, and product intelligent value-added services, and giving birth to a trillion yuan market space.
Generating a trillion dollar market
At present, China has built a total of 35000 basic level, over 8200 advanced level, and over 500 excellent level intelligent factories, and 15 enterprises have been selected for the cultivation list of leading level intelligent factories. At present, artificial intelligence technology is driving systematic changes in the entire process of manufacturing research and development design, production and manufacturing, operation and maintenance services, and a new generation of intelligent manufacturing has emerged.
At the BMW Brilliance Shenyang production base, from millimeter level quality inspection in the stamping workshop to real-time visual monitoring in the painting process, artificial intelligence technology has penetrated the entire chain of automotive production.
The complexity of future automobiles is increasing, and intelligent manufacturing further prioritizes quality management, "said Zhang Tao, the director of BMW Tiexi Factory in Huachen. During the research and development verification process of the sixth generation power battery, the company uses AI enabled virtual simulation technology to simulate and analyze complex safety scenarios such as thermal diffusion. The engineering team can identify potential risks more fully in the early stages of research and development, optimize battery structure and safety design.
From "experience driven" to "data-driven", manufacturing enterprises are actively embracing artificial intelligence and accelerating the development and application of industry models and intelligent agents.
In the "Super Factory" of FAW Jiefang Dalian Diesel Engine Co., Ltd., the digital employee "AI Master" reorganizes professional data from equipment manufacturers, historical fault data, and knowledge from engineer experience. When encountering equipment failures, workers can quickly obtain repair solutions by asking the "AI Master". AI is no longer a single technical tool, but a core engine driving business optimization. The maintenance generates data, the data trains AI, and AI feeds back to the business, forming a positive cycle. ”The head of the company's intelligent manufacturing team, Ju Jiaqi, said.
The manufacturing industry is facing challenges such as increasing demand for personalized products and restructuring of the industrial chain, requiring new manufacturing models that are more intelligent, agile, and efficient. Sun Jie, Deputy Director of the Operations Management Department of the Institute of Information Technology and Industrialization Integration at the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, told reporters that the new generation of intelligent manufacturing has become an important direction for the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, and is expected to drive the rapid development of technologies such as intelligent equipment, new generation industrial software, industrial intelligent agents, and industrial digital twins, promote the comprehensive acceleration of intelligent factory construction, form a trillion yuan market space, and become an important support for the development of the intelligent economy.
Chain enterprises seek new opportunities
The evolution to a new generation of intelligent manufacturing has driven the collaborative growth of upstream and downstream industrial chains such as industrial robots, intelligent detection equipment, sensors, cloud services, edge computing equipment, etc.
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that the development of intelligent manufacturing has effectively driven the rapid growth of emerging industries represented by industrial robots, additive manufacturing equipment, intelligent detection equipment, etc. The system integration service market has exceeded 770 billion yuan, becoming a driving force for the growth of manufacturing scale and structural optimization.
Not long ago, nearly a hundred Xinsong industrial robots were put into operation as a whole on the main welding line of Geely Automobile. This is the first batch application of domestically produced spot welding industrial robots in automotive welding assembly lines.
In the manufacturing of complete vehicles, the welding and assembly process of automobiles is complex and requires high equipment stability. The industry requires the average trouble free working time of robots to be no less than 80000 hours. Zhang Jin, President of Shenyang Xinsong Robot Automation Co., Ltd., told reporters that the deployed industrial robots have achieved a full stack self-developed technology loop, which further drives the independent innovation and application of core components such as controllers, servo motors, and drivers.
Enterprises that provide comprehensive system solutions are also seizing opportunities. In Dalian Rijia Electronics Co., Ltd., independently developed flexible intelligent assembly robot production lines are running at full speed. Vice General Manager Zhang Chao introduced that the company is actively laying out the core track of intelligent equipment, including AI industrial machine vision platform, intelligent flexible assembly robot line body, intelligent control system, and high-end intelligent precision electronic products, in order to continuously expand the high-end market.
Zhu Yiming, a member of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Expert Committee, stated that the new generation of intelligent manufacturing is not a single technological upgrade, but rather a driving force for the entire industry, scope, and multi-level. Upstream is the fundamental support, with computing power and networks at the core, promoting the development of communication, chips, optical and electrical components, etc; Midstream is the core empowerment, which benefits intelligent equipment, industrial software, and intelligent manufacturing solutions; Downstream is industry application, promoting the overall leap of the industrial system.
More development benefits are expected
Accelerating the development of a new generation of intelligent manufacturing, multiple policy benefits are expected to be implemented one after another. The 11th plenary session of the State Council held in March this year listed "accelerating the development of new generation intelligent manufacturing" as one of the six key tasks with strong traction and leverage during the "15th Five Year Plan" period.
The reporter learned that relevant departments such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology are systematically planning and accelerating progress. Among them, we will strengthen top-level design, closely follow the main line of the integration of artificial intelligence technology and advanced manufacturing technology, and formulate and issue guidelines for the implementation of intelligent manufacturing engineering.
In addition, relevant measures will focus on technological breakthroughs and build a collaborative ecosystem. Including system layout industrial large-scale models and industry-specific models, building high-quality industrial datasets; Vigorously develop intelligent manufacturing equipment, accelerate the evolution of manufacturing equipment such as robots, industrial mother machines, and control systems towards intelligent agents, and cultivate a batch of modular and lightweight solutions for typical scenario requirements.
The combination of favorable policies and corporate layout will give rise to new forms of intelligent product services, "said Sun Jie. For example, a large number of terminal products are no longer just one-time hardware deliveries, but have become value carriers for continuously providing intelligent services. Enterprises not only sell equipment products, but also provide value-added services such as predictive maintenance and remote operation based on real-time operational data, promoting the transformation of business models from product sales to full lifecycle services, and continuously expanding the post market value space.