The machine tool industry is welcoming the cross-border operation of the industrial robot era.

At present, industrial robot manufacturing is an area that all major equipment manufacturers want to intervene. Whether it is a traditional mechanical manufacturing enterprise or an electrical enterprise, they hope to have a share of future industrial robots.

Not long ago, ABB's Robotics Division held its third Asia Partner Symposium in Shanghai. It is said that this annual seminar is the largest conference since the implementation of ABB Robot Partner Program. A total of 13 robots live demonstrations and 10 technical seminars were held.

Industrial robot manufacturer Yaskawa Electric has used robots to solder circuit boards that are widely used in electronic equipment in Shanghai. Electronic equipment equipment manufacturer Omron has also installed a sensor system in the Shanghai factory. This system has detected on the production line. Workers can be notified when they are not qualified.

There are also many domestic machine tool manufacturers planning to make a big push in industrial robots, such as Shenyang Machine Tool, Dalian Machine Tool and many CNC equipment manufacturers. Zhu Zhiyang, Chairman of Youjia Group, clearly stated that the industrial robot market must be seized by Youjia. a piece of field.

In response to the investment boom in the industry, Luo Baihui, secretary general of the International Association of Mould & Hardware Plastics Industry Suppliers, said in an interview with the media that the curtain of the industrial robot market has been opened, and the demand for the world robot market is about to enter the eruption period. China is potentially huge. Market demand has already begun to emerge, and the investment prospects of machine tool companies entering the robot field are expected. I hope that this domestic manufacturing company can speed up the pace, so that competitors of foreign Nuggets can feel strong pressure, instead of how to take advantage of this opportunity.

1. The machine tool enterprise has entered the robot industry. Is there any other reason behind the use of the labor shortage?

Industrial robots can replace the increasingly expensive labor force, while improving work efficiency and product quality. It is understood that Foxconn robots can undertake the assembly tasks of precision parts in production lines, and can replace manual work in poor working environments such as spraying, welding and assembly. It can also be combined with CNC machine tools such as CNC super-precision milling machines to improve production efficiency and replace Some unskilled workers.

It can be said that the use of industrial robots can reduce the scrap rate and product cost, improve the utilization rate of machine tools, and reduce the risk of defective parts caused by workers' misoperations. The series of benefits are also obvious, such as reducing labor. Use, reduce machine tool wear, speed up technological innovation, and enhance corporate competitiveness. The robot has the ability to perform a variety of tasks, especially high-risk tasks, with an average time between failures of more than 60,000 hours, which is more advanced than traditional automated processes.

The use of industrial robots has the following advantages: First, improve working conditions. Gradually improve production efficiency; Second, stronger and controllable production capacity, speed up product upgrading; Third, improve the processing capacity and product quality of parts; Fourth, eliminate boring work. Saving labor: fifth. Provide a safer working environment, reduce the labor intensity of workers, reduce labor risks; sixth, improve machine tools; seventh, reduce the workload in the process and reduce production time and inventory; eighth. Improve the competitiveness of enterprises.

In the face of global competition, manufacturers are using industrial robotics to help produce quality products at reasonable prices. A company that wants to gain one or more competitive advantages and achieve automated robot production will be a means of driving business growth.

In developed countries, industrial robot automated production line equipment has become the mainstream and future development direction of automation equipment. Foreign automotive industry, electronic and electrical industry, engineering machinery and other industries have used a large number of industrial robot automated production lines to ensure product quality and high production efficiency. At present, the typical complete equipment and large car shell stamping automation system technology and complete sets of equipment, large robot body welding automation system technology and complete sets of equipment, electronic appliances and other robots flexible automatic assembly and testing complete sets of technology and equipment, robot engine, shifting Box assembly automation system technology equipment and plate laser welding equipment. The use of these industrial robot automation kits will greatly promote the rapid development of its industry and enhance the manufacturing technology level of its industry. More importantly, industrial robots will push China's manufacturing industry toward mechanical automation, unmanned, higher value-added, and more innovative manufacturing.

