◎ Reporter Ma Xiaomin
Ordos, located at 37 degrees north latitude, is a city surrounded by the Yellow River on three sides, and is known as the "warm city" because of its rich resources and hard-core responsibility. Recently, at the Ordos Industrial Internet Developer Conference, the first AI large-scale model industrial Internet platform in Inner Mongolia jointly built by Ordos Innovation Investment Group and Huawei was officially released, and 18 AI partners, 16 mining partners, and 10 mining enterprises signed contracts with Ordos City and settled in the platform, adding a bit of warmth to this "warm city".
New achievements have been made in the intelligent construction of mines
At present, the mining industry is experiencing a technological revolution and industrial revolution driven by digitalization and intelligence. The introduction of the industrial Internet has provided new kinetic energy, new ideas and new solutions for the intelligent construction of mines in mainland China, and has also promoted the intelligent construction of mines in mainland China to achieve new results.
According to the data, as of the end of July 2023, there are 1,395 intelligent mining faces in the country, including 724 intelligent coal mining faces, 671 intelligent excavation faces, and 714 coal mines with intelligent working faces, accounting for 27.43% of the number of normal production and construction mines in the country, 2.179 billion tons of coal mining capacity, accounting for 59.49% of the country's approved production capacity, and 228 core production links in non-coal mines have been intelligently and robotized.
"By vigorously promoting the intelligent construction of coal mines, the number of underground workers in coal mines across the country has been greatly reduced, the intelligent mining face of the mine has been reduced, the fixed positions have been unattended, and the dangerous positions have been replaced by robots. At present, the intelligent mine has basically solved the problem of starting from scratch, and we must clearly realize that the intelligent construction of the mine is still in the initial stage, the overall level of intelligence is not high enough, and there are outstanding problems such as unbalanced and insufficient regional cohesion development. Key technologies and equipment such as unmanned driving still need to be improved, the normalized operation rate of intelligent mining faces is not high enough, the reliability of intelligent equipment needs to be strengthened, and the intelligent decision-making and linkage control of autonomous operation have not yet been achieved, and there is still a great distance from the needs of mines and the expectations of the majority of miners. We should further integrate information technologies such as industrial Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence, accelerate the R&D and application of technical equipment such as intelligent tunneling, cultivate and introduce professional talents, and promote the intelligent and high-quality development of mines. Chen Yuan, deputy director of the Comprehensive Department of the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, agreed.
Photo by reporter Ma Xiaomin at the meeting
Actively explore the "front store and back factory" model
Industrial artificial intelligence and Internet of Things operating systems are the most difficult bones of industrial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence requires a huge number of samples, which is characterized by long development cycle time, high technical threshold, and few applications in the industrial field. At the same time, the intelligent equipment and industrial IoT operating system also face problems such as "stuck neck" (that is, closed communication protocols and inconsistent data).
"The Ordos industrial Internet platform integrates advanced technologies such as cloud, big data, AI, and large models, and is open to industry chain partners to solve the current 'workshop-style' AI development samples and labeling large amounts, high development skill requirements, low accuracy, poor generalization ability and other problems that restrict the promotion and application of industrial AI. The 'front shop and back factory' model, incubate innovation, accelerate the wide application of AI artificial intelligence in the industry, and make the mining and industrial industries safer, more efficient, and smarter. According to the relevant plan, based on AI and the Minehong platform, it is expected to connect 68 intelligent mines this year and expand to 160 by 2025, becoming a smart bridge connecting mine production and ecological partner enterprises. Han Shuo, CEO of Huawei's Mining Corps, said.
The Ordos Industrial Internet Platform includes multiple modules such as basic computing power, AI computing power, AI platform, industrial model, application development platform, and application mall, which can provide enterprises and partners with one-stop services such as development, operation, sales, and consulting.
