For every 100 kilograms reduction in the overall mass of a car, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers can be reduced by 0.3 to 0.6 liters. As an effective way to save energy and reduce emissions, automotive lightweighting is a systematic project that requires multi-dimensional collaborative innovation. The application of advanced materials must be supported by precise processes, and the realization of innovative structures relies even more on breakthroughs in high-performance materials. Only by combining these advantages can the goal of lightweight, which combines safety, economy and environmental protection value, be achieved.
In the efficient, precise and intelligent workshop, 100% of the intelligent equipment, from processing production equipment to turnover loading and unloading robots, has been connected to the network. The forging, processing and assembly processes of high-quality aluminum products are carried out in one go. This lightweight fully automatic forging production line is forging control arms. We have three such production lines, with a daily output of over 25,000 pieces, mainly supplying customers like BMW. Cui Dongchun, the production department director of Zhongxin Auto Parts (Zhangjiagang) Co., LTD., introduced that with the automatic "grasping" of robotic hands, from the automatic feeding of raw materials, putting them into the heating furnace to the spraying of mold release agents and edge cutting, this production line adopts an integrated forming process, which can achieve the lightweight of components and perfectly meet the market's urgent demand for high-performance and low-weight components.
After intelligent transformation, this "new" workshop has built an integrated system based on the Internet of Things. Compared with traditional production lines, the overall production capacity has increased by 20%. All the intelligent equipment and control software in the workshop are tailor-made by the enterprise based on the characteristics of the products. The processing and production equipment operates efficiently, the warehouse management module is fine and orderly, and the energy consumption management system is precisely regulated. All these are powerful witnesses to the completely "new" look of the workshop. Not only that, the information of the workshop and the entire factory has also been interconnected. After the transformation, the efficiency has increased by more than 100%.