"Why" need smart manufacturing? This is the most frequently asked question in the manufacturing industry today. As the needs of manufacturing transformation, in recent years, in order to improve product quality, reduce costs, and shorten the development cycle, countries have formulated a number of advanced manufacturing development strategies and plans, adjusted the industrial structure, and promoted industrial transformation. There is an urgent need for smart manufacturing to improve capabilities and efficiency. . In addition, the relevant technical conditions have gradually matured, and information technology and new intelligent technologies have provided the most important foundation for intelligent manufacturing.
1. The evolution and development of intelligent manufacturing
Intelligent manufacturing represents the fusion of advanced manufacturing technology and information technology. Although the concept has only been put forward for more than 30 years, the origin of intelligent manufacturing can be traced back to the middle of the last century. Its development and evolution can be roughly divided into three stages:
The digital manufacturing from the mid-century to the mid-1990s was mainly characterized by computing, communication and control applications;
From the development of networked manufacturing in the mid-1990s to the present, with the large-scale popularization and application of the Internet, advanced manufacturing has entered a networked stage characterized by the Internet of Everything;
At present, based on the rapid advancement of technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and machine vision, artificial intelligence has gradually integrated into the manufacturing field, and advanced manufacturing has begun to enter the stage of intelligent manufacturing with a new generation of artificial intelligence technology as the core. However, due to the development level of artificial intelligence technology and the immature manufacturing application, the current "intelligent manufacturing" is far from reaching the fully intelligent stage of "adaptation, self-decision, and self-execution". Intelligent manufacturing is still the future Main development goals.
2. The only way for China's manufacturing industry
Intelligent manufacturing is the only way for China's manufacturing industry to transform and upgrade, improve quality and efficiency.
In recent years, China's economic development has gradually shifted from a stage of rapid growth to a stage of high-quality development. The government has paid more attention to optimizing the economic structure and transforming growth momentum.
Manufacturing is the main area of supply-side structural reforms. Although the proportion of manufacturing added value in the total GDP of the country is declining, the real economy represented by manufacturing is the core supporting force for China's high-quality economic development. The rising costs of production factors such as raw materials, land, and human resources have made it difficult to increase the profitability of manufacturing, which is not high. Improving quality and efficiency and transforming production methods are problems that China's manufacturing industry must solve, and the development of intelligent manufacturing is the only way for China's manufacturing to grow from large to strong.
