In an old building, a few 6 storey heavy machinery is receiving the final test. Soon, these devices will appear in the car factory production workshop, to complete their own production tasks. These huge monster task is the first step for CNC punching, automobile manufacturing line.

In the past ten years, the huge monster performance is good, has maintained stability and continuity. In the past few years, SIEMENS's software has played an important role in the use of digital technology to ensure the production efficiency of the device, said the manager of the workshop.

Wang Haibin was pleased with the change. As SIEMENS (China) Co., Ltd. executive vice president, general manager of digital chemical plant, Wang Haibin has been stressed that the core competitiveness of enterprises can be attributed to three key elements of efficiency, flexibility and innovation, and enhance the three is also the largest use of industrial 4".

After 4 of the concept of industry, more and more companies want to find a way to participate in this industrial revolution, compared to the outside world for the complex interpretation of 4 of the industry, Wang Haibin gives a simple understanding, the core of the keyword is "efficiency". "In SIEMENS, when we mention the industry 4, we will be more emphasis on efficiency," he told visitors, "in essence, the enterprise has reached the level of automation, intelligent and existing production levels, and then on a level".

All the stories, all from "efficiency" started to say.

Efficiency improvements

Siemens and Jinan Second Machine Tool cooperation has been going on for 20 years, in the past 20 years, the latter from the first soldier factory, growth for the world's top three automobile stamping equipment manufacturers. With the development of automobile industry, the market competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and the requirements of the precision, efficiency and flexibility of the automobile factory are also increasing.

2010, Ji'nan two machine tool began using SIEMENS PLM (product life cycle management) software, which has taken a solid step in digital manufacturing. "We have used two dimensional design software for 30 years, and many of the existing design modules have been accumulated in the past. And the need to start from zero to the three-dimensional design, continuous accumulation." Ji'nan two machine tool mechanical designer Li Zhengshuang said.

2011 so far, Ji'nan two machine tool has been successively to get Ford 7 stamping line. In the design process, they have used the SIEMENS SolidEdge software, and integrated SIEMENS electrical equipment to ensure a stable and efficient operation.

Ji'nan two machine tool deputy general manager Zhang Shishun introduction, these lines represent the world's highest level, can each minute stamping 15 large automobile panels, stamping line efficiency, like a hundred meters race, every half second is extremely difficult

Production lines of the new generation is a part of the life cycle of manufacturing enterprises, especially after 2012, with the Chinese macro economy into the downturn cycle, the upgrading of the traditional manufacturing industry has become the focus of attention from top to bottom.

That is from the beginning of the time, 4 of the boom of industry began to rise, until today, the concept has become very complex, most companies are willing to depict a "has gone in the industrial 4 road," the grand blueprint.

Wang Haibin is worried about such "speculation". "Is not a day to call the industrial 4 will be able to achieve." In Wang Haibin's view, industry 4 essentially is the industry has reached the level of automation, intelligent and existing production levels, and then on a level".

This seems to be a very simple step, but for the enterprise, means a new starting point. "Enterprises should continue to try to improve their production capacity." Wang Haibin explained, more need to rely on the enterprise's curiosity and self-motivated, with a hard work to improve the efficiency of their own production line".

Energy saving of Shaanxi long steel is a representative case. At that time, SIEMENS began to steel production line of energy saving, using frequency converter to improve the energy efficiency of its sintering fan, according to the actual measurement of the energy saving targets, SIEMENS can help save 15800 tons of standard coal per year.

Compared to the traditional mode of production at every turn to subvert the concept, Wang Haibin believes that this is a very important step. "Some industries do need to subvert the innovation, but it is not possible to subvert the basic physical principles, chemical principles, so in my opinion, the subversion is not applicable to industrial, manufacturing."

The production line of the gear is still turning, but many equipment manufacturing enterprises such as the northeast into the production process and the low quality of the low efficiency of the mire. Although the days are becoming more and more difficult, but in a large number of manufacturing enterprises in the process of industrial 2 and 3, there is tremendous potential.

Wang Haibin saw the opportunity to large-scale manufacturing enterprises in transition, for example, he said, SIEMENS, the northeast region of large-scale manufacturing enterprises to provide upgrading and transformation services.

But the external force is only one aspect. Wang Haibin want to remind, the enterprise internal force is a self cultivation process, in this point, the enterprise needs to invest a lot of energy". To the foundation of talent training, for example, how to retain mature technical personnel also is the enterprise need deep thinking is a short introduction of emergency, or to develop long-term training mechanism, can be seen in an enterprise practicing internal strength of maturity.

