"5g empowers thousands of industries" smes dig deep into the "rich mine" of data and embark on the 5g digital intelligence road
2024-09-14
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workers can clock in and out of their pda devices without using paper materials. the production progress, material quality, order completion rate, and supplier information of all workshops can be viewed on the big screen. an agv car that "hums a little tune" automatically stacks products on a 5-meter-high shelf without the need for workers to operate...
who says digital transformation is only the patent of "big companies"? ningbo ruika electric co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "ruika electric"), a specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprise located in cixi city, zhejiang province, has handed in an answer sheet for small and medium-sized enterprises to embrace the industrial internet. through cooperation with zhejiang unicom, ruika electric's factory has achieved full 5g coverage, launched 5g+ data collection, 5g smart scheduling platform, 5g+ quality inspection, 5g+ agv logistics, 5g+ mes and other application scenarios, and increased production efficiency by 20% to 30%, which has laid a solid foundation for its entry into the global market and embrace of flexible production.
ruika electric mainly designs, develops and manufactures personal care appliances such as hair dryers, hair straighteners and curling irons. its customers include many world-renowned retailers, and its sales are expected to exceed 300 million yuan in 2024. as early as 2019, ruika electric put the smart manufacturing plan on the agenda, with a cumulative investment of more than 20 million yuan. in 2022, it successfully built the first 5g fully connected factory in cixi city, greatly improving the company's production efficiency and management level.
the 5g smart scheduling platform of reka electric can import sales orders from the enterprise's erp system, and then realize intelligent production scheduling by combining the process and supply chain collaboration. after each batch of materials is processed, the workers must collect data from the equipment and report to the pda, and automatically synchronize the information back to the erp system to monitor the progress of order execution. "even if the boss is far away abroad, he can know the production situation through his mobile phone." gao chunlai, head of information technology at reka electric, said.
data-driven, helping ruika electric further liberate productivity. the 5g+ quality inspection application uses machine vision combined with 5g+mec edge computing to achieve vibration detection of the core components of four hair dryer products - the air supply components. the results can be obtained in just 15 seconds, which is 26.5% more efficient than manual inspection, reducing the process that originally required three people to two people.
the use of agvs allows materials in the workshop to be automatically transported through preset standardized routes. "in the past, the company's finished product warehouse had 4 to 5 employees, who had to work hard for half a day to find products. now only one person is needed to complete the task. these freed-up workers can be put on the production line, which not only increases the workers' wages, but also improves the factory's output value," said gao chun.
for a small and medium-sized enterprise like ruika electric, the investment in building a 5g fully connected factory is close to its annual profit. what makes it so determined to invest so much money?
in the view of jiang tao, general manager of ruika electric, digital transformation is an inevitable long-term undertaking that will help enterprises achieve integrated management and control of the ecological chain. currently, international trade orders are showing a trend of small batches, multiple batches, and fragmentation. digitalization makes flexible production possible, allowing enterprises to better adapt to the current production rhythm. in the long run, it will help enhance the international competitiveness of enterprises.
zhejiang unicom ningbo branch uses 5g to deploy industrial gateways to collect all process parameters of 48 injection molding machines and other industrial equipment of ruika electric, effectively reducing operation and maintenance costs, and integrating operation, production, energy consumption, and security data to achieve data circulation and value application in the entire production process, improve production efficiency by 23%, and reduce operating costs by 12%.
in response to the pain points that production orders could not be fully traced and production control was not precise enough, reika electric created an information-based production management platform to break down the information barriers between the production management department and the production execution department, provide accurate and complete production data, and guide and effectively control various production and processing resources.
"in recent years, the digital transformation awareness of ningbo manufacturing entrepreneurs has been continuously improved." a relevant person in charge of zhejiang unicom ningbo cixi branch said, "we look forward to more ningbo manufacturing companies like ruika electric to create a benchmark for '5g+industrial internet' for china's small and medium-sized home appliance companies, form the 'ningbo experience' of deep integration of digital economy and real industry, and replicate and promote it in more cities across the country."
source: people's post and telecommunications news
author: wang xiaotao, zhang mengyao
