Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018


The development of intelligent manufacturing needs to go through four stages: automation, informationization, interconnection and intellectualization. They are automation (eliminating and transforming low-level automation equipment, manufacturing high-level automation intelligent equipment), informationization (products and services from physics to information network, intellectualized components participating in improving product information processing ability), interconnection (building factory Internet of Things, clothing). Service network, data network, inter-factory internet, equipment integration, intelligent (through sensors and machine vision technology to achieve intelligent monitoring, decision-making).
 
I. Development of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry
 
The development of intelligent manufacturing needs to go through four stages: automation, informationization, interconnection and intellectualization. Each stage corresponds to the continuous maturity of a core link in the intelligent manufacturing system, namely automation (eliminating and transforming low-level automation equipment, manufacturing high-level automation intelligent equipment), informationization (products and services from physics to information network, intelligent components). Participate in improving product information processing capabilities, interconnection (building factory Internet of Things, service network, data network, inter-factory Internet, equipment integration), intellectualization (intelligent monitoring and decision-making through sensor and machine vision technology). At present, China is still in the late stage of "industrial 2.0" (electrification), "industrial 3.0" (informationization) still needs to be popularized, "industrial 4.0" is trying to do some demonstrations as far as possible, and the automation and informationization of manufacturing are gradually laying out.
 
At present, the integration of industrialization and industrialization has been progressing for many years. China's manufacturing industry is still facing the problems of low application level of information technology and weak industrialization foundation. For Chinese enterprises, the blueprint of intelligent factory outlined in industrial 4.0 is not as simple as replacing a batch of workshop equipment and investing a sum of money. Facing the upsurge of industrial 4.0, China's manufacturing industry is still in the stage of 2.0 supplementary courses, 3.0 popularization and 4.0 goal. Section 4.0 is more distant and arduous than that of developed countries. In the environment of integration of two cultures, what enterprises need most is to make up for the courses of informatization, digitalization and networking. Only by starting with the top-level design of intelligent factories, can they lay a solid foundation for the realization of intelligent manufacturing. It has gone through a manufacturing enterprise that only pays attention to the single module or single function product application stage of information software, but also pays more attention to the integration and application of functional modules and systems, so as to achieve the optimization, reorganization and integration of internal and external resources of enterprises.
 
Characteristics of Manufacturing Industry Development
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: collated by Huajing Institute of Industry
 
II. Current Situation of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry
 
Intelligent manufacturing develops rapidly. In 2017, the market scale of intelligent manufacturing system solutions in China is 132.8 billion yuan, which is expected to reach 494 billion yuan by 2024.
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: collated by Huajing Institute of Industry
 
In the market of system solutions subdivided by application links, the top five are flexible assembly system, digital processing system, intelligent transportation system, intelligent warehousing system and enterprise resource planning (ERP).
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: collated by Huajing Institute of Industry
 
 
 
While China's manufacturing industry is showing a steady development trend, the intelligent manufacturing industry has become one of the main driving forces of China's manufacturing industry. Therefore, the 13th Five-Year Plan of China's Intelligent Manufacturing reflects that in the future, China's Intelligent Manufacturing will play a more and more important role in the manufacturing industry, which will occupy a larger share of the added value of China's manufacturing industry. From 2010 to 2017, China's smart manufacturing industry has maintained a relatively rapid growth rate. By 2017, the output value of China's smart manufacturing industry is 1580 billion yuan.
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: collated by Huajing Institute of Industry
 
In the market of intelligent manufacturing system solutions in China, discrete manufacturing industry accounts for a higher proportion, which is mainly embodied in electronic manufacturing, machine tools, aerospace, shipping, automobile and other industries. In the process manufacturing industry, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, food and beverage (including tobacco), chemical and metallurgical industries have a large demand for intelligent manufacturing upgrading, and become a representative industry.
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: collated by Huajing Institute of Industry
 
In 2017, the market share ratio of partial solutions to overall solutions was 9:1 in China's intelligent manufacturing system solution market. Among them, the partial scheme refers to the system solutions to satisfy the needs of some segments of users, such as digitalization of R&D, digitalization of manufacturing, intellectualization of logistics, informatization of enterprise management, industrial interconnection services, etc. The overall scheme refers to the solution of intelligent factory and digital workshop which can meet the needs of users in many fields at the same time.
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: collated by Huajing Institute of Industry
 
III. Analysis of the Development of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Enterprises
 
With the emergence of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, the competition pattern of world manufacturing industry is undergoing major adjustment. Intelligent manufacturing has become the strategic commanding point of global manufacturing competition. Growing up in the information age, enterprises are facing the best opportunities and the greatest challenges. How to achieve higher self-worth in the strong environment is a need for enterprises to keep thinking in the process of development.
 
