The explosive growth of Chinese industrial robots is expected

It is predicted that China will become the world's largest consumer of industrial robots by 2014. It is estimated that by 2015, the demand for the robot market in China will reach 35,000 units, accounting for 16.9% of the global total and becoming the largest robot market. Experts said that in the next three years, the compound growth rate of the Chinese industrial robot market could reach 30%, and the explosive growth could be expected.

Looking at the world, the third wave of industrial revolution with "digital intelligent manufacturing" as its core has arrived. The protagonist of this revolution is industrial robots. Under the background of the weakening of China’s demographic dividend, China’s industrialization must create new competitiveness, and the application of robots in production lines will increase. Some experts predict that Chinese industrial robots will usher in spurt development within a few years, rather than simply increase linearly.

In the transition process of emerging industries and traditional industries, robots all play a "catalyst" role. In the construction machinery industry, robots often perform spot welding, arc welding, painting, and assembly on the production line, which can not only ensure the stability of product quality, improve labor productivity, but also improve workers' working conditions and labor intensity. In recent years, China's construction machinery industry has ushered in rapid development and it is urgently needed to upgrade and transform. In order to compete for greater market share in the fierce competition and get rid of the homogenization of products, we must strengthen the automation level of the production line and vigorously introduce robots. Or missing.

Although major companies are faced with the pains of transformation and upgrading, many companies with strength and long-term vision have found new ways in this pain. Shantui, as a leading construction machinery manufacturer in China and a leading enterprise in the bulldozer industry, should have reached the forefront of domestic counterparts in the application of automated welding equipment. It began to use welding robots and automated welding machines in the mid-1990s. These measures have not only effectively improved the company's production efficiency, but also changed the traditional concept of employees. The benefits of the introduction of robots can also be seen in the rapid development of Sany Heavy Machinery. In 2007, two robots appeared on the Sany Heavy Machinery production line. Since then, corporate sales have grown by leaps and bounds, and the robot team has grown. In the near-port industrial park of Sany Heavy Machinery, which recently put into production, we can see that more than 200 robots perform their duties and are busy cutting, welding, painting, or gluing. Good hand.

At the end of 2012, the welding robot production system for the welding robots in mixer trucks was officially launched at the Zoomlion Hanjiang Industrial Park, which was the first time in the domestic concrete machinery industry.

Although there has been no shortage of “crab-eating people,” the industry is still some days away from large-scale robot applications. While seeing the advanced level of automation in the automotive production line, we see that the production line of construction machinery is still dominated by manpower, and the level of self-determination is weak.

This has a lot to do with the characteristics of construction machinery products. Components themselves are important, the structure is complex, the welding quality is demanding, the workload is huge, and the variety and models are many, which restricts the development of the automation level of the construction machinery production line. Secondly, due to the complexity and precision of robot construction, high demands are placed on maintenance personnel. Sometimes, they also require the assistance of manufacturers. They also impose higher requirements on the quality of workers who operate robots. Teaching programming and troubleshooting are all required. A certain amount of expertise.

In addition, the original welding robots were originally imported, the accessories were not easy to prepare, and the use cost was high. Automation requires benefits, not simply speed. In the initial application of robots, many companies also took some detours and the flexibility of robots has not been fully utilized. According to the survey, some companies have introduced arc welding robots, because of various reasons, there are still some states that are under load or unable to operate normally, which directly affects the confidence of more companies in using robots.

The development of construction machinery lines towards automation, flexibility, and intelligence is a big direction, and the application of robots will certainly inject new vitality into the development of the industry. Since there are national key support policies for the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, it is believed that the “backlash” of robots in the construction machinery production line is just around the corner.