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Sinomach: boost high quality development of machinery industry with digital transformation

Zhang xiaolun, Secretary of the Party committee and chairman of China Machinery Industry Group Co., Ltd

In his nineteen major reports, general secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that we must focus our efforts on the development of the economy in the real economy. We must speed up the construction of a manufacturing power and accelerate the development of advanced manufacturing industries. We must persist in quality first and give priority to efficiency, so as to promote economic development quality change, efficiency change and dynamic change.

The world today is undergoing a great change that has not happened in a century. With the rapid development of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution, the changes in the international situation of China’s science and technology, economic and trade struggle, COVID-19’s popularity and counter globalization have brought about profound and complicated changes in the internal conditions and external environment of China’s development. Developing the advanced manufacturing industry with intelligent manufacturing as the core and accelerating the transformation of economic development from quantity and scale expansion to quality and efficiency improvement are of great strategic significance to seize the international competitive advantage, grasp the initiative of innovation and development, and solve the problem of unbalanced development of China’s manufacturing industry.

As the “national team” in the field of machinery industry, China Machinery Industry Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Guoji group”) is facing the historic opportunity of great development, great change and great adjustment of the world manufacturing pattern. Through the deep integration of new generation information technology and machinery industry, it promotes the structural reform of the supply side and endows the machinery industry with new kinetic energy, which is not only the implementation of the important instructions and instructions of the general secretary It is also an important measure to realize the strategy of building a powerful manufacturing country, which is closely linked with the main responsibility of the main business, to achieve high-quality development of enterprises, and to build a world-class enterprise with global competitiveness.

Understanding of digital transformation

Digital operation and maintenance platform for lubrication safety of major equipment of Sinomach

The understanding of the meaning of digital transformation and the relationship between digital transformation and intelligent manufacturing. Intelligent manufacturing can be divided into three stages according to the evolution process and intelligent degree, namely, digital manufacturing, digital networked manufacturing and digital networked intelligent manufacturing. Among them, digital transformation is an important foundation of intelligent manufacturing, which is characterized by the large use of digital technology such as computer aided design (CAD) / Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) / computer aided manufacturing (CAM) and digital equipment such as CNC machine tools to form digital production lines, digital workshops and digital chemical plants. At present, the development route of China’s intelligent manufacturing is “parallel promotion and integrated development”. We should not only adhere to the innovation guidance, directly use the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, but also seek truth from facts, adjust measures to enterprise conditions, solidly complete the digital “make-up”, and take an innovative road of digital, networked and intelligent parallel promotion.

Understanding of digital transformation and intelligent manufacturing development experience of world-class enterprises. German manufacturing industry is world-class, especially high-end equipment such as electric, automobile, precision machinery and engineering machinery are famous for their excellent quality. In order to further improve the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry, Germany put forward the “industry 4.0 plan” in 2013. Its goal is to digitize the whole process chain and provide intelligent solutions to customers. In 2015, Germany began to carry out digital transformation in automobile, mechanical engineering, finance, trade and other fields, and continuously developed digital technology and business model, such as virtual design and manufacturing technology of mechanical structure, integrated visual monitoring technology of CNC machine tools, and business model of “hourly cost” for aeroengine maintenance.

Understanding of digital transformation and intelligent manufacturing development direction of Sinomach. Relevant national strategic planning points out that the priority support directions for the development of intelligent manufacturing include intelligent products, intelligent services, intelligent upgrading of high-end equipment manufacturing, strong base and industrialization of intelligent manufacturing, intelligent upgrading of technological transformation, industrial intelligent networking and intelligent cloud platform, etc. As a comprehensive enterprise group integrating scientific and technological development, equipment manufacturing, engineering contracting, trade services and financial investment, we believe that Sinomach has the needs and advantages of digital transformation in the above-mentioned related fields, including intelligent design and manufacturing of heavy machinery, agricultural machinery, textile machinery, general machinery and other major equipment Operation and maintenance services; strengthening of “five industrial bases”, such as key basic materials such as casting and forging / steel plate (pipe) and welding materials, basic manufacturing process such as casting and forging welding, core basic parts such as bearing / seal / valve / instrument, quality technology such as measurement / standard / inspection / certification and recognition; exploration of new business models such as “science and technology + Finance + trade”, etc.

Exploration and effect of digital transformation

In the field of design consultation, relying on the digital management platform of green building information modeling national and local joint laboratory project, the sixth Institute of CMI of Sinomach effectively solves the connection of survey, design, construction and delivery through three-dimensional building information model (BIM), and realizes the whole process of efficient service from planning to overall delivery.

