Introduction: With the transformation and upgrading of intelligent manufacturing industry and the constant promotion of “Internet+”, “Made in China 2025” has become a benchmark for manufacturing enterprises to build intelligent factories, and the intelligent manufacturing industry has become a priority development area for national scientific and technological innovation.

On December 2, 2020, the ninth Traffic Safety Day in China, the inauguration ceremony of Duolun Technology Intelligent Manufacturing Base was grandly held. Zhang Anqiang, board chairman of Duolun Technology and his senior executive team together with the invited guests were all present, witnessing the big moment of inauguration of the company’s new intelligent manufacturing base.

1.Intelligent Industry Driven by Four Core Services

Encountering more than twenty years of hard work, Duolun Technology has gradually turned to a vigorous “youth” who is marching towards intelligence proudly. Mr. Zhang Anqiang, board chairman of Duolun Technology, delivered a speech: “Over the last 20 years, we have seen a dramatic change in Chinese traffic safety industry in which Duolun Technology has been forging ahead. Today, its business development is driven by four services together. In the progress of extending its product line, it keeps covering more areas of the upstream and downstream parts of the industry chain, forming an intelligent closed-loop business layout with intelligent vehicle management, intelligent traffic, intelligent driving test, intelligent vehicle inspection as its core. At the same time, the new equity incentive plan will integrate the four services to create more power and march towards a brighter future.”

The new base is located in Jiangning Science Park, south of National Highway 104 and west of Wangxi Road, covering an area of about 50 mu, with a total building area of about 25,155.2 square meters. In order to build Duolun Technology’s modern intelligent manufacturing base, the project raised nearly RMB 200 million. The base establishes a humanized corridor to completely connect the three main buildings, including an office building and two production plants, which greatly optimizes the structure and the environment of production line and creates an integrated new space for R&D and production.

2.Intelligent Manufacturing & Comprehensive Empowerment

The base uses a world-class advanced automatic production line, which greatly improves the efficiency and automation. The high-tech ground-source heat pump air conditioners are installed to effectively optimize the working environment of employees. The 14 production lines built so far have been in trial operation since October 2020 and in full operation and production since December.

It is worth mentioning that the storage area of the base, which covers a total area of about 1,800 square meters, has also introduced a series of intelligent manufacturing systems to ensure product quality while improving workers’ efficiency. The storage area is divided into three areas: high racking area, electronic shelf label area and duty racking area, and it adopts Digital Picking System (DPS), which replaces picking sheets with electronic labels. Through the integration of RFID identification technology, light-guided material sorting technology, and light-guided perceived mobile material carts, the paperless picking model not only improves the accuracy but also facilitates multiple pickers at the same time. Combing the DPS system with the WMS warehouse management system can effectively improve the efficiency of warehouse picking.

At the same time, multiple functional areas including a conference room and staff restaurant on the first floor, an office area and banquet hall on the second floor, and a multifunctional hall on the third floor are built in the office building. They not only meet the common activities of production, but also create a more cozy, convenient and intelligent new working environment for employees.

Intelligent Manufacturing Base will be mainly used for motor vehicle driving test, training system, intelligent vehicle inspection and the research, production and sales of the core devices of urban intelligent transportation system. After the project reaches its target output, from 2021 to 2023, it will be expected to achieve a revenue of RMB 1.047 billion, RMB 1.571 billion and RMB 2.352 billion. In the future, Duolun Technology will gradually build the base into an industrial automation intelligent manufacturing demonstration factory, supporting the economic development of Jiangning District and promoting the revolution of “Made in China 2025” with its comprehensive industrial intelligent solutions.