"The platform as a whole adopts the innovative model of 'front store and back factory' to realize the integration of development and operation, and help the transformation of R&D achievements and business closed-loop. A large number of small and medium-sized mines can continue to improve the accuracy and reliability of the model through central platform training and the mode of 'learning and using', which can reduce the burden of intelligent construction of mining enterprises, lower the threshold for application use, and greatly improve the accuracy and reliability of AI applications, so that AI can truly play its value and achieve the goal of fewer people, no people, high efficiency and safety in mines. Chen Haifeng, deputy general manager of Ordos Digital Economy Development Investment Co., Ltd. and chairman of Ordos Shuhui Technology Co., Ltd., said in an interview with reporters.
Jointly dig the "bonanza" of digital intelligence and expand the "blue ocean" of the industry
Relying on the abundant natural resources such as coal, rare earth, natural gas, and iron ore, Ordos has achieved rapid economic development and has become the most economically powerful and dynamic region in Inner Mongolia. According to the data, the proven reserves of coal and natural gas in Ordos account for 1/6 and 1/3 of the country respectively, and the output accounts for about 20% and 15% of the country respectively, and it is one of the country's 14 large-scale coal bases, 9 coal power bases, 4 modern coal chemical industry demonstration zones and an important base for "west-to-east gas transmission".
Du Huiliang, deputy secretary of the Ordos Municipal Party Committee and mayor, issued an invitation to the industrial Internet developers attending the meeting. The first is to jointly develop a "bonanza" of digital application scenarios. Ordos is an important national energy base, with a complete range of industries, abundant data resources, and superior conditions for power, communications, computing power and other factors. Ordos needs to leverage the power of leading enterprises and ecological partners to activate the potential of massive data and build multi-industry digital application scenarios. The second is to jointly open up the "blue ocean" of digital industry development. Ordos has seized major opportunities and actively promoted the development of high-end, intelligent and green industries, and the development momentum of advantageous and characteristic industries such as four world-class industries has been rapid. Adhere to the new industrialization empowered by informatization, comprehensively promote the application of industrial Internet platforms in key industries, help the digital economy take off in an all-round way, and accelerate the construction of digital industrial clusters. The third is to jointly build a "highland" of industrial interconnection innovation. Ordos has deeply implemented the talent science and technology innovation action, continued to introduce policies and measures for warm industries and enterprises, accelerated the creation of a first-class business environment in the country, and provided enterprises with a broad innovation platform, warm investment services, and solid entrepreneurial guarantees.
Since the establishment of the Mining Corps, Huawei has continued to work closely with mining enterprises and partners, and has successively launched advanced technologies such as the Mining Macro operating system, 5G for mining, intrinsically safe industrial ring networks, artificial intelligence, and unmanned driving, to build intelligent mining solutions based on the industrial Internet architecture and promote the implementation of applications.
"In September 2021, Huawei and China Energy Group released the Kuanghong operating system, which provides a unified language for the interconnection of different devices and enables all devices to 'speak Mandarin'. Minehong Operating System has deployed more than 3,300 sets of equipment in Shendong Coal, a national energy group. On April 26, 2023, the Key Laboratory of the National Mine Safety Supervision Bureau of Mine Safety Supervision for Industrial Interconnection Innovation was unveiled in Ordos City, marking that the construction of the demonstration mine has entered the stage of large-scale commercial use. Gong Yuqing, chief operating officer of Huawei's mining corps, said.
In addition, Huawei has brought 5G and other technologies from the surface to the underground, and through the continuous iterative optimization of remote control mining technology, miners have been able to move from underground to uphole, greatly improving the working environment and improving the safety of the entire mine. Based on the cloud and digital platforms, Huawei has launched the MetaGraph Workshop Digital Twin Enablement Platform to digitize underground equipment and production processes. To solve the problem of the difficulty of implementing AI in the mining field, Huawei and Shandong Energy Group jointly released the world's first large AI model for commercial use in the coal mining industry, leading the transformation of the AI development model from a "workshop" to a factory......
It is necessary to further promote cross-border cooperation and collaborative research, jointly develop digital application scenarios "rich mine", jointly develop the "blue ocean" of digital industry development, and jointly build a "highland" of industrial interconnection innovation, so as to achieve high-quality development of digital and traditional industries.