Improve the efficiency of process collaboration and help the transformation and upgrading of equipment manufacturing. By injecting new digital elements into the traditional mechanical equipment and operation process, the intelligent level of single equipment and the cooperative work efficiency of operation system can be improved to help the transformation and upgrading of equipment manufacturing. For example, based on Beidou technology and equipped with intelligent terminal, lx904 automatic driving intelligent tractor was developed, and a remote monitoring and operation service platform for agricultural machinery and equipment was built. Through unified dispatching and management of 185 lx904 automatic driving agricultural machines, 200000 mu of sugar beet planting was served, and the average income of growers increased by 15%, resulting in good economic and social benefits. The “digital twin” technology of vehicle manufacturing process is explored, and a digital simulation system is constructed, which is mapped with the real production line. It meets the collaborative needs of design and process, process and logistics, greatly improves the utilization rate of equipment, product quality, and reduces the storage and logistics costs.

Improve the efficiency of industrial data utilization, and help the innovation of science and technology services. Combined with the characteristics of rich resources and high gold content of big data in basic experiment and industrial field, it is necessary to establish efficient data utilization channels to help technological service innovation. For example, in view of the safety monitoring and early warning needs of major equipment, the lubrication safety digital operation and maintenance platform has been constructed, and the intelligent operation and maintenance mode of “cloud platform + data resources + evaluation and early warning + industrial application” has been realized, which has been applied to the identification, risk assessment and early warning of potential faults of national major electric power equipment and military equipment, and has achieved good results, And has the ability to provide intelligent operation and maintenance services to more than 3000 enterprises every year. The digital operation and maintenance platform for key pressure equipment and rotating machinery of petrochemical plant has been constructed. Based on the inspection and maintenance related database accumulated for decades, the functions of automatic hazard identification, real-time risk assessment and real-time safety diagnosis have been preliminarily realized. It is being demonstrated and applied in petrochemical and coal chemical enterprises.

Improve the efficiency of intensive use of resources and help business model innovation. In combination with the characteristics of “platform economy”, such as the larger the scale of users, the greater the value of the platform, and the closer the binding between users and platforms, we should build an information platform for intensive use of resources to help business model innovation. For example, we have built the national machinery cloud exhibition platform, restored the offline exhibitions to the maximum extent by means of information technology, realized the seamless transformation of exhibitors and audiences from offline to online scenes, successfully completed the tasks of new product (Technology) exhibition, industry exchange, observation and learning, policy release, customer development, promotion of transaction, and effectively improved the influence of exhibition business; Through the supply chain service mode of “Finance + technology + trade + resources”, we have established four “ecosphere” of “customer circle, supplier circle, financial circle and logistics circle” to better concentrate industry resources and realize business model innovation.

Improve the convenient level of comprehensive services to help realize business value. Through the application of digital technology, improve the communication efficiency and service added value, help the realization of business value. For example, in the field of design consulting, through the three-dimensional building information model (BIM), the connection of different links such as survey, design, construction and delivery is effectively solved, and the whole process of efficient service from planning to overall delivery is realized; In the field of industrial cluster management, an intelligent management integrated service system is built. From the dimensions of economy, environmental protection, safety and energy consumption, based on digital map and BIM model panoramic view, it can perspective analysis, display data, and carry out trend overview and key indicators early warning, realizing information driven lean management.

Assumption of digital transformation in the future

The cloud service platform of agricultural machinery operation information management developed and constructed by China Academy of agricultural mechanization is the first cloud management service platform of Agricultural Mechanization in China

The implementation experience of German industry 4.0 program shows that the key factors for the success of digital transformation may include the following aspects: unified enterprise strategy, appropriate system integration for specific processes, relevant preliminary research accumulation as the basis, and flexible engineering demonstration. Based on the above analysis, we have the following assumptions and expectations for the future digital transformation.

The first is to further carry out the intelligent upgrading of heavy machinery, agricultural machinery, textile machinery, general machinery and other high-end equipment manufacturing in combination with the development needs of self height and quality. Sinomach’s “14th five year plan” will focus on the research and development of intelligent textile equipment and yarn joint robots such as high-power self driving tractors and continuously variable speed tractors, super large draft spinning frame and large capacity Lyocell fiber, and explore the demonstration application of 3D printing technology in the manufacturing of important equipment components with complex materials / structures and the repair of important equipment in special / confined space.

The second is to actively implement the national strategy and promote the upgrading of industrial base in combination with its own advantages. We will work with central enterprises, key enterprises and some well-known universities to focus on the advanced sensors and instruments needed in the digital transformation of manufacturing industry; The core parts of industrial robot, especially the core parts of man-machine interactive robot; Basic industrial software, especially industrial control software; Data interaction standards and other aspects.