This is similar to the technical upgrading of enterprises. In fact, the introduction of new technology in the short term is not likely to immediately see the benefits, the need for a period of investment, in the face of this choice, companies need to do a long-term plan and goal. "Industrial progress can not be anxious for success China." Wang Haibin said.

This is also a look easy, but the need to fight a protracted war. For Chinese manufacturing industry is concerned, now more to attention in what production level, the defect rate is how much, "some enterprises still lacking in the process and the basic materials and can not simply rely on automation solutions, manufacturing industry production and innovation activities need to cooperate with each other all doors."

Wang Haibin reminded, Chinese manufacturing enterprises in the same time, or the international advanced level of international advanced level, need to look at the sky, but also need to bow to pull the car".

Digital production

In April last year, SIEMENS and the world's largest manufacturers of flax yarn, the company signed a strategic cooperation agreement, announced that the two sides will jointly build a new digital chemical plant. This is a SIEMENS in China in addition to SIEMENS industrial automation products in Chengdu production and research and development base (SEWC) and a number of chemical plant demonstration projects.

For SIEMENS, this cooperation has a more far-reaching significance, marking the success of SIEMENS to promote its digital chemical plant technology solutions for China's local enterprises, to help improve their management level, production efficiency and capacity.

Shortly thereafter, SIEMENS released the 2020 Vision, will focus on the electrification, automation and digitization, plans to fully explore the potential of digital development, including the manufacturing industry. Improving the speed and efficiency of product development by using digital chemical plant.

"Chinese manufacturing companies are playing a more and more important role in the global market, and the digital chemical plant technology solutions will help them to enhance their competitiveness and to win more market opportunities." Wang Haibin said.

For most Chinese manufacturing companies, the digital is still a fresh term, while the industry 4 looks more like a distant, highly subversive industrial revolution.

Obviously, for the improvement of production line efficiency, digital production is an important way. In addition, intelligent production will also ease the manufacturing industry is facing the global market volatility and imbalance, to ease the cost pressures, energy and resource efficiency and population structure of the changes in the production to ease the pressure.

"Production and manufacturing of the digital is the only way to achieve industrial 4, digital manufacturing represents the entire process of manufacturing and the value chain of digital." Wang Haibin said..

After the completion of the transformation of the production line, along with the deepening of cooperation, SIEMENS's fully integrated automation (TIA) system is increasingly integrated into the Ji'nan two machine tool production of automotive stamping equipment. From the PLC (programmable logic controller), motion control system to drive system, SIEMENS products and solutions to help improve the efficiency and reliability of the punch line.

In fact, SIEMENS (China) has one of the few digital chemical plants in China, in fact, in terms of digital production. In September 2013, Siemens in Chengdu "digital factory" completed and put into production, the goal is in the field of automation scuffle, Chengdu factory also Siemens in China's largest digital factory. "Digital Manufacturing" means that production units and processes have their own "digital copy" in the virtual world ". Therefore, all original production and process can be simulated and calculated.

Siemens in accordance with the understanding, there are four key elements to realize digital enterprise, application of digital enterprise software suite, deployment of industrial communication network, to ensure that in the industrial environment plant and network and security of system integrity, as well as for the specific business services to industry. "Traditional manufacturing is generally a first drawing, and then to the production department to make samples, drawings returned to the research and development of improved reproduction. In digital manufacturing, R & D to manufacturing based on the same data platform, changing the traditional manufacturing rhythm, research and development and production almost synchronized, no paper drawings."

This is completely not to the production workshop, but also SIEMENS digital factory brings change. In this mode of production, intelligent data analysis and evaluation will be helpful for the industrial decision-making process, but also to improve the productivity to make a decisive contribution.

In accordance with the concept of digital production, the machine can even self optimize and communicate with each other, which will make the whole production more efficient and more productive.

Data show that through the digital factory planning, can reduce the time to market at least 30%; by optimizing the quality of planning, can reduce the cost of manufacturing 13%. And in the new product listing ratio, equipment production efficiency, product delivery capacity and operating profit margin, the number of indicators are much higher than the traditional manufacturing enterprises.

More in-depth, digital production will provide support for the transformation of business model. Future industrial transformation and upgrading of the service industry, more to reach the forward-looking judgment. Including equipment operation, health status, related risks and other information, if it can advance the formation of a pre sentence, you can earn technology to upgrade the time window, which is a very important step.