How to achieve lean + intelligent automobile production

Guangzhou MINO is a well-known supplier of planning, planning, production, operation and maintenance of intelligent production lines for passenger car bodies, and has developed the first flexible final assembly welding system for BIW with completely independent intellectual property rights and the world's leading level, and has completed the global creation of a number of car equipping professions.

MINO intelligent production line integrates the comprehensive solution of Festo in Germany, and Yao Weibing, chairman of MINO, praised Festo as "a role model among suppliers". Festo is a global leader in the field of proactive skills and the global market leader in industrial skills training.

Festo's product and system solutions include pneumatic and electric cylinders, valves, servo controllers, motion control, valve terminals, connection skills for easy installation, handling and installation skills, service units, fittings, vacuum skills, orientation and quality detection, sensors and handling skills.

Festo offers pneumatic and electric skills and comprehensive solutions for plant automation and process automation for the Chinese market, primarily in the fields of cars, electronics and light installation, food and beverage packaging, water/wastewater treatment and biotechnology/pharmaceuticals. Among them, for the car industry, we provide intelligent solutions for pneumatic and electric skills based on the global and full process flow to ensure the safety, efficiency, simplicity and central competitiveness of car production.

Excellent quality is a solid foundation

Zhou Xiaowen, deputy director of MINO BIW mechanical engineering department, said that in the BIW welding workshop, because of the large electromagnetic interference in the welding environment, the splashing of high-temperature welding slag, the compact working space of the robot, and the frequent switching of tools at the end of the manipulator, the working conditions are very harsh, so the equipment and components used in the production line must have excellent quality.

Recently, a car manufacturer encountered the problem of valve terminal flash break, which required manual maintenance, and the impact of stop line detection was huge, and the customer urgently needed a good solution. MINO introduced the CPX/VTSA valve terminal with an all-metal housing from Festo, which is extremely resistant to welding spatter and interference under harsh working conditions. "Similar problems never arose again, and there was a significant improvement in production stability and output, and the customer later specified the use of valve terminals from Festo in production." Zhou Xiaowen said.

Huang Xinghua, Director of Car Professional Sales at Festo Greater China, said: "As the first company to invent the valve terminal, Festo's 'hardcore' product quality provides a stable and efficient guarantee for MINO and car users. ”

Zhou Xiaowen said that in addition to the valve terminal, the pneumatic products supplied by Festo to MINO also include air pipes, joints, solenoid valves, pneumatic valves, cylinders, etc., whether according to the specification parts or customized requirements, according to the whole product or module, Festo can meet the needs, and has excellent quality and high cost performance.

Lean production, through intelligent production

Regarding intelligent production, Yao Weibing believes that in addition to digitalization and intelligence, it is very important that the concept of lean production should run through. He said that MINO's philosophy is to reduce the investment, production and protection costs of users, and reduce non-process time, improve equipment utilization and strengthen system reliability through lean solutions and high-power production equipment.

Because the customized production has higher and higher requirements for power and quality, some traditional manual operations are gradually turned into automation, such as actively replacing the electrode cap of the welding gun, and there can be no water dripping out when replacing, Zhou Xiaowen said that Festo's water and gas treatment unit HIP/RIP has increased the corresponding pumping tank module after skill promotion, which truly achieves "no leakage", and the modular planning of HIP/RIP makes the protection very convenient, and can also be integrated with flow and pressure sensors. Real-time monitoring of water and gas pressure and flow rate to become more intelligent.

In the field of improving the production power and intelligence of the car, Festo has several star products, Zhou Xiaowen mentioned the technical innovation of the digital control terminal VTEM, which is the world's first valve controlled by the APP, worthy of the name of the "digital pneumatic components", just need to change the parameters through the APP, you can easily switch various pneumatic functions, and then improve the sensitivity, energy power and production cycle.

As one of the central companies of Industry 4.0 in Germany, Festo has accumulated a wealth of experience in Industry 4.0. Huang Xinghua said: "Festo is an advocate and participant of Industry 4.0, and Industry 4.0 is not something that can be completed by a single enterprise, it is more like an ecology created by the integration of various microorganisms, organic and inorganic substances. This is completely consistent with Yao Weibing's concept, he showed that in the field of intelligent production, MINO and Festo are both exploring in Industry 4.0, Festo has done very successful aerobionic skills, cutting-edge equipment repair and management skills based on AR skills, etc., and there will be more opportunities to deepen cooperation in the future to create more intelligent car equipment.

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Standardization, invention greater value

Relying on digital production skills, MINO is working hard to establish professional skill specifications and efficient standard solutions. "MINO is interested in using its own skill system to formulate relevant specifications for some enterprises and even professions, and promote the digitalization process of China's car intelligent equipment production category," said Zhou Xiaowen, "Festo has supplied the highest standard products and skills of the German system, which has played a guiding role in MINO's standardized entry to the European and American car occupations." ”

Zhou Xiaowen said that compared with its peers, MINO is unique in that it learns and absorbs the advantages of different manufacturers such as European, American, Japanese, domestic independent brands, and large parts manufacturers, and summarizes them into their own comprehensive solutions. On the one hand, MINO has developed a series of standardized products to match the increasing requirements of the profession for production beat, degree of automation and flexibility; On the other hand, in terms of mechanics and electricals, we have formed our own skill system, and we can respond to the needs of different customers sensitively.

Non-standard products have the characteristics of high skill intensity and messy, a variety of types, small batches, etc., resulting in high cost and slow cycle. Zhou Xiaowen said that MINO's approach is divided into two steps -

Step 1: Non-standard standardization. The overall product and component are non-standard products, but if the product is decomposed into some modules, and the modules are then decomposed into smaller parts, accessories or processes, many can be made into standardized products, and then complete cost reduction and efficiency increase.

Zhou Xiaowen said, for example, Festo's valve terminal, HIP/RIP is like this, classified as customized standardized products, from a single product is non-standard, but after it is decomposed, in fact, there are basically specifications, only a small part of non-standard. "The HIP/RIP water and gas unit system is a turnkey project, we only need to put forward the corresponding customized requirements, and Festo can respond quickly, which provides a strong guarantee for our non-standard standardization process." Zhou Xiaowen said.

Step 2: Proactive. In the future, it will take only 5 to 10 minutes to complete the planning and production of the initiative, which used to take one hour to complete. According to the software developed by MINO itself, as long as you set some parameters, you can take the initiative to make the desired product, and the power will complete a qualitative leap.

In the future of the car industry, Yao Weibing focuses on two major trends: first, the digital revolution, from traditional hardware production to software-centric skill barriers, to software and big data services; The second is the new process trend brought about by the development of technology revolution, data revolution and lightweight skills.

Correspondingly, MINO will transform from equipment and production line production to skill services, and strive to grow into a professional leader of 100 billion yuan to empower professional users of car manufacturing. MINO will work with Festo and other partners to explore cooperation in the field of Industry 4.0 and intelligent production, including the formulation of vocational skill specifications, the promotion of digital transformation, the construction of an intelligent production ecosystem for cars, and the expansion of the global market.

In this regard, Huang Xinghua said that as MINO's global strategic partner in the production of intelligent equipment for cars, Festo will always provide global unified and high-standard products and services, so as to ensure that MINO and professional customers in cars will provide unified and standardized support when expanding the global market, and seamlessly integrate global development needs.

How to achieve lean + intelligent automobile production

How to achieve lean + intelligent automobile production

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