Why is "Industry 4.0" an inevitable development of the times?

Before talking about Industry 4.0, let's talk about Industry 3.0, because from 3.0 to 4.0, the essence is an upgrade. No matter how you upgrade, we must first understand the working principle of the 3.0 factory before we know where to upgrade.

What is Industry 3.0?

At present, the competitiveness of our large-scale production factories is production machines, which may also be where the factories spend more money. The factory production requires workers in addition to the machines, and we have low-wage workers in our factory. Their cultural knowledge, EQ, and IQ are not high enough. It seems impossible to operate the more expensive machines in the factory. Then we think The solution is to objectify the workers through SOP (standard operation). So Industry 3.0 is standardization and automation.

What is Industry 4.0?

Industry 4.0 is developed from an automated factory to a digital factory. It is a fusion of information systems and physical systems, that is, digital upgrades based on the existing Industry 3.0, and then use information systems to unify equipment, products, and process flows. Control.

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Three major integrations of Industry 4.0

Why upgrade to Industry 4.0?

The answer is: forced. With the upgrading of consumer demand, the transparency of information caused by the rise of the Internet, and further intensified competition, the market has to upgrade the original equipment. Consumer demand: a large number of personalized customization, fast time to market, good quality and low price. The rise of the Internet: smart mobile devices place orders at any time, e-commerce scales, consumer ratings, and the rise of communities. Increased competition: global overcapacity.

Based on the above reasons, the requirements of the factory are highlighted as follows: 1. Short delivery time (the customer's patience is extremely limited); 2. High line changes (quick change of demand); 3. High supply chain flexibility. With the current Industry 3.0 factory, the above requirements cannot be met at all. Therefore, in today's era, if you do not upgrade, you will fall behind and be eliminated.

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Vision Intelligent Manufacturing Lab Solution

    The "big factories" represented by Foxconn and Intel have already fully realized Industry 3.0, and have started to promote Industry 4.0. When the social effects of leading companies become more and more important, consumers can enjoy tangible benefits, and the pressure on the survival of other SMEs will increase. The demand for such talents is also increasing in society, and the requirements for talent training units such as universities are becoming higher and higher.

4. How can Industry 4.0 solve the problem of changing demand?

The answer is: mass production of personalized orders + flexible manufacturing systems + big data collection and processing + seamless integration of information systems and equipment (interoperability).

One of the important achievements of the Industry 4.0 era is to meet the market's "personalized" demand for products. Once upon a time, "pure hand-made" all carried high-quality, high-end labels. This is a phenomenon in the era of automation. Hand-made can fully meet the requirements of customization, but it cannot achieve mass production. In today's intelligent era, customized products can also be mass-produced.

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Wisdom Smart Manufacturing-mass production system for personalized orders

Compared with traditional automation systems, flexible manufacturing systems have the ability to "see", "think", "do", "remember", and "detect". It can adjust the characteristics of incoming materials (shape, color, process parameters, etc.). Take the corresponding manufacturing process, like human manual production.

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Vision Intelligent Manufacturing-Flexible Manufacturing System

The full collection of production data is a sign of the upgrade of automated factories to digital factories. With the help of "machine vision systems" and "data acquisition and monitoring systems", real-time production data and product life cycle systems are connected to enable research and development, production, process optimization, and product Experience forms a closed loop system.

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Vision Intelligent Manufacturing-Big Data Acquisition and Processing System

The "industrial wireless communication system" created using standard protocols interconnects products, equipment, and production lines with MVCloud as the decision-making layer, supervises layer by layer, and realizes transparent production.

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Vision Intelligent Manufacturing-Interconnection System

Therefore, the core competitiveness of Industry 4.0: strong adaptability, short product life, and rapid replacement. For factories and talent training units, the Industry 4.0 era is both an opportunity and a challenge; for ordinary consumers, the Industry 4.0 era is really a beautiful era.