Recently, a reporter from Huashang Daily visited Fast Xi'an Gaozhi New Smart Factory and iFLYTEK Silk Road Headquarters, and interviewed Merrill Lynch Data Technology Co., Ltd., which grew up in Shaanxi.
■Xi'an Fast High-tech New Smart Factory:
The production efficiency is increased by 72%, and the unmanned black light production can be achieved for 6 hours
On April 11th, in the 33,000-square-meter machining workshop of the 33,000-square-meter machine shop of Xi'an Fast Gaozhixin Company in Chang'an District, the AGV trolley with the 5G logo was shuttling back and forth to transport materials and finished products;
Chang Hengchen, the person in charge of the machining workshop, introduced that this workshop mainly produces gearboxes and clutch boxes for heavy-duty vehicles. In the blank loading area, the AGV trolley transports the blank here, and the robot will confirm the identity after the identification, and all the subsequent processes will be identified according to this code. Under the condition that the production conditions are in place and there is no abnormality on site, the production line can be operated unmanned for several hours, which is the so-called "black light factory". There are only a few employees on a line, and the biggest role is to deal with exceptions, tool changes, system operations, handling and other work are all handed over to AGVs and other robots and intelligent robotic arms. When the finished product comes out, the AGV trolley will send it to the conveyor belt of the logistics center, and then directly enter the warehouse through the straight ladder and corridor to enter the assembly. Finally, all data is automatically aggregated into the big data analysis department.
"The traditional production model is how many varieties there are, and each variety is made in advance, and what to use to get it from the warehouse, which occupies a large warehouse and a lot of funds. We are here to produce in strict accordance with the production schedule, and what we want tomorrow will be produced today, at most two days in advance, without pressing inventory and reducing capital occupation. ”
"In the original production process, the intermediate process must be inspected, and the final warehousing must also be inspected. Now the intermediate links have been canceled, because we have automatic inspection equipment, which can use data in real time, and once there is an abnormality, it will immediately alarm and solve the problem at any time. ”
So how does the assembly shop achieve digital empowerment?
Engineer Yu Ming introduced: "First of all, we convert the production requirements, design requirements, and process requirements into digital language on the R&D platform and distribute them to the production execution system. The production link receives data, for example, there is a rocker arm angle on the transmission that needs to be 30 degrees, and the process file will be written 30 degrees and sent to the equipment side, and the equipment side will have an industrial guidance accordingly, first the infrared indicator line will turn to 30 degrees, and then the next station will identify whether it is assembled to 30 degrees by taking pictures, so as to drive production through numbers. ”
"It drives not only production, but also logistics. When the parts list is sent to the downstream system during production, the master control also receives it. The system will deliver according to our list, and after the completion of the information, the parts information will be scanned and compared with the actual delivery information to prevent errors. Finally, these part batch information and production process information are stored for traceability. The progress of our orders is also fully transparent, and the upstream and downstream supply chains can also be queried in our data. ”
Zhao Jianlin, general manager of Xi'an Fast Gaozhixin Company, introduced that the factory covers three core processes of gear, shell and assembly, of which the automation rate of gear and shell line is 100%, and the automation rate of assembly line is 71.5%.
The factory has realized the digitalization of core businesses such as process planning, intelligent production, equipment management, smart logistics, and quality traceability. Based on emerging technologies such as cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence, it integrates digital services to build intelligent scenarios, and forms six core technologies: "digital twin, black light production, Internet of Everything, intelligent decision-making, green manufacturing, and data closed-loop".
