Intelligent manufacturing originates from the research of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is intelligence realized on a computer by artificial methods. With the improvement of product performance, the complexity and refinement of the structure, and the diversification of functions, the amount of design information and process information contained in the product has increased sharply, and the information flow within the production line and production equipment has increased. The amount of information in process and management work will inevitably increase sharply, which has prompted the hotspots and frontiers of the development of manufacturing technology to improve the manufacturing system's ability, efficiency and scale of explosively increasing manufacturing information processing. Advanced manufacturing equipment cannot operate without the input of information. Once the flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is cut off from the information source, it will immediately stop working. Experts believe that the manufacturing system is changing from the original energy-driven type to the information-driven type. This requires that the manufacturing system not only be flexible, but also show intelligence, otherwise it will be difficult to handle such a large and complex information workload. Secondly, the rapidly changing market demand and the fiercely competitive and complex environment also require manufacturing systems to show greater flexibility, agility and intelligence. Therefore, smart manufacturing is receiving more and more attention. Looking at the world, although smart manufacturing is still in the conceptual and experimental stage in general, governments of all countries have included this in their national development plans and vigorously promoted their implementation. In 1992, the United States implemented the new technology policy and strongly supported the critical technology (Critical Techniloty) called by the president, including information technology and new manufacturing processes. Intelligent manufacturing technology is free. The US government hopes to use this to transform traditional industries and start new ones. industry.

The 1994-1998 development strategy plan formulated by Canada believes that knowledge-intensive industries in the future will be the basis for driving the global economy and Canadian economic development. It believes that the development and application of intelligent systems is crucial, and the specific research projects are selected as intelligent computers and human-machines. Interface, mechanical sensors, robot control, new devices, system integration in a dynamic environment.

Japan proposed an intelligent manufacturing system in 1989 and launched an international advanced manufacturing research project in 1994, including company integration and global manufacturing, manufacturing knowledge system, distributed intelligent system control, and distributed intelligent system technology for rapid product realization.

The European Union's information technology-related research includes the ESPRIT project, which vigorously funds information technology with market potential. In 1994, a new R&D project was launched and 39 core technologies were selected, of which three (information technology, molecular biology and advanced manufacturing technology) highlighted the position of intelligent manufacturing.

In the late 1980s, China also included "intelligent simulation" as a major topic in the national science and technology development plan, and has achieved a number of results in expert systems, pattern recognition, robots, and Chinese machine understanding. The Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China formally proposed the "Industrial Intelligent Project" as an important part of the innovation capacity building in the technological innovation plan, and intelligent manufacturing will be an important part of this project.

It can be seen that intelligent manufacturing is emerging worldwide, it is the inevitable development of manufacturing technology, especially the development of manufacturing information technology, and the result of the in-depth development of automation and integration technology.

Intelligent equipment is oriented to the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the development needs of strategic emerging industries, focusing on intelligent instrumentation and control systems, key components and general components, and intelligent special equipment. It can realize the automation, intelligence, lean, and green of various manufacturing processes, and promote the improvement of the overall technical level of the equipment manufacturing industry.

Qu Xianming, former vice-president of the China Academy of Mechanical Sciences, pointed out that the domestic equipment manufacturing industry currently has weak independent innovation capabilities, high-end manufacturing links are mainly controlled by foreign companies, the development of key components is lagging, and the development of modern manufacturing services is slow. The signs of China’s equipment manufacturing industry’s “changing from large to strong” include: the international market share ranks first in the world, and the international competitiveness of more than half of the industries ranks among the top three in the world. It has become a key industry that affects the balance of supply and demand in the international market. Competitiveness and market share are among the world-class equipment manufacturing bases in the forefront of the world, original innovation breakthroughs, a batch of original creations and original equipment come out in many aspects. The research center in this field includes the National Independent Third-Party Research Center for Major Technical Equipment-China Major Machinery Equipment Network.

During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, my country’s financial support for the research and development of smart equipment will continue to increase, and the focus of the development of the smart equipment industry will be clear. During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, the key work of domestic smart equipment is to make breakthroughs in new sensors and instruments. To promote the development and upgrading of key areas of the national economy with core key technologies such as instrumentation.

Hunan Intelligent Intelligent Manufacturing has two centers: precision machining center-high-precision processing of metal materials; engineering plastic processing center-processing of non-metal materials.