With the increase in labor costs, changes in the working environment and diversified market competition, companies are under heavy pressure. Since the financial crisis, “Made in China”, which relies on traditional labor-intensive forms, has been unsustainable. In the view of Luo Baihui, secretary-general of the International Association of Molds and Hardware and Plastics Industry Suppliers, China’s success in becoming a “manufacturing kingdom” is to turn the “demographic dividend” into a “mind dividend”. The industrial robot industry is a fast-growing emerging industry that will play an increasingly important role in future production and social development. The robot industry will be a new large-scale high-tech industry emerging after automobiles and computers.

Foxconn Technology Group, which has 1.2 million employees and the world's largest electronics OEM, also recently announced that Foxconn will increase the number of robots on the factory's production line to 1 million units in the next three years to replace workers and reduce operating costs. It can be seen that industrial robots, as an irreplaceable important equipment and means in the advanced equipment manufacturing industry, have become a new force in China's industrial automation technology and application.

2. The machine tool enterprise has entered the field of robots. What are its advantages? What are the short boards?

The key application of industrial robots is motion control, and motion control is an important factor in ensuring machine accuracy. From this perspective, machine tool manufacturing is very relevant to robot manufacturing technology. Therefore, in recent years, the enthusiasm of machine tool enterprises to participate in the manufacture of industrial robots has become increasingly high. Especially CNC system manufacturing companies, such as Huazhong CNC, Guangzhou CNC. Guangzhou CNC is committed to "manufacturing robots that users can afford" under the premise of ensuring complete functions of robots and stable and reliable performance. Guangzhou CNC has been involved in the research and development of industrial robots a few years ago, and has made breakthroughs: the company will first use dozens of robots in mass production in its own production workshop.

Not only the CNC system manufacturing enterprise, but also the machine tool enterprise is very popular in the robot field. For example, Dalian Machine Tool exhibited its machining center and double spindle for the China National Nuclear Corporation at the 6th China CNC Machine Tool Exhibition held this year. A flexible machining island consisting of a CNC lathe and a robot. It can be said that the flexible processing island produced by Dalian Machine Tool has guided the transformation of production organization and fully explained the profound meaning of industrial automation and the main production mode of the future manufacturing industry.

Coincidentally, Guan Xiyou, chairman of Shenyang Machine Tool Group, the number one in domestic machine tool sales, also said that Shenyang Group has experience in developing Feiyang CNC system and is preparing to cut into the field of industrial robot manufacturing and develop industrial robot products.

The high degree of technology relevance and the rapid growth that can be expected in the future are two major factors that have prompted machine tool tool manufacturers to intervene in the field of robot manufacturing. Luo Baihui, executive vice president and secretary general of the International Association of Mould & Hardware Plastics Industry Suppliers, believes that the demand for the world robot market is about to enter the eruption period, and China's potential huge market demand has begun to emerge. Since the unified domestic and international standards have not yet been formed, there is still a huge space for development of its core technology, and it has a natural connection with the original industry and manufacturing system, and the profit margin of the product is enormous.

Robot manufacturing is based on hardware, key components, software, system integration, and remote control. At present, there are many companies that do industrial robots. The advantage lies in whether they can provide a complete set of technical solutions.

From the products launched by the world robots in recent years, industrial robot technology is developing towards intelligent machines and intelligent systems. Its development trend is mainly modularization and reconfigurability of structures, openness of control technology, PCization and Networking, digitization and decentralization of servo drive technology, practical application of multi-sensor fusion technology, optimization of work environment design and flexibility of operation, and network and intelligentization of systems. This is the direction and development trend of domestic high-end machine tool upgrades. Machine tool enterprises have mastered these technologies, and it is inevitable to enter the robot field. However, it is necessary to comprehensively weigh the advantages of their own technology, brand, capital, market and other aspects to locate and develop robot projects.

Luo Baihui, secretary general of the International Association of Mould & Hardware Plastics Industry Suppliers, said that China's robot industry is still very weak, and robot research still has a long way to go. China has made some breakthroughs in some key technologies, but it still lacks breakthroughs in the overall core technology. Especially in the aspects of automatic control, finishing and materials, there are few robots with Chinese intellectual property rights. Many key components are still not produced by themselves. Or the performance is not high, these factors have begun to seriously affect the pace of domestic robots to become bigger and stronger.