List of Pilot Demonstration Projects of Intelligent Manufacturing in 2018
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Note: The project marked * is also a pilot demonstration project of AI application.
 
Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Huajing Industrial Research Institute
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: National Bureau of Statistics, Huajing Institute of Industry
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: National Bureau of Statistics, Huajing Institute of Industry
 
Development Status and Market Prospect of China's Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in 2018
 
Source: National Bureau of Statistics, Huajing Institute of Industry
 
IV. Trend of Intelligent Manufacturing Industry in China
 
There are a large number of manufacturing enterprises above the scale in China, involving a wide range of industries. The annual output scale and output growth directly affect the national industrial strength. With the advent of the era of information and intelligence, downstream manufacturing industry shows a strong demand trend for industrial 4.0. And in the field of automobile manufacturing, household appliances manufacturing and electronic products manufacturing, initial results have been achieved. Through industrial automation production and information management system, the production efficiency of manufacturers has been greatly improved, and the production cost of enterprises has been reduced. It can be seen from this that the application effect of industrial 4.0 in the downstream market is very significant, and its future infiltration space will promote the further development of industrial 4.0 industry in China.
 
1. Industrial Automation
 
As the basis of industrial 4.0, industrial automation plays an irreplaceable role in industrial 4.0 strategy. With the continuous progress and development of society, industrial automation has become the core technology of modern advanced industrial science. Constantly studying and discussing the development and strategic direction of industrial automation in China has a profound impact on the development of China's industrialization. Industrial control automation technology is a very effective way for the transformation of traditional industries, the improvement of enterprise quality and the improvement of national strength. With the implementation of a series of industrial automation control technology industrialization projects, based on the idea of industrialization brought by informatization, industrial automation technology will be further developed, which is of great significance to accelerate the optimization and upgrading of China's automation industrial structure.
 
2. Industrial Internet
 
Industrial Internet is the integration of machine, facility and system network brought about by industrial revolution and intelligent equipment, intelligent network and intelligent decision-making brought about by Internet revolution. Its elements are intelligent equipment, intelligent network and intelligent decision-making, with more emphasis on sensor system and large data analysis capability. In the future, the realization of manufacturing link Internet will bring subversive changes to the existing production mode. According to the estimates of international authoritative agencies, after the application of industrial Internet, the efficiency of enterprises will be increased by about 20%, the cost can be reduced by 20%, and the energy saving and emission reduction can be reduced by about 10%. Although it is difficult to realize the industrial Internet in an all-round way, breakthroughs in some links can be achieved, and the industrial Internet will further promote the development of intelligent equipment, 3D printing equipment and so on.
 
3. Industrial Robots
 
With the proposal of industrial 4.0 strategy, industrial robots in intelligent production have also attracted more and more attention. From the perspective of policy implementation, in the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", the state has taken industrial robots as an important part of intelligent manufacturing equipment, and relevant policies have been introduced in various places. The development of robotics industry coincides with the transformation of the country from a "big manufacturing country" to a "strong manufacturing country".
 
4, 3D printing
 
Intelligent production, one of the four major themes of industry 4.0, mainly involves production logistics management, human-computer interaction and the application of 3D technology in industrial production process. The manufacturing technology of 3D printing additives itself will have a revolutionary impact on the design-manufacturing-application links. In the traditional manufacturing industry, the focus of technology in the past decades has focused on processing accuracy and efficiency. At present, the accuracy of processing technology has approached the limit. The need to continue to improve and the cost-effectiveness ratio has begun to enter the bottleneck. The next step of upgrading must be the design and shaping links, so as to finally achieve the intelligent production state of industrial 4.0.
 
5. Sensors
 
Sensor is the core component of the industrial 4.0 era. Sensor is the core basic technology of the future industrial 4.0 era by converting physical information into standard signals and feeding back to CPS network physical system. Industrial sensors can measure or perceive the state and change of a particular object and convert it into electronic signals or other forms of information that can be transmitted, processed and stored. Industrial sensors are the first step to realize industrial automatic detection and control. In modern industrial production, especially in automated production process, various sensors should be used to monitor and control the various parameters in the production process, so as to make the equipment work in the normal or optimal state, and make the product achieve the best quality. It can even be said that without many high-quality and low-cost industrial sensors, there will be no modern industrial production system, let alone the construction of industrial 4.0 system.
 
6. Intelligent Machine Tool
 
Machine tools are called "industrial mothers", and their development degree determines the equipment manufacturing of a country.