My AI Jiangsu | Behind the shining “lighthouse”, how strong is Jiangsu’s “intelligent manufacturing”?

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“We must firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development and develop new productive forces according to local conditions.” On March 5, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized when participating in the deliberations of the Jiangsu delegation at the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress.

We are in an era of high-quality development. Jianghuai is a land of new things. Here, tradition and innovation merge to draw a magnificent picture of Chinese modernization; we are in an era of advanced science and technology. The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) is opening a bright road to the “new”.

In view of this, Xinhua Daily·Junction News specially launched the “My AI Jiangsu” series of planning, hoping that through the new visual experience brought by AIGC, we can deeply explore the new changes and new highlights in Jiangsu’s high-quality development process, and use a new perspective and Dimension, showing the vitality and vitality of this hot land.

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【look! “Lighthouse Factory” in the Eyes of AI]

A lighthouse is a building located on the coast, port or river to guide ships. The “Lighthouse Factory” is known as “the most advanced factory in the world” and represents the highest level of smart manufacturing and digitalization in the world.

“We have accelerated the technological transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, stepped up the promotion of intelligent manufacturing, and built 62 ‘lighthouse factories’, accounting for 40% of the total number of ‘lighthouse factories’ in the world.” At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office earlier this year Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the foundation for China’s “strong” industrial development will be further consolidated in 2023.

Xinhua Daily·Junction Point reporter learned that among the latest list of “lighthouse factories” announced at the end of 2023, there are three from Jiangsu, namely the Liyang factory of CATL, the Jiangyin factory of CITIC Pacific Special Steel, and the Suzhou factory of Hengtong Optical Fiber Technology . So far, there are 12 “lighthouse factories” in Jiangsu, ranking first in the country in total.

What are the strengths of Jiangsu’s three new “lighthouse factories”?

The reporter noticed that the three latest Jiangsu “lighthouse factories” on the list are located in Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou.

Hengtong Optical Fiber Technology’s Suzhou factory is the first “lighthouse factory” in the global optical communications industry. It is understood that the efficiency of this “lighthouse factory” has increased by 66% compared with before, the unit manufacturing cost has been reduced by 21%, the defective rate has been reduced by 52%, and the social and economic benefits have been significant. At the same time, we use digital technology to achieve environmentally friendly production, green and sustainable development, and reduce hazardous waste water emissions by more than 4 million tons annually.

CITIC Pacific Special Steel Jiangyin Factory is Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Co., Ltd. Xingcheng Special Steel focuses on the six major sectors of “iron, steel, rolling, energy, environment, and research” to realize an integrated intelligent production line of “intelligent interconnection, intelligent factory, intelligent equipment, and IT infrastructure” to promote the transformation of the special steel industry from traditional manufacturing The shift to smart manufacturing has filled the gap in the “lighthouse factory” of the world’s special steel industry. The factory’s customized orders increased by 35.3%, the rate of unqualified products decreased by 47.3%, and the energy consumption per ton of steel decreased by 10.5%, achieving the organic unity of “high customization”, “high quality”, “high efficiency” and “sustainability”.

CATL’s Liyang factory, also known as Jiangsu Times New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., is a 100% owned subsidiary of CATL in Changzhou. By applying artificial intelligence, big data and other technologies to intelligently transform the entire process of planning management, process management, production, manufacturing, and logistics, Jiangsu Times factory production line efficiency increased by 320%, manufacturing costs decreased by 33%, and the single product failure rate From one part per million to one part per billion, the battery components produced every day can assemble more than 2,000 new energy vehicles.

What does a factory need to do right to become a “lighthouse”?

According to the selection criteria, being selected as a “Lighthouse Factory” requires the integration of at least five world-leading technological applications and significant improvements in business indicators such as production efficiency, operational agility, and ecological sustainability. The “Lighthouse Factory” themed report released by the World Economic Forum shows that most of the world’s 153 “Lighthouse Factories” use advanced technology and intelligent equipment, highly automated production processes and flexible automation technology to balance production capacity and customer needs; eliminate waste, strengthen environmental governance, reduce energy consumption and automate repetitive work, product quality has been greatly improved, and customer complaint rates have been significantly reduced.

Take Hengtong Optical Fiber Technology’s Suzhou factory as an example. The company has become a global benchmark for digital manufacturing because of its innovative practices in digital transformation and analysis, intelligent automation, sustainable development and other fields. It is understood that as early as 2005, the company took the lead in launching the “three modernizations” of factory intelligence, lean manufacturing, and management informatization, and made every effort to create intelligent manufacturing with personalized customization, networked collaboration, flexible production, and visual supervision. Advanced mode.

At Hengtong Optical Fiber, tens of thousands of sets of data are generated for every optical rod produced. The company uses data management to in turn guide production and promote independent research and development of new products. It is understood that the intelligent centralized control system independently developed by Hengtong Optical Fiber can collect more than 10,000 pieces of data per second, which not only allows the factory to achieve lean manufacturing and informatized management, but also summarizes and sorts the data every month, such as mining beneficial processes. data, trace abnormal key information, etc., so as to command production more accurately and efficiently.

The “Intelligent Manufacturing” Powerful Province Behind the “Lighthouse Factory”

The 12 “most advanced factories in the world” highlight Jiangsu’s smart manufacturing capabilities in multiple industries. Over the past decade or so, Jiangsu has insisted on taking the development of the real economy as its specialty and taking smart manufacturing as the main direction of building a strong manufacturing province. It has ushered in a critical period of innovative transformation of the manufacturing industry and high-quality economic development.

As a major economic province, Jiangsu is also a strong province in intelligent manufacturing. In recent years, Jiangsu has regarded the digital economy as a key increment of transformation and development, and has created new manufacturing advantages in Jiangsu through large-scale intelligent transformation and digital transformation. The “Jiangsu Provincial Government 2024 Government Work Report” pointed out that in 2023, Jiangsu will add 20 new national smart manufacturing demonstration factories, 112 new provincial smart manufacturing demonstration factories, and 501 demonstration workshops. Among the first 300 5G factories in the country There are 97 companies in Jiangsu, ranking first in the country in the integration of informatization and informatization for nine consecutive years. Jiangsu manufacturing is accelerating to realize the “digital intelligence butterfly transformation”.

On March 20, 2024, the “Intelligent Digital Transformation to Network Connection” work promotion meeting for the manufacturing industry in Jiangsu Province was held. Jiangsu must further clarify its digital transformation roadmap, accelerate the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises and industrial clusters; it must promote intelligent transformation, vigorously promote the “artificial intelligence +” action, strengthen the application of software integration, and create a number of benchmark demonstrations; it must deepen Network connection, comprehensively promote the construction of digital infrastructure, accelerate the large-scale application of industrial Internet, promote networked collaboration of industrial and supply chains, and use “network connection” to amplify the effect of “intelligent transformation and digital transformation”. It is necessary to strengthen policy support, strengthen financial empowerment, expand the supply of talents, create a good atmosphere, do a solid job in the “smart transformation to digital transformation” of the manufacturing industry, accelerate the construction of a strong manufacturing province, and create an important environment for the development of new quality productivity. We will continue to write a new chapter in Jiangsu’s modernization construction of “Strong, Rich, Beautiful and High” and make greater contributions.

Xinhua Daily·Intersection reporter Li Puwen/AIGC charting