It is understood that visual positioning has become the main cause of the development of domestic robots. In most workshops or assembly lines, the most used ones are robots that do not have "photocells". Because of this, these robots can often be fixed in one location for repeated and simple work.

Since the long-term solution to these complexities has not been found, the field of application of robots has not been able to expand. But this situation has finally changed. One of the most powerful technologies is the two-dimensional vision system.

Reference can be made to the robots developed by Fanuc CNC Systems of Japan, which use the vision system to assist the robot to pick up the components placed in the cabinets separated by several layers of standard slip sheets. This is a common method of transferring parts from one shop to another or even in the same shop. If there is no vision system, the manufacturer must use relatively expensive shaped plastic dunnage or other methods to accurately pick up the parts inside the box. This shaped plastic dunnage is relatively more expensive, and it takes between $60,000 and $100,000 for the design and manufacture of the mold.

Another benefit of the vision system for robot use is the reduced cost of the robotic conveyor. Before using the vision system, many components must be positioned on a fixed pallet that is transported by the pallet conveyor. Even simple pallet conveyors are not costly, and the cost increases as the conveyor distance increases.

Since the user's requirements for machine tool builders are now more than just the provision of machine tools, machine tool companies often have to provide users with a complete set of solutions, or the entire production line. In Luo Baihui's view, the involvement of machine tool manufacturers in the production of industrial robots can be said to be a matter of course. In terms of market development, we only add a new product variety to the already mature market. In fact, robots are also very useful for the machine tool industry itself. For example, the traditional process of the machine tool industry—scraping, is the long-term dependence on skilled technicians, and this work is not only time-consuming but also labor-intensive. If the robot's visual problems are solved and widely used, it is probably a good fit for this task. It seems that the development of robot technology is not only the actual needs of machine tool users, but also the function of back-feeding for machine tool manufacturing.

At present, the total number of robots in China's market is nearly 10,000, accounting for only 0.56% of the global total, of which only 30% of the total domestic robot industry concentration, the rest are from Japan, the United States, Sweden, Germany, Italy, etc. 20 Introduced in several countries. The reason is that the self-owned brand is not enough. It is imperative to develop and expand its own brand and its automation equipment industry.

The rapid development of the Japanese industrial robot industry has benefited from the government's active support policies and strong financial support. The development of China's industrial robot industry is at a critical turning point. It also needs the government to increase support and push forward further. China's industrial robot industry will take a new step and enter the stage of industrialization and scale development.

3. How big is the demand for industrial robots in the mold industry? What do you think is the market prospect of machine tool companies engaged in the robot industry?

According to Luo Baihui, secretary general of the International Association of Mould & Hardware Plastics Suppliers, since the robots began to enter the industry in the late 1960s, the actual installed capacity of robots reached 6.5 million units by the end of 2007, and the number of new installations of industrial robots increased by 3%. The cumulative installed capacity of 114,365 industrial robots has increased by 5% compared with 2006, reaching 995,000 units. In the metal mold processing industry, the sales volume of robots increased by 6%, and the machine tool sector was 9%. As a new market for robots, China, Southeast Asia, India and other countries and regions showed significant growth.

The Chinese industrial robot market has shown a booming industrial situation. China's robot investment has developed rapidly and has become the third largest robot market in Asia. In 2007, it installed about 6,600 new units, an increase of about 14% over 2006. In China, the demand for robots in various fields, including automotive parts, is growing. Luo Baihui said that in recent years, China's industrial robots and their automated production line related products have exceeded 1 billion yuan in annual production and sales. The “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” is a key turning point in the development of China's industrial robot industry. There is also a spurt of market demand, and the demand is growing at a rate of 15% to 20% per year. Industrial robots are currently mainly used in the automotive manufacturing industry in China, and the cost is high. Industrial robots for machine tool loading and unloading will become a trend in the future. In rough manufacturing (stamping, die casting, forging, etc.), machining, welding, heat treatment, surface coating, loading and unloading, assembly, inspection and warehouse stacking, robots will become a standard equipment and are widely used.

