The “lighthouse factory” covers important development directions such as intelligent manufacturing and digital transformation and is synonymous with high technological content, innovation, high labor productivity, good economic efficiency, and green and low-carbon development; and is a pioneering model of intelligent manufacturing and digital transformation. It is the “most advanced factory” in the age of intelligence- automation.
Automation, digitization, and intelligence are the most distinctive features of the “lighthouse factory.” Increased productivity, agility, faster time-to-market, customization, and sustainability are some benefits of the Lighthouse Factory. The data from the factory also confirms this. A production line neatly arranged AGV automatic transport vehicles shuttle back and forth, a giant industrial robot lifting heavy as light, a mechanical arm equipped with vision sensing flexible dance, assembling precision workpiece.
The production line in the SANY factory
After SANY’s factory upgrade, the production equipment operation rate increased from 60% to nearly 90%. Sany factories shortened the production cycle by almost 80%, and production efficiency and product quality have significantly improved. ‘Heavy industry is typical discrete manufacturing, with characteristics such as multi-variety, small-batch, and complex process. This poses a great challenge for manufacturing. For example, it is difficult for industrial robots to grasp large and heavy workpieces in the face of often ten meters long and ten tons heavy.’ director of Sany’s Intelligent Manufacturing Research Institute said.
The “lighthouse factory” has become a new trend and weathervane, “illuminating” the future of intelligent manufacturing roads. Leading companies in the industry, such as Midea and Sany, are making full use of their existing experience to build more “lighthouse factories,” and these companies also have the overall ability to provide digital solutions to empower SMEs.
At present, the environment for manufacturing is changing significantly. Firstly, due to the impact of globalization and the COVID-19 epidemic, the global industrial chain is facing restructuring, and the importance of improving the resilience of the industrial chain and strengthening its security has been highlighted. Secondly, green and low-carbon have become a global consensus. Reducing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions and eventually achieving carbon neutrality have become the direction of the world’s efforts. And industry, as a significant energy consumer and emitter, needs to accelerate its low-carbon transformation. Thirdly, with income level increases and a new generation of consumers grows, people’s demand for product quality and added value increases, and personalized and customized products that show personal values become the new direction of consumption.
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