Domestic robot market has great potential

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.

Hunchun introduced the “arms” they supplied to Foxconn: “Similar to human arms, but one arm has only four joints, and the robot has six joints. Everything can be done with a 360-degree rotation. 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 is better than people, but also more suitable in the easy Work in hazardous environments such as burning and explosives.” According to incomplete statistics, there are about 20 enterprises that have “robot equipment” in the business registration of enterprises in Foshan. 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.

Large potential for domestic robots Currently, industrial robots of multinational companies account for more than 70% of the domestic market. The four giants in the industrial robot industry—ABB of Switzerland, FANUC (FANUC) of Japan, YASKAWA of Japan (Yaskawa Electric), and KUKA of KUKA (Kuka) all set up branches in China. The first three companies in the world The sales volume of robots has exceeded 200,000 units. Zhang Hui, technical director of ABB's China Robot R&D Center, said: “China’s annual installed capacity of industrial robots accounts for about one-eighth of the world’s total, second only to Japan and South Korea. It is expected that in 2015, China’s installed capacity will exceed those of the two countries and become the world’s largest. The countries that use the most industrial robots.