With the development of China's manufacturing industry, especially the development of automobile and auto parts manufacturing industry, which is the main application field of industrial robots, the assembly volume of industrial robots will increase rapidly. In addition, the industrial robot application field is gradually extending to the electronic information industry as well as construction, mining and other fields. It is expected that the average annual growth rate of industrial robots will reach about 25%. In addition, as the automated warehouse is growing at a level of 40 to 60 seats per year, the mobile robots used for logistics and handling will increase by no less than 20% per year. It is estimated that by 2025, the entire robot market will reach 50 billion. Luo Baihui believes that from the development history of the manufacturing industry, China is in the process of industrialization, and the means of production must undergo mechanization, automation, intelligence, and informationization. Industrial products will also undergo quantity, quality, flexibility and low cost. In the development stage, the current machine tool and mold manufacturing industry generally needs upgrades and upgrades of technology and equipment to enhance competitiveness and improve economic efficiency. Therefore, the development of China's robot industry is very large.

4. Please give suggestions to the machine tool enterprise to enter the robot field.

The level of industrial robot technology is a core indicator of the degree of modernization of a country's manufacturing industry. Luo Baihui said that with the domestic and foreign industry and other competitors making major breakthroughs in the field of robotics, and the social recognition of environmental protection concepts is also increasing, improving the level of technology and innovation, and adopting environmentally friendly ecological technology will be production. An important embodiment of business competitiveness. If machine tool companies cannot continue to innovate, future competitiveness will be affected and there is a risk of technological innovation capability. Machine tool enterprises entering the field of industrial robots should make full use of the capital platform, increase investment in scientific research, continuously innovate independently, improve core competitiveness, and lay a solid technical foundation for the company's sustainable development.

At present, the competition in the industrial robot market is becoming more and more fierce, and China's manufacturing industry faces enormous challenges of connecting with the international community and participating in the international division of labor. Accelerating the research, development and production of industrial robot technology is the main way we seize this historic opportunity. From the perspective of competition, the major competitors of machine tool enterprises have their own main products and business fields, and there is a certain market segmentation and dislocation development pattern. However, with the development of China's manufacturing industry, domestic enterprises have set up industrial robots and automation. The demand for equipment is increasing. Faced with the advantages of domestic and foreign companies in the high-end products market, the domestic robot market competition is becoming increasingly fierce. In particular, the competition of new technology and new concept robots is greatly affected by R&D investment and R&D aging. It is also somewhat restrained by the existing market structure, and there is a certain market risk. In the development of high-end equipment industry, machine tool enterprises to expand their scale of operation and foster new profits and business growth points, it is necessary to consolidate the main business while maintaining the ability to continue to innovate and realize the leap-forward development of new industries and new businesses. Keeping pace with the national “Twelfth Five-Year” industrial strategic transformation, grasping the rhythm of national industrial structure adjustment, seeking market with technology, brand and quality, using technological innovation as the driving force, and taking talent as the foundation to expand industrial robots and automation equipment. The scale still adheres to the two-pronged approach of domestic and foreign market development, seizes the market opportunities brought about by economic recovery, expands new application areas, and explores new product markets. Ensure the company's leading position in the domestic industrial robotics and automation equipment industry. To build a domestic first-class, internationally renowned brand.

Within the machine tool enterprise, efforts should be made to improve the quality of business management, adhere to technological progress and technological innovation, reduce operating costs; strengthen internal management, improve risk control, comprehensively improve profitability, and achieve the company's goal of steady and rapid development. At the same time, it strengthens product planning, product realization, competitive strategy and service quality, and enhances the company's ability to respond quickly, respond quickly and integrate solutions.

The key link that needs to be solved urgently:

(1) Enhance the R&D strength of enterprises and the intensity of scientific research investment, invest in advanced scientific research equipment, promote the close connection between scientific research and production, and promote the transformation of intelligent robots and automation engineering technology research results;

(2) Independently develop robot products with high precision parameters, high sensitivity, high reliability, high safety and convenient use, and change the core technologies that rely mainly on the status of imports, enhance the ability of independent innovation, and master the automation control;

(3) In terms of target selection, on the one hand, we must consider the international robot market and technological development trends; on the other hand, we must consider the needs of national economic construction and social development, especially the technological transformation of state-owned enterprises, agriculture, energy, transportation and other industries as well as Basic implementation and urbanization construction needs.

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