Domestic robot market

The robot market has great potential. With the increase in labor costs and the lack of advanced technicians, more and more companies are beginning to pay attention to equipment updates and increase robots for automation. If the machine can do what the machine does, humans should engage in creative activities. "More than 50 years ago, Omron, a pioneer in automation technology, put forward this slogan. Today, this dream has come true, but for a country with such a large population, its effects may be manifold.

Li Huanchun’s recent phone calls are ringing. Orders are one by one. Orders received cannot be completed until next year. Li Yuchun is the general manager of Foshan Longjia Robot Welding Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Dragon Armor”). His company manufactures robots for famous companies such as Toyota, Midea, Vantage, Foxconn, and Dongfeng Citroen. Li Yuchun is from Jiangsu Province. After graduating from university in 1983, he studied in Japan and later entered the Panasonic company. In 2009, he came to Foshan to start a business, specializing in the design and manufacture of robotic welding systems. In just three years, the company's output value has been more than 30 million yuan.

Li Yuchun said: “I have another plant in Pingzhou and only 47 people in the two plants in Hepingzhou, Foshan. We can produce 12 robots in a month. Together with the finished foreign robots, we sell more than 20,000 units each. Robotics.” At the same time, U.S. Aibo Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as “Yue Aibo”) in Shanghai has increased its sales for three years by 10 times.

In 2010, the sales volume of You Aibao was 600,000 yuan. By the end of November this year, the company's sales have exceeded 6 million yuan. Zhuhai Hong, chairman of You Aobao, said: “Our sales are basically rising according to an exponential curve. Since last year, we have basically doubled each year, and we will probably have to double it by next year.” Robot It was a good employee On February 21, 2012, a major explosion occurred in the foundry of Liaoning Angang's Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. 13 people were killed and 17 injured. Some experts suggest that Angang should introduce more automation equipment, increase operating robots, and reduce the number of employees directly engaged in dangerous work. In May 2011, an explosion occurred in Chengdu Foxconn's iPad polishing workshop. Two people died on the spot and more than 10 people were injured. On September 23, 2012, a massacre incident occurred in Foxconn, Taiyuan, and thousands of employees broke the factory site; October 5. Nearly 400 employees of Zhengzhou Foxconn iPhone 5 production line went on strike collectively. Continuous safety incidents, workers' strikes and emotional venting, as well as rising labor costs and labor shortages, allow manufacturers to turn their attention to robots. Compared with the flesh and blood of the workers, the robot is not emotional, not strike, do not jump, but also do not call for work 24 hours, is indeed a good employee of hard work. Big companies have set off a wave of "hiring" robots. In 2009, BYD Co., Ltd. spent tens of millions of dollars to introduce 13 ABB spray robots to fully automate paint spraying of the entire vehicle body. The paint film thickness error is controlled within 2 micrometers, and the amount of paint can be reduced by 30%. Around; Foxconn, Huawei, ZTE, Guangzhou Guangbao, etc. are also using industrial robots. In this context, although Li Qichun’s company has no salesperson, the business is automatically coming to rely on the “word of mouth” effect among business owners.

Li Yuchun introduced the "arms" they supplied to Foxconn: "Similar to the human arm, but the human arm has only 4 joints and the robot has 6 joints. The 360-degree rotation can do anything. Each cost is About 100 thousand yuan, it can work continuously for 24 hours, working time is 3 times that of ordinary people. In addition, in polishing, grinding, welding, spraying and other aspects, the robot performs better than humans, but also more suitable for flammable Work in hazardous environments such as explosives and explosives.” In Foshan, according to incomplete statistics, there are about 20 companies that have “robot equipment” listed in the business registration of enterprises. The two robots = 36 workers said: "We sold to Foshan Juhong die casting machine. Two robot die casting machines can save 30 welders and 6 cutters, and work 24 hours a day, which is equivalent to 3 classes of workers. Even if the one-time investment is relatively large, the cost can be recovered in two to three years. Now, there are more and more companies in Foshan trying to replace robots with robots. Lecong made a furniture and hardware accessory at the banknote hardware store. After purchasing a robot one year ago, it saved half of its workers. Danzao a motorcycle company suddenly purchased more than 100 sets of automated production equipment, and several ceramic companies jointly invested 10 million yuan in funds for rapid development and low failure rate of automated packaging lines. In Dongguan, Haosheng Plastic Electronic Products Co., Ltd. has launched a 3-m long intelligent precision mold manufacturing line. The production line includes a robot, seven CNC machining centers, and one track. The robot will smoothly transport the workpieces to be machined to the machining center for automatic processing. After the workpieces are processed, they will be grasped and put away. Soaring the number of employees in the company in 2008 was as high as 3,000. With the launch of the smart production line, there are now only about 1,700 people.