"Wisdom" is at the forefront of the tide, and Nippon Paint is an efficient escort for the manufacturing space of the aviation industry

Promoting the digital transformation of industrial manufacturing is not only a key measure to achieve high-quality development of the industry, but also an effective way to promote new industrialization. The "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Intelligent Manufacturing" proposes that by 2025, 70% of manufacturing enterprises above designated size will basically achieve digital networking. Continental intelligent manufacturing is entering a new stage of summarizing experience, further demonstration and promotion, and accelerating development.

The intelligent manufacturing policy has been upgraded again

Coating companies focus on the market demand of the aviation industry

In recent years, the domestic large aircraft C919 has led to the comprehensive rise of the industrial chain, and the demand for R&D and equipment in the continental aviation manufacturing industry has gradually increased. With the in-depth research and development and improvement of intelligent digital technology, the future aircraft will develop in the direction of "flying computers", and the digital trend of the whole process shown in it drives the development needs of the aviation manufacturing industry to continue to iterate and update. This also puts forward higher requirements for the manufacturing environment of aviation equipment.

As a technology-intensive industry, aircraft manufacturing has been clearly stated in major aviation manufacturing standards in terms of safety, cleanliness, wear resistance, and heavy pressure resistance in the construction of the production environment. The "Design Standard for Clean Workshops in the Aviation Industry" proposes that the walls and ceilings should be flat, smooth and clean, and the ground should be flat, wear-resistant and easy to clean. The Code for Engineering Design of the Aviation Industry also mentions that the transportation channel needs to be made of wear-resistant, clean, non-slip and easy-to-clean materials, and requires that the building foyer and ramp should be covered with a non-slip surface layer to improve safety. In addition, the specification also mentions that large factories should use industrial monolithic flooring. In terms of safety, the "People's Republic of China National Standard Hangar Design Fire Protection Code" mentions that the ground material should have certain fire resistance properties to slow down the development of fire.

Correspondingly, coating enterprises should take into account the needs of customers in an all-round way, and systematically match each professional space through professional functional products to ensure that each link can operate efficiently and coordinatedly, so as to achieve the purpose of saving project costs and improving efficiency.

Build a benchmark project

Innovation empowers intelligent manufacturing in the aviation industry

As a first-tier supplier with a wide range of applications in the field of global aviation manufacturing, Kaifei Civil Airlines in Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province has invested 5.2 billion yuan to build an aircraft parts production base in Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, which will provide supporting services for domestic and foreign commercial civil aviation manufacturing companies after completion.

"Jiangsu Jingjiang Kaifei Civil Aviation Structural Parts New Plant Painting Project" is known as one of the benchmark projects in the field of industrial enterprises. At the beginning of construction, the project proposed to meet the coating needs of high-end intelligent manufacturing industrial scenarios, which is mainly reflected in three aspects: first, with the improvement of the intelligent level of the workshop, the requirements for efficient and precise operation are getting higher and higher, so the number and frequency of use of AGV industrial robots have also increased, which poses a greater challenge to the flatness and wear resistance of the ground; Second, the intelligent workshop needs higher precision, in the high-light industrial production workshop, the high gloss of the ground is easy to cause reflection, which leads to visual fatigue, reduces labor efficiency, and increases potential safety hazards; Third, the ground needs to meet the needs of no settlement, no cracking, and durable use.

In order to meet the multi-faceted needs of the aircraft intelligent factory on the ground, Nippon Paint has introduced professional integrated coating solutions. From the aspects of high flatness, wear resistance and scratch resistance, flame resistance, heavy pressure resistance, green environmental protection, etc., fully consider the current upgrading requirements of the factory ground to provide a stable and efficient production environment.

Jiangsu Jingjiang Kaifei civil aviation structural parts new plant coating application real picture

The factory floor pavement applied a combination of Nippon Paint Xiupo water-based polyurethane mortar floor system and solvent-free polyurethane ultra-wear-resistant covering, with a large-span ultra-flat anti-crack, non-settling integrated ultra-flat floor process. After two leveling, the flatness is not more than 3mm/2m to ensure that the overall flatness of the ground meets the acceptance requirements, so as to ensure the efficient and stable operation of the industrial robot.

In addition, due to the long-term rolling and walking of industrial robots, high-frequency in-situ turning, and high-frequency friction and rolling of heavy-duty forklift wheels, the wear resistance of the ground is required. The combination solution incorporates a solvent-free polyurethane ultra-abrasion resistant overlay, which provides excellent abrasion, slip and scratch resistance, and achieves a floor hardness of 4H. This not only greatly improves the durability of the floor system, but also makes it more resistant to wear and tear caused by foreign objects. At the same time, the matte finish reduces the gloss of the floor and provides long-term floor protection for the plant.

Nippon Paint takes the "Jiangsu Jingjiang Kaifei Civil Aviation Structural Parts New Plant Painting Project" as the benchmark project to help the industrial plant achieve stable and efficient production. In addition, in the scenarios of precision electronics, food and pharmaceutical, Nippon Paint also fully meets the complex construction needs of the factory with functional integration such as flat floor, wear-resistant, anti-static, anti-skid, fire-proof, and high-clean, and is committed to promoting the construction and development of high-standard industrial buildings.

Seize industry opportunities

Build a smart manufacturing format with ecosystem partners

With the continuous increase in the demand for coating material technology in the aviation field, the coating technology level and service capacity are also facing higher requirements, and the coating industry has ushered in an opportunity for development.

According to data from the China Coating Industry Association, from January to May 2024, the total output of coatings in the country was 14.182 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4%, and the overall output growth rate of the coating industry is expected to reach about 6% in 2024. Nowadays, the mainland paint industry is showing a good trend, the paint market has tenacity, depth and space for development, and the demand for some high-end manufacturing fields continues to rise.

The judgment of opportunities also comes from the policies that actively support the transformation and upgrading of the industry in recent years, and the high-quality development of the coating industry needs to grasp the key content of the country's "double carbon", "digital transformation", "specialization, special innovation" and so on. The development of the aviation manufacturing industry can be said to be one of the major layouts and important fulcrums to seize the national strategic opportunities and lead the industrial transformation and upgrading. Taking the "Jiangsu Jingjiang Kaifei Civil Aviation Structural Parts New Plant Coating Project" as an example, it can be seen that the coating in high-end industrial manufacturing scenarios has changed from a single requirement to an integrated demand, and it is expected that the coating can empower intelligent manufacturing from more dimensions.

For painting brands, the premise of taking root in the Chinese market is to meet the needs of the local market. Over the years, Nippon Paint has been deeply involved in the Chinese market, injecting new growth momentum into manufacturing with new quality productivity, committed to industrial upgrading, continuously increasing intelligent manufacturing, and continuously empowering high-end manufacturing smart factories with full-scene coating integration solutions. In the future, Nippon Paint will continue to focus on the needs of intelligent manufacturing industrial construction, deeply empower the ideas and models developed by partner projects and customers, and strive to meet a new era of more diverse scenarios and higher levels of coating.