Digital manufacturing technology: a powerful tool to improve product production efficiency

The report pointed out that although the momentum of economic growth has weakened, the development of digital economy in various countries has still achieved remarkable results. According to the "New Landscape of the Digital Economy (2019) - Accelerating Takeoff and Reshaping Growth" research report, the scale of the U.S. digital economy reached US$12.34 trillion in 2018, and China still maintained its position as the second largest digital economy, with a scale of US$4.73 trillion. Dollar.

From an overall perspective, my country’s digital economy includes two parts: digital industrialization and industrial digitization. Digital industrialization mainly refers to the information and communication industry, including the telecommunications industry, electronic information manufacturing, software and information technology service industries, and the Internet industry. Industrial digitalization mainly refers to the improvement in production quantity and production efficiency brought about by the application of digital technology in traditional industries, and its new output forms an important part of the digital economy.

The application of digital manufacturing technology has injected vitality into the development of related industries. In the traditional mechanical processing process, the production of machinery is often centered on the process. Different processing processes run on different equipment, and the processes are clearly distinguished. With the development of science and technology, cutting-edge technologies such as digital manufacturing and industrial automation have gradually been invested in all aspects of product manufacturing. Traditional equipment with a single function is being replaced by machining centers with complex processing capabilities.

As a typical application of smart manufacturing, smart factories are also accelerating pilot applications in various parts of our country. In a smart factory, robots take over most of the work on the production line. In factories covering tens of thousands of square meters, robots perform their respective duties in automated production lines, injection molding, and three-dimensional warehouses. This is obviously different from the busy scenes of workers on factory assembly lines in the past.

At present, the pioneers in the digitalization of China's manufacturing industry are still large-scale production enterprises, because large-scale production enterprises generally complete automation earlier and encounter bottlenecks in cost reduction and efficiency improvement earlier. Due to their small scale and slow capital turnover, small and medium-sized enterprises also face many constraints in adopting cutting-edge technologies such as digital manufacturing.

However, in the context of rising production factor costs, fading demographic dividend, and intensified resource and environmental constraints, more and more manufacturing companies are realizing that digital transformation is an opportunity. It is particularly important to make good use of technologies such as gift networking, cloud computing, and industrial automation. Based on reality, some companies have begun to introduce digital manufacturing and industrial robotsand other technologies and equipment.

As the foundation of a country and the foundation of a strong country, the importance of manufacturing is self-evident. Promoting high-quality development of the manufacturing industry should become the main direction and key breakthrough for promoting the integrated development of the digital economy and the real economy. For China, which is in a critical period of transformation and upgrading, through the deep integration of the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence and the real economy, China's manufacturing competitiveness can be greatly improved, and China can have more say in fierce competition.

It is worth noting that the continued progress in big data, the Internet of Things, robotics, 3D printing and other fields has provided new opportunities for improving efficiency and optimizing manufacturing processes, and has had a profound impact on the value chain. had a huge impact. With the continuous advancement of science and technology, many jobs with high risk and high labor intensity will be replaced by machines, thus reducing the labor intensity of workers.

The processes and models of future product manufacturing may far exceed people’s imagination. The comprehensive use of cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements to improve manufacturing efficiency is expected to be promoted in various countries.