"Compared with traditional factories, data and business integration have been realized here, and various business links have been opened up through the information system, and the entire business has been closed with data as the carrier. We still manufacture gearboxes, but through digital transformation, we have made gearboxes better, improving quality, increasing efficiency, and reducing costs. ”
"If we were running at full capacity, we would be able to produce more than five times as much per capita as a conventional plant. We are now working on more than 140 people, and if a traditional factory were to achieve the same scale of output, it would probably take seven or eight hundred people. The smart factory increases the production efficiency of the enterprise by 72%, reduces energy consumption by 14%, reduces the delivery cycle by 20%, and can achieve 6 hours of unmanned black light production. At the same time, a new model of hierarchical control of production quality has been established to realize the quality traceability of the whole process of the production process. ”
"At the same time, our energy consumption has also been reduced, the energy consumption is about 15% lower than that of traditional factories, and there are photovoltaic power generation equipment on the factory buildings in the entire park, which can generate 70,000 kWh of electricity a day in good weather, which can basically meet the production needs during the day. On the whole, the proportion of green electricity in the whole of last year was about 40%. Fast Gaozhi New Smart Factory is also the first zero-carbon factory in Shaanxi Province. ”
"We try our best to be based on independent development, and the planning, design, and implementation of the entire factory are all done by the Fast team, and these core technologies are completely in our own hands. In the use of equipment, including the system, as much as possible, localized. We use Qinchuan machine tools, which is the first time that domestic core equipment is used in large quantities for similar projects in China. Of the 28 machine tools in the gear production line of the machining workshop, 22 are domestic, and some of the robots in the workshop are domestic brands. This reflects the synergy of the industrial chain, Fast is the main chain of the automobile industry chain, Qinchuan is the main chain of Shaanxi equipment manufacturing industry, through the development of the chain can not only improve ourselves, but more importantly, the entire industrial chain can be driven. ”
■iFLYTEK Silk Road Headquarters:
Use cognitive models to empower thousands of industries
On April 12, at the Silk Road headquarters of iFLYTEK in Xi'an High-tech Software New Town, Yin Lan, demonstration manager of iFLYTEK Shaanxi Branch, introduced the latest progress of the iFLYTEK Xinghuo cognitive model to media reporters, and demonstrated the specific scenarios of using the model to empower related industries.
Yin Lan introduced that the iFLYTEK Xinghuo cognitive model made its first results release on May 6, 2023, focusing on the seven dimensions in the field of cognitive intelligence - text generation, language understanding, logical reasoning, mathematical ability, code ability, multimodal understanding ability, etc., which can help the whole people to carry out knowledge question and answer empowerment. As of January 30 this year, there have been four upgrades and updates. "This is the core R&D achievement based on the completely localized computing power base platform, and we are committed to using such a general large model to empower thousands of industries. ”
She sent a voice command to the large model: "Please help me write a promotional copy to promote the ancient city of Xi'an, which is full of innovative vitality and cultural charm to the world." "In just 32 seconds, the copy has been generated, the heading, subheading, and subheading are complete, and the text is expanded from multiple dimensions such as history and culture, and the copywriting also mentions scientific and technological innovation, digital economy, etc.
She instructed again: "Please help me generate a new Chinese-style decoration rendering." A few seconds later, a new Chinese-style decoration rendering that meets the requirements of the AI has been presented on the big screen.
It can generate not only images, but also videos. She instructed: "Please help me write a lyrical essay describing spring and generate a video with the avatar of a little girl." The large model quickly generated a text describing spring, and a complete video was generated with the spring scenery as the background and the avatar of a little girl as the main body. All the postures, expressions, facial muscle movements and pronunciations of the little girl are consistent with the content of the copy and the background picture.
Next, Yin Lan issued another instruction: "Please help me write a snake game in Python." With the help of the intelligent programming assistant plug-in, the large model quickly completed this code. Copy this code to detect and run, the snake mini-game has been completed and can be operated and played.
How to use such a large model to help empower all walks of life? Yin Lan demonstrated three scenarios respectively.
