A few days ago, the China Gear Industry Market Demand Analysis, Technology and Capital Support Seminar and Chinese and Foreign Enterprise Cooperation Matchmaking Conference were held at Tianjin Saixiang Hotel. A total of more than 300 delegates attended the meeting, from various units in the gear industry chain at home and abroad.

This meeting firmly grasped the two major breakthroughs of anti-fatigue, long-life gear manufacturing technology and the industrialization of self-owned brand automobile automatic transmissions, advocated the integration of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, control and information innovation, and called for technology, capital and self-centered. Sino-foreign industry-university-research cooperation.

German Industry 4.0 was a hot topic at the conference. Delegates at the meeting held heated discussions around German Industry 4.0, combined with the current situation and future of China's automotive gear industry, showing a sense of crisis, urgency and responsibility.

Into the German Industry 4.0

Lyu Yuanqing, CEO of Archimedes Technology Network, gave a special report entitled "Entering German Industry 4.0" at the conference. The German government proposed the "German Industry 4.0" strategy in the "High-Tech Strategy 2020" released in November 2011, which aims to support the development of a new generation of revolutionary technologies in the industry and maintain Germany's competitiveness.

The German Industry 4.0 strategy is to create a new manufacturing method and build a smart factory through cyber-physical systems. Cyber-physical system refers to the fact that the sensor network is closely connected to the real world, and the powerful computing power of cyberspace is effectively used in the real world. During the manufacturing process, all data related to design, development, and production will be collected and analyzed by sensor groups to form an intelligent production system that can operate autonomously.

German Industry 4.0 is called the fourth industrial revolution. In the next 10 years, human beings will enter the fourth industrial revolution led by intelligent manufacturing based on the intelligence of cyber-physical systems. The digitization of the entire product manufacturing process is integrated with modules based on information technology, which will form a highly flexible, personalized and digital product manufacturing and service model.

Lu Yuanqing pointed out: "Industry 4.0 in Germany presents us with a brand new industrial blueprint. In an intelligent and networked world, the Internet of Things and service Internet technologies will penetrate into all key fields, gradually change and create new value, and the industrial chain will be restructured. , the traditional industry boundaries will disappear, and various forms of cooperation will emerge.

German Industry 4.0 is the world market development movement initiated by Germany. Li Shengqi, secretary-general of China Auto Transmission Innovation Alliance, said in an interview with reporters: "China's auto gear industry should conduct in-depth research on German Industry 4.0, refer to it for reference, and take advantage of its strengths to promote the deep integration of manufacturing processes and business management systems, so as to achieve a high degree of production factors. Flexible configuration."

The situation is worrying

Compared with the grand blueprint of Germany's Industry 4.0, China's automotive gear industry, like many other industries, is far behind.

In the past few years, when the market situation was good, many manufacturers in the domestic automotive gear industry competed to expand the production scale without sufficient information collection and analysis, resulting in serious overcapacity. At present, the production capacity of the entire industry has reached 1.8 times the actual market demand, and there are a large number of low-quality and inefficient redundant construction capacity.

Since 2010, the operating rate of China's automotive gear industry has continued to decline. "Currently, the operating rate of domestic-funded enterprises in China's auto gear industry is only 42%, and the operating rate of foreign-funded enterprises is 78%. Therefore, price reduction and promotion has become the only way out for many enterprises in the domestic auto gear industry." China Academy of Management Science Academic Committee Researcher, Gear Industry expert Chen Xianyu speaks with data.

At present, the cost of creating one dollar of output value in China has reached 90% of that in the United States, which is two to three times that of Southeast Asia. Zhang Wei, general manager of Beijing Beijing Gear Co., Ltd., said in the opening speech of the conference: "As a catch-up economy, China's auto gear industry mainly relies on cost advantages to compete. The era of competition is coming to an end. The auto gear industry is unsustainable in terms of scale expansion at the expense of consuming resources and sacrificing the environment. If China's auto gear industry cannot upgrade its industry in a timely manner and shift its development mode to an innovation-driven track, the manufacturing industry will suffer. The role of the constant shift to more cost-advantaged development is in danger of losing even the manufacturing opportunities for low-end and mid-end products.”

Xu Sunchuan, deputy general manager of Jiangsu Xinghua Donghua Gear Co., Ltd., said in an interview with reporters: "Many companies in China's automotive gear industry have weak design functions. In the developed automotive industry, gear companies develop and produce products for vehicle companies to choose. . The Chinese auto industry does the opposite. The vehicle companies provide drawings, and the gear companies follow the steps." "The level of automation in the developed automotive gear industry is higher than that in China. Automation is not only about robots, but also includes mature process technology. German companies have quite good It is not difficult to realize German Industry 4.0 based on advanced technology, process standardization and production automation. BMW will build a German Industry 4.0 demonstration factory in 2016. Facing the huge investment in German Industry 4.0, many continuous production automation in China's automotive gear industry Enterprises that are difficult to achieve will inevitably have more than their hearts and lack of strength." Huang Tingbo, general manager of Jiangsu Spaceship Co., Ltd., is quite worried about the future of China's automotive gear industry.

Be sure to seize the opportunity of the industrial revolution

German Industry 4.0 is here! The Internet of Things and the Internet of Services will replace the traditional closed manufacturing system and become the foundation of the future industry. In the automotive gear industry, Internet of Things, service Internet and other information industries, is there any opportunity for China to become a powerful country in automotive gear manufacturing?

Seeking truth from facts, proceeding from reality, starting from basic work, down-to-earth and steady progress. This is the fundamental way for China's automotive gear industry to grasp the opportunity of industrial revolution brought by German Industry 4.0. Only in this way can China be built into a powerful country in the automobile gear industry.

He Guangyuan, the former minister of the Ministry of Machinery Industry, said in his opening speech: "Gears are a very critical component in the automobile and other equipment industries. The gear industry is a big industry with many key technologies. As early as the 1980s, I called for The gear industry has been separated from the general parts industry and established a first-level association. Recently, the policy of one industry with multiple associations has been implemented to support the gear industry to establish a first-level association. I am very happy about this! Focus on me, build up the industry chain, work hard, and innovate independently. Don’t be afraid of the difficult transformation road, and the future will be more fruitful.”

The production process applies information network technology, and the cost of building "Industry 4.0" is very high, and many small and medium-sized enterprises in China's automotive gear industry simply cannot afford it. what to do? Dr. Xue Dianlun, chairman of Jiangsu Wuxi Jinrun Electro-Hydraulic System Co., Ltd., gave a good recipe: "This requires companies in the automotive industry chain and scientific research institutes to unite and cooperate closely, especially between gear companies. Under the circumstances, the OEMs as users can no longer be high above, let alone pursue the doctrine of borrowing."

Zhang Wei appealed: "Key enterprises in China's auto gear industry should establish brand awareness, create competitive and competitive products in the process of overcoming technical difficulties, and cultivate brands."

Zhang Zhidong, general manager of Shandong Mengwo Transmission Co., Ltd., called in the summary report made on behalf of the organizing committee of the conference: "All enterprises in China's automotive gear industry chain must realize the industrialization of self-owned brand automotive automatic transmissions and the research and development of anti-fatigue and long-life gears. Two major breakthroughs, work together for the realization of industrialized development and industrial transformation and upgrading!"