exploring new productivity and smart craftsmen/leading pioneer style | guo jiming, repair technician at saic volkswagen engine plant: maintaining "hunger for innovation" and bravely becoming a pioneer in smart manufacturing
2024-09-12
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how can a front-line worker grow into a technical innovator? guo jiming, a repair technician at the engine plant of saic volkswagen automotive co., ltd., has spent twelve years working tirelessly in an ordinary position, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship, exploring innovations in the fields of advanced manufacturing, automation technology, and digital projects, injecting vitality into the digital development of his company and industry.
facing the general trend of electrification and intelligence in the automotive industry, guo jiming and his team absorb new knowledge like a sponge, and constantly improve their technical level and innovation ability in their work. "practice has shown that only by constantly adapting to and mastering new technologies can we remain invincible in a rapidly developing industry." guo jiming said that his "public wisdom dream building" innovation studio is like a "searchlight", incubating automation and digitalization projects and implementing them on the production line. "our goal is to introduce more advanced technologies to achieve intelligent and efficient production processes."
innovation comes from demand, and results are achieved on the front line
at present, guo jiming is leading the team to explore further application of digital twin technology to optimize the production process. "in the past, automation projects could only be developed linearly in the early stages of development. engineering design, physical model manufacturing, testing, and on-site debugging could only be done step by step, and the development to on-site cycle was long. through our independently developed digital twin technology, the company was able to carry out development and testing without physical scenarios in the early stages, which can effectively shorten the development cycle by 4 months." he said.
finding demand scenarios from actual work, and then implementing innovative results into production to become an industry "pioneer" is what guo jiming has always insisted on.
in 2012, he joined the assembly workshop of saic volkswagen engine plant no. 3. during the construction of the production line, guo jiming was responsible for equipment debugging and trial assembly of the latest generation of engines, learning the dual skills of assembly and maintenance. during his work, he actively participated in the professional technical innovation results platform, starting from the optimization of the sprocket lower cover equipment program to improve the production rhythm, optimizing the interference problem of the oil pan lower body equipment fixture, and other small details, laying a solid foundation for future technical cultivation. in 2018, with the rise of intelligent manufacturing and the digital transformation of enterprises, the assembly workshop established the "public wisdom dream building" innovation studio. guo jiming actively participated in learning and training after work, and began to delve into the field of digitalization and intelligent manufacturing.
introducing collaborative robots in the traditional engine factory assembly workshop is an important project independently developed and completed by guo jiming and his team. today, there are 29 collaborative robots working hard on the production line, driving a significant increase in production efficiency. "these robots are already able to 'take on' tasks such as automatic tightening of bolts, automatic loading of spark plugs, and dual-robot collaboration, and the factory's automation rate and production efficiency have been improved. especially in the bolt tightening process, the first-time pass rate has been increased to more than 99%." guo jiming said proudly that from scheme design, installation programming, tool development and production to on-site debugging, the entire process was independently completed by the engine factory team, and human-machine collaborative production under the mixed-line state of multiple models was realized.
stay "hungry" and pursue new technologies to learn and apply them
when asked about the secret of innovation, guo jiming said frankly: "innovation is always accompanied by more challenges. by repeatedly debugging and optimizing the path of each detail, we have overcome all technical difficulties one by one." in the test of actual combat, he also grew from an operator to a leader in technological innovation, forming his own technical style and innovative thinking.
colleagues describe guo jiming as a skilled worker, detail-oriented, and continuous learner. as the leader of the digital team, guo jiming is always hungry and eager to learn and apply new technologies. in 2022, he signed up for the first batch of digital technology engineer training courses in shanghai to systematically learn professional knowledge of intelligent manufacturing engineering technology. these skills were immediately applied to projects combining collaborative robots with visual applications, effectively improving the level of intelligence in the production line.
in terms of product data management, guo jiming noticed that there was a time difference in information communication between departments. when some important processes changed, if the information was not updated in time, the production site would be affected. to solve this problem, he led the team to independently develop a system that automatically downloads, verifies and pushes process change information, shortening the manual download and verification process that previously took nearly a day to 5 minutes.
smart manufacturing often affects the entire system, and teamwork has become an important factor along with technological innovation. guo jiming introduced that over the years, the "zhongzhi zhumeng" innovation studio has formed a systematic talent training mechanism in various forms, such as regular training, technical exchanges, and project practice. the "teaching, helping and guiding" mechanism has also produced miraculous effects in this young team. the "old masters" and "novices" provide one-on-one guidance through actual projects, helping "novices" quickly master new technologies and enhancing the team's cohesion and spirit of cooperation.
last year, guo jiming and his teammates participated in the first shanghai vocational skills competition and the second national vocational skills competition in the intelligent manufacturing project, and won the gold and bronze medals respectively. "i believe that in the future, the training of intelligent manufacturing talents in the automotive field should pay more attention to the improvement of practical operation and innovation capabilities, and encourage young technicians to participate in more practical projects and technical competitions, constantly improve their comprehensive abilities, and apply what they have learned." guo jiming said that the journey of innovation is the sea of stars, and he will lead the team to always stand at the forefront of the tide, introduce more advanced technologies, and help the production line to be smarter and more efficient.
biography
guo jiming and the "zhongzhi zhumeng" team have obtained two national patents and independently developed 12 innovative projects, including the pdm automatic verification system and the engine steel stamp number visual recognition. in 2023, he won the gold medal and bronze medal in the smart manufacturing project of the 1st shanghai vocational skills competition and the 2nd national vocational skills competition, and was hired as the referee expert of the 2023 china university student mechanical engineering innovation and creativity competition. he was nominated as the "smart craftsman" for the 2023 shanghai city digital transformation.
author: zhou yuan
text: zhou yuan photos: provided by interviewees editor: zhang tianchi responsible editor: xu jinghui
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