The first scenario is enabling education. An English composition test paper appeared on the big screen, and the large model was used to make intelligent corrections. "This involves two key core capabilities: one is OCR recognition, that is, whether the machine can read the content written by students, at present, iFLYTEK has achieved world-leading results in Chinese and English and formula recognition, and the other is the machine reading comprehension ability, to intelligently correct the composition, not only to be able to read, but also to understand and think, iFLYTEK in the world's most authoritative SQuAD2.0 cognitive ability competition, has exceeded the human average. Yin Lan introduced as she demonstrated, and more than a dozen errors were quickly displayed on the screen, including the incomplete collocation of some sentences. "Not only can the essay be corrected, but the large model also has the ability to analyze the science papers. Through the collection and analysis of learning data, it can also help students plan the optimal learning path, find and eliminate knowledge blind spots, help students solve problems in the roots, and achieve the goal of saving time and improving learning efficiency. ”
The second scenario is to help with medical care. Yin Lan introduced that based on the cognitive ability of the iFLYTEK Xinghuo model, in 2017, the "Intelligent Medical Assistant Robot" passed the comprehensive written test of the National Medical Practitioner Qualification Examination for the first time, and exceeded 96.3% of human candidates. To this end, iFLYTEK has created a set of auxiliary diagnosis and treatment system, which provides doctors with auxiliary diagnosis and treatment, medication advice and other services without changing the workflow and habits of grassroots doctors. She simulated a primary doctor to enter a patient's medical record on the spot. The system automatically conducts a quality check of medical records, and soon a red pop-up window pops up, indicating that there is a contradiction between the medical history and the time of the chief complaint, and reminding the modification. After the modification is completed, the doctor needs to issue a diagnosis for the patient, and the auxiliary diagnosis and treatment system gives a list of recommended diagnoses on the right side, ranking them according to confidence. The prompt information also contains recommended examinations for common medications, professional guideline literature, etc. If the doctor is not sure about the final diagnosis at this time, the further consultation suggestions recommended by the system can help the doctor to consult multiple times. According to reports, this system has been applied in more than 400 districts and counties across the country.
The third scenario is to use the "AIUI full-duplex voice interaction system" to simulate voice booking in a noisy environment. Yin Lan issued a voice command: "Xiaofei, Xiaofei......" The large model quickly responded: "What are you doing?" She asked: "How is the weather in Xi'an today?" The large model replied: "Xi'an ......" has not finished answering, Yin Lan issued another command: "What about Beijing?" The large model immediately turned to answer the weather situation in Beijing. But before he finished speaking, the instructions were issued one after another: "Help me book a ticket to get there", "China Southern Airlines", "The cheapest", "Let's look at the train", "The fastest", "Second class", "OK"...... Voice and screen follow the command to respond quickly, and it took only 35 seconds from the first voice command to the completion of the booking. Yin Lan introduced that she only woke up once during this process, and interacted and interrupted many times in the middle, but she was not affected in any way. Because the system accurately identifies and locates the position of the command sound source, it can be applied in noisy scenes, which is very conducive to improving the efficiency and effect of interaction.
Fang Man, executive general manager of iFLYTEK Shaanxi Branch, introduced that in May 2018, iFLYTEK landed in Xi'an High-tech Zone, where iFLYTEK Silk Road Headquarters, Xi'an Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, and Xi'an Industrial Acceleration Center were built. Xi'an Institute of Artificial Intelligence mainly focuses on the research fields of acoustics active noise reduction, chips and noise reduction solutions, as well as multilingual recognition, to help the development of the Belt and Road;
In the field of smart cities, the focus is on the city brain and government services. A number of benchmarks have been set in Xi'an, Tongchuan and Yan'an, helping industrial development, urban operation and public services through artificial intelligence.
In the field of education, it has actively participated in the construction of education digitalization and smart campuses in Shaanxi Province, serving 1.1 million teachers and students in thousands of schools in ten cities in Shaanxi Province.
In terms of industry empowerment and international cooperation, as of February 29, 2024, the iFLYTEK Intelligent Voice Open Innovation Platform has opened 650 AI products and capabilities to the public, gathering 6.115 million development teams, not only in Shaanxi, but also in various developers around the world. The platform has now developed nearly 2.254 million applications, covering about 4 billion terminals. At the same time, an artificial intelligence lecture hall has been developed, with a total of 769,000 students, further linking the entire industrial ecology.
