"Industrial rice" also needs intelligent manufacturing (micro). Industry | Enterprises | Manufacturing
The industrial Internet supported by digital technology has promoted the efficient flow of production factors such as data, and provided more support for enterprises to carry out product innovation, business model innovation and technological innovation
Adapting to the trend of digital transformation in the economy and society, promoting the scientific and efficient digital transformation of traditional industry enterprises is crucial for stimulating the vitality of business entities, shaping new competitive advantages, and achieving high-quality development
Although screws are inconspicuous, they are an indispensable industrial necessity. From everyday watches and phones to speeding cars, high-speed trains, and spacecraft traveling in space, its presence is everywhere.
Screws, also known as fasteners, are one of the most basic and versatile mechanical components widely used in industries such as engineering and construction, automotive manufacturing, energy machinery, aerospace, and others. They are known as "industrial rice". China is a major producer of industrial rice.
In recent years, with the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, the demand for high-strength, high-performance, high-precision, and high value-added fasteners in downstream industries has been increasing. The previous development mode of low technological content, low quality, low added value, and weak brand is difficult to sustain, and the upgrading of the fastener industry is the trend. Digital technology and intelligent manufacturing have become breakthroughs for many enterprises.
Digital transformation promotes the upgrading of enterprise management. A fastener enterprise specializing in the production of drill tail screws in Yongnian District, Handan, Hebei Province, focuses on creating high-end digital and green workshops, solving problems such as rising costs and uneven product quality. In a 24 meter high and approximately 4000 square meter three-dimensional warehouse of a fastener company in Ningbo, Zhejiang, the warehousing, shipping, inventory, and clearance steps have been automated. It only takes 25 minutes to fill a standard container, and the loading efficiency has been improved by 30%. Integrating digital technology into enterprise management can optimize enterprise operations in a digital way, thereby improving efficiency.
Intelligent manufacturing helps enterprises transform efficiency. In the workshop of a new energy technology company in Hunan, robots with extended arms have replaced manual labor and carried out orderly operations such as quenching and tempering heat treatment, hot forging, mechanical processing, and surface treatment on the production line, reducing the processing time of embedded screw sleeves by 70% and increasing production by 72%. With the support of an intelligent manufacturing system that covers the entire process of research and development design, procurement and supply, planning and scheduling, production operations, quality control, enterprise management, warehousing and logistics, this enterprise has achieved innovation and breakthroughs in a series of products from single products to multiple sub sectors. Among them, the market share of wind power embedded screw sleeve products remains the world's first. Making good use of digital technology can improve the production efficiency of traditional industries and is a good lever for supply side structural reform.
The application of industrial Internet enables the connection between upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain to be established quickly. Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, established an industrial Internet platform for fastener industry to provide digital factory solutions for fastener industry, open up the "internal chain" of enterprises that build intelligent interconnection of human, machine, material, law and environment, and the "external chain" of online sharing and intelligent cooperation between upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, to help enterprises break data barriers, open up information islands, and improve research and development efficiency. The industrial Internet supported by digital technology has promoted the efficient flow of production factors such as data, and provided more support for enterprises to carry out product innovation, business model innovation and technological innovation.
The transformation of the screw industry is a microcosm of China's traditional manufacturing industry embracing digitalization.
With the rapid development of high-end industries such as aerospace and major equipment manufacturing, the market prospects for high-end fasteners are broad. Facing challenges, seizing opportunities, and innovating with determination, Little Screw can also stand firm and gain advantages in fierce market competition, becoming a typical example of traditional industries moving towards high-end, intelligent, and green development.