With the continuous development of science and technology, intelligent manufacturing has become the trend of today's industrial development. With its efficient, flexible and automated characteristics, intelligent manufacturing technology is constantly changing the production mode of traditional manufacturing industry. Intelligent manufacturing refers to the application of artificial intelligence technology in the manufacturing process to realize the intelligence and automation of the manufacturing process. At present, the global intelligent manufacturing market is showing a vigorous development trend.
Overview of the smart manufacturing industry
Intelligent manufacturing is a human-machine integrated intelligent system composed of intelligent machines and human experts, which can carry out intelligent activities in the manufacturing process and extend the concept of manufacturing automation to flexibility, intelligence and high integration. Intelligent manufacturing includes intelligent manufacturing technology and intelligent manufacturing system, which can not only continuously enrich the knowledge base in practice, but also have the function of self-learning, as well as the ability to collect and understand environmental information and self-information, and analyze and judge and plan their own behavior. The intelligent manufacturing industry includes high-end machine tools, cutting tools, core basic parts, scientific instruments, industrial control systems, laser equipment, robots and other sub-industries.
Compared with the traditional stationary production, intelligent manufacturing adopts the production mode of unitized manufacturing, realizes self-discipline production through decentralized control, and realizes real-time tracking of location information through wireless communication, which solves the problems of process, limited communication between man and machine, and inability to monitor location information in the traditional fixed production mode. Therefore, smart manufacturing has three major advantages: 1) high production rate; 2) High product quality; 3) High production flexibility.
The development status of the intelligent manufacturing industry
According to the "Intelligent Manufacturing Development Index Report (2021)" released by the China Electronics Standardization Institute in March 2022, the equipment digitization rate in 2021 reached 5798% (50% in 2020), and the application rate of automated logistics equipment reached 2404% (19% in 2020), and the application rate of key process quality testing in enterprises reached 2206%γThe level of equipment automation and digitalization is the key to improving the production and manufacturing efficiency of enterprises, and it is the only way to achieve industrial transformation and upgrading and build a manufacturing power.
The industrial automation control system device is the core component of automation equipment, which is mainly divided into four levels: control, drive, execution and sensing, and finally forms system products through system integration. System products are the overall automation solutions formed after integrating some or all of the above-mentioned products, such as industrial robots, motor modules, machine tools, digital factories, etc.
With the acceleration of the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing industry, the market prospects for industrial robots and core components are broad. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from 2015 to 2022, the output of domestic industrial robots increased from 3300,000 units increased to 44310,000 units, CAGR as high as 45%, and in terms of sales, according to GGII (Advanced Industry Research Institute) data, the sales volume of domestic industrial robots in 2021 will reach 26130,000 units, with sales expected to reach 30 in 2022300,000 units.
It is worth noting that midstream capital expenditure products such as industrial robots, machine tools, and forklifts are typical pro-cyclical industries, and the cumulative year-on-year growth rate of China's industrial robots and metal cutting machine tool output from January to February 2023 is -192%γ-11.8%, which is relatively poor compared with macro data, on the one hand, because of the high base in the same period of 2022, and on the other hand, due to a certain lag in the transmission of downstream to midstream general equipment.
At present, industrial robots mainly refer to multi-joint manipulators or multi-degree-of-freedom robots for industrial fields, the drive motor is the core component of industrial robots, the permanent magnet synchronous servo motor is the mainstream, and the high-performance NdFeB permanent magnet material is the basic material of the permanent magnet synchronous servo motor. Although in 2023, due to the original sales of the robot industry, such as electronics, new energy vehicles, power batteries, medical treatment, etc., the demand will be sluggish and the market growth will slow down, but with the recovery of the global economy, the demand for robots will be repaired in 2024, and the total demand for high-performance NdFeB in the field of global robots and intelligent manufacturing will be 8 in 2023-20252%γ
Shanghai has become the largest output area of intelligent manufacturing system integration solutions and intelligent manufacturing core equipment industry agglomeration area in China, with the total output value of intelligent manufacturing system integration industry exceeding 60 billion yuan, and the scale of intelligent manufacturing equipment industry exceeding 100 billion yuan, ranking first in the country in the "China Advanced Manufacturing City Development Index" for three consecutive years.
According to the data of the market research network of Yanjing Bizhi,In 2023, a total of 11 units in Shanghai will be rated as national intelligent manufacturing pilot demonstration factories, and 33 units and 62 scenarios will be rated as national intelligent manufacturing excellent scenarios, ranking first in the number of factories and scenarios in the country, and the total number of national smart factories and scenarios in the city will achieve a "double increase". Among them, 21 scenarios in the automotive field were selected into the list, ranking first in the country in terms of total number and proportion of selection, and the construction of the whole scene of intelligent manufacturing in Shanghai's automobile industry has achieved outstanding results.
In addition, Shanghai has cultivated a total of 3 national benchmark smart factories, 19 national demonstration smart factories, 60 units and 111 national intelligent manufacturing excellent scenarios. The production efficiency of the built smart factories has increased by 50% on average, the operating cost has been reduced by 30% on average, and the energy consumption per unit of added value has decreased by 138%γ
On January 3, Shanghai held a meeting to promote the construction of smart factories. The meeting focused on the promotion of the achievements of Shanghai's smart factory construction, summarized the experience of smart factory construction, highlighted the highlights and characteristics of the construction, and put forward the "Shanghai Plan" for the construction of smart factories.
The development trend of intelligent manufacturing industry
With the rapid development of science and technology and the intensification of market competition, the development trend of intelligent manufacturing in China is becoming increasingly obvious.
Digitization and networking. Digitalization and networking are one of the important features of smart manufacturing. In the future, with the wide application of technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and big data, digitalization and networking will become the core driving force for the development of intelligent manufacturing in China. Enterprises will realize the intelligence, flexibility and personalization of the production process through digital and network technology, and improve production efficiency and product quality.
Personalization and customization. With the diversification and personalization of consumer needs, intelligent manufacturing will pay more attention to the development of personalization and customization in the future. Enterprises will quickly respond to market demand through intelligent technology, and the ability to meet the personalized needs of consumers will become an important part of the core competitiveness of enterprises.
Intelligent production and service. Intelligent production and services will become the main business model of intelligent manufacturing in the future. Enterprises will realize the automation and intellectualization of the production process through intelligent technology, reduce production costs and improve production efficiency. At the same time, enterprises will also pay more attention to providing intelligent services, improve user experience and service quality through intelligent technology, and increase the added value and market competitiveness of enterprises.