Recently, the reporter walked into the smart warehouse of the Three Gorges Power Plant of the Yangtze River Electric Power Plant, which belongs to the Three Gorges Group, and saw that in the spacious and bright warehouse, unmanned forklifts and robots shuttled flexibly between the neat shelves, and they seemed to have "eyes" and "brains", which could accurately identify the location of the goods and automatically complete the handling and stacking of the goods. In the center of the hall, a huge display screen displays real-time information on the storage, flow and demand forecasting of various types of goods.
Container robot "Diligent Walker" Photo: Hu Jiusi
In the bin warehouse, a small material is being "handled" in the warehousing procedures: after the information is entered in the smart warehouse "Huixing" system, the material enters the picking area, and a bin robot named "Qinxing" receives the system instruction, stretches out the mechanical arm to hold it steadily, and carries it to the designated position of the designated shelf according to the calculated optimal path. The whole process requires no human intervention and is done in one go.
"The warehouse is full of spare parts and production consumables for the Three Gorges Power Plant, and the frequency of entering and leaving the warehouse is relatively high. Rao Lei, a member of the smart warehousing project team, said, "In the past, we needed to spend a lot of manpower and time on cargo inventory and handling, but now with the smart system, the work has become more efficient, for example, the cargo operation efficiency of the I. district material warehouse has increased from 160 times/day to 1,000 times/day." ”
Latent robot "Minxier" Photo: Hu Jiusi
It is reported that in order to improve the efficiency of warehousing operations and better ensure the power production of the Three Gorges Power Station, from November 2022, Yangtze River Power has carried out the construction of smart warehousing, realized the intelligent management of the whole life cycle of materials and the dynamic management of spare parts through the construction of the "Huixing" system, and configured a group of "warehouse keepers" served by Internet of Things robots.
Forklift robot "Walker" Photo: Hu Jiusi
The Three Gorges Project is an important weapon of the country, and material reserves are related to the safe and stable operation of the project.
"The smart warehousing system has strong data analysis capabilities, which helps us improve the efficiency of material management, strengthen core material reserves, and maintain the security of the industrial chain and supply chain. Rao Lei said.
It is understood that the system can statistically analyze key data such as material manufacturing plants, origins, storage quantities, and frequency of requisition, and assist managers in mastering the reserves and distribution of materials to achieve the management objectives of intrinsic safety of the supply chain.
In addition, the system can also manage the validity period of inventory materials, and for special materials such as hazardous chemicals, seals, and secondary components, the system will prompt managers to receive them in time according to the remaining validity period, so as to further reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Smart warehouse courtesy of Yangtze River Power
In recent years, the Three Gorges Corporation has invested in the construction of a number of hydropower stations, wind and solar stations, and sewage treatment stations, which are closely related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and it is very important to improve the level of material management through digital and intelligent means.
Three Gorges Reserve Base Courtesy of Yangtze River Electric Power
"In the next step, we will combine the characteristics of the business and station layout of each sector of the Three Gorges Group, promote the application of a new generation of information technology, carry out lean material reserve management, and improve the level of supply security. Dong Yuxin, deputy director of the material management department of the Three Gorges Corporation Procurement and Material Management Center, said.
The author of this article: Hu Hui Hu Jiusi