A long production line is bustling with robotic arms shuttling back and forth, with only one worker patrolling to confirm the technical status of the machine and ensure its smooth operation. The vast workshop appears somewhat “empty”. Last Thursday, when we walked into Dongqiao Town, Haishu District, the bustling production scene of robots in various enterprises’ digital workshops was impressive.
As a strong industrial town with 102 above designated industrial enterprises, Dongqiao Town invested 339 million yuan in research and development expenses for above designated enterprises in 2021, located at the forefront of Haishu Township Street; Achieved a total output value of 11.346 billion yuan and sales revenue of 10.968 billion yuan in industries above designated size, with year-on-year growth of 23.9% and 19.1% respectively; The added value of industries above designated size reached 2.549 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16%.
Dongqiao Town has outstanding advantages in intelligent manufacturing. It is the only provincial manufacturing innovation center in the field of intelligent forming in the province. The intelligent forming Industrial Internet platform was rated as the provincial Industrial Internet platform. The “smart cloud terminal” system was selected into the first batch of excellent system solutions for intelligent manufacturing in Ningbo. In recent years, enterprises in the jurisdiction have taken the express train of intelligent and Digital transformation to help improve quality and efficiency with remarkable results.
Entering the digital workshop of Ningbo Shuaitelong Group Co., Ltd., the fourth batch of national manufacturing champion enterprises and the third batch of provincial cloud benchmark enterprises, one can see a huge electronic screen in the main control center, displaying real-time production progress, quality monitoring, abnormal monitoring, material feedback, temperature curves, and other information of each workshop. On the automatic spraying workshop production line, there are only two workers for loading and unloading, and the entire production process is completed by machines.
This is the most advanced intelligent spraying production line introduced by the company from Japan with an investment of over 30 million yuan in 2019. Originally, the workshop needed 50 to 60 workers, but now it only needs less than 10 people. “According to Wu Zhiguang, the chairman of the company, Shuaitelong Group has invested over 50 million yuan in intelligent transformation and upgrading in recent years. By the end of 2020, the digital overall construction of spraying, injection molding and other workshops has been completed, compared to the original production process, Production efficiency can be increased by 28%, operating costs can be reduced by 12%, and product defect rate can be reduced by 8%.
In 2021, the average tax revenue per mu of the company was 2.25 million yuan, with a per capita output value of around 2.6 million yuan, far higher than the average level of industrial enterprises in the city. “Wu Zhiguang said that Shuai Telong Group actively embraced the digital wave and will develop steadily in the future.” On the ninth day of the first lunar month, all employees of the company will resume work and start working at full speed. It is expected that the total industrial output value in the first quarter will exceed 400 million yuan, exceeding 10% compared to the previous year.
Like Shuai Telong Group, Ningbo Sijie Precision Technology Co., Ltd., which specializes in producing precision bearings, has replaced manual labor with machines in its digital workshop. Since its operation in October 2020, the company has adopted the world’s most advanced complete sets of intelligent equipment, leading the digital construction in the Chinese bearing industry. “Han Chunwei, General Manager of Sijie Precision Company, introduced that the new digital chemical factory has given the enterprise a strong development momentum, with sales increasing year by year, reaching 50 million yuan in 2020, 65 million yuan in 2021, and is expected to reach 85 million yuan this year.
In the grinding workshop of Sijie Precision Company, there is a large data center electronic screen at the entrance of the workshop, which real-time displays the hourly production compliance status of each production line. Each production line has a small electronic screen displaying its production status, and the machines on the production line are running in an orderly manner, with only one worker checking back and forth next to them. On the ground channel, a robot sensing QR code is pasted every 30 centimeters to guide the material transport robot to automatically transport products.
The traditional grinding workshop requires three workers for one production line, and now only one worker for both lines. The effectiveness of intelligent production lines in accelerating production processes, improving production efficiency, and reducing operating costs is self-evident. Last year, the company’s per capita sales reached 1 million yuan, and this year it is expected to reach 1.1 million yuan, far higher than the average of 400000 yuan in the traditional bearing industry in China, “Han Chunwei said, The company produces various types of bearings with an accuracy of up to 1 micrometer, and its product quality advantage is also very obvious. 95% of the products are exported to the European and American markets, making them competitive in the international market. “Before the year, the company’s workshop was running 24 hours a day to catch up on orders, and after the year, it started production on the eighth day of the first lunar month, with a continuous production time of 12 hours a day
Looking at the entire town of Dongqiao, as of now, the resumption rate of enterprises on the designated scale in the town is 100%, and most enterprises have full orders. In order to ensure the economic operation of the first quarter, Dongqiao Town has formed a special team based on the industrial characteristics of its jurisdiction, with a posture of starting with a decisive battle and starting with a sprint. The service is constantly on the line, closely monitoring the progress of projects, and firmly winning the first quarter’s “red start”.
“We make every effort to promote the transformation and upgrading of digital technology enabled industries, comprehensively promote industrial technological transformation and expansion, and unswervingly promote industrial expansion, improve quality and increase efficiency.” The relevant person in charge of Dongqiao Town introduced that the town held a seminar on digital reform of township enterprises years ago, and invited 10 young entrepreneurs to share their experience in building enterprise digital workshops and 5G Industrial Internet application cases, At the same time, we listened to the expectations and demands of enterprises in Digital transformation, and formed a list of enterprise difficulties. After the year, we immediately carried out key actions to solve the difficulties by “one enterprise, one policy”.
It can be understood that after the New Year, Dongqiao Town is still accelerating the development of the Shangshuiqi Industrial Park project. The park (Phase I) consists of three plots: Electronic Information Small and Micro Park, Intelligent Equipment Small and Micro Park, and Automotive Auxiliary Small and Micro Park. It is currently in the stage of policy processing and ‘nail removal and clearing’, striving to complete the preliminary work of land transfer as soon as possible, “said the relevant person in charge of Dongqiao Town.
Regarding the active promotion of the renovation and upgrading of village level industrial parks in the town, Yang Zhanwei, Secretary of the Party General Branch of Shangshui Qi Village, happily stated that under the active communication and coordination of the town, the new village construction project in the village has successfully obtained a 500 million yuan “Huinong Anju Loan” loan credit from China Construction Bank, becoming the first approved credit project in Ningbo, which will save villagers more than 10 million yuan in the cost of rural housing construction funds, After demolishing the original 9036 square meter scattered factory buildings and building new ones, not only can historical legacy issues such as missing property certificates be effectively resolved, but the collective assets of the village will also increase in value with the optimization of quality. At the same time, it will also lay the foundation for the formation of new economic growth in the entire town
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(Contributed by Ningbo Municipal Commission of Commerce)