■Merrill Lynch Data:
Use big data to drive the real economy
The development of the digital economy depends on the continuous innovation of digital products and technologies and the rapid growth of the digital industry. Merrill Lynch Data Technology Co., Ltd., which grew up in Shaanxi, is a well-known data governance and data analysis service provider in China.
According to Tian Peng, general manager of Merrill Lynch's data strategy marketing department, the company's typical practices include: using big data to solve major equipment monitoring and maintenance problems, using big data to improve enterprise data asset management capabilities, using big data to improve enterprise operation and control problems, using big data to help new energy power generation enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency, using big data to promote the digital transformation of enterprises, and using big data to improve the level of material management.
In the field of manufacturing, Merrill Lynch provides services such as quality inspection, production command management, master data mining management, product data management, operation control, and equipment health management for design institutes, processing and manufacturing plants, and equipment operation units.
In the energy field, Merrill Lynch provides services such as abnormal behavior identification, consumption prediction, energy efficiency analysis, scheduling optimization, and equipment status monitoring for subdivided cities such as power grid, wind power, water, and gas.
Based on the accumulation of technology and experience in the field of intelligent manufacturing and smart energy, Merrill Lynch Data provides an experimental platform integrating teaching practice, centralized training and scientific research and innovative application in the field of big data and artificial intelligence in colleges and universities, helping to transform the talent training model of colleges and universities.
At the same time, Merrill Lynch Data also carries out the construction and operation of the industrial Internet platform, and builds an industrial brain for advantageous industries, with the support of the industrial Internet, comprehensively integrates the industrial chain, supply chain, capital chain, and innovation chain, integrates the enterprise side and the government side, and connects the production end and the consumer side, so as to provide digital empowerment for the production and operation of enterprises, provide digital services for industrial ecological construction, and provide digital means for economic governance.
It is understood that the company has formed more than 10 big data products, more than 100 big data solutions, more than 100 intellectual property rights such as data mining algorithms, data mining technology, data governance, data analysis, and data applications, including more than 20 patents, and participated in the formulation of 26 national and industry standards for big data and industrial Internet.
Up to now, Merrill Lynch Data has provided services for more than 1,000 leading enterprises in national key industries such as State Grid, AECC, AVIC, and China Nuclear Industry, as well as key industrial chain main enterprises in Shaanxi Province such as Qinchuan Machine Tool, Xidian Group, Fast, AVIC Xifei, AVIC Xifei Automatic Control Institute, and AECC Power, promoting the integration of the digital economy and the real economy with emerging technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence, and achieving high-quality development. With its excellent performance and outstanding strength in the field of big data, Merrill Lynch Data has been selected as a "Little Giant" enterprise by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, and has been rated as one of the "Top 50 Big Data Enterprises in China" for many consecutive years.
■Scientific and technological innovation supports and leads
There will be more digital empowerment scenarios in the future
In Shaanxi, similar digital empowerment scenarios are far more than these, such as-
In the Xi'an Future Artificial Intelligence Computing Center, it can perform 3 billion calculations per second, which is equivalent to 1.5 million high-performance computers at the same time, and can process billions of images, tens of millions of people's DNA, and about 10 years of autonomous driving data in 24 hours.
In Yulin, a national energy and chemical base, a roadheader with a depth of 500 meters can be "woken up" with one click, and the Kekegai Coal Mine has set a Guinness World Record of 812.6 meters per month;
In Yangling, the new city of agricultural science, you can check the growth of greenhouse vegetables in real time with a tap on the mobile phone screen, and use the positioning software to plan and manage the land of the cooperative......
While digital empowerment accelerates the cultivation of new quality productivity, the scientific and technological innovation that supports and leads the development of the digital economy - the scientific and technological innovation in the land of Sanqin, which focuses on the construction of Qin Chuangyuan and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, is releasing huge energy, which will surely give birth to the lasting bloom of Shaanxi's digital economy after accumulation.
Huashang Daily Gale News reporter Ma Huzhen text/picture
Source: Huashang Net-Huashang Daily