May 20, 2021 -- "the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy is continuing. In response to climate change, the Chinese government has also made a solemn commitment to carbon neutralization and carbon peak, and the pressure on carbon reduction gradually appears; Meanwhile, the impact of the gap of professional talents on industry is further increased... The challenges and opportunities faced by industrial enterprises are unprecedented. The good news is that green intelligent manufacturing is becoming the most powerful weapon to help industrial enterprises cope with challenges. " At the 2021 Schneider Electric green intelligent manufacturing Innovation Summit, Mr. pangxingjian, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of industrial automation business in China, said.

Facing the uncertain future, Schneider Electric has put forward the concept of "green intelligent manufacturing" in 2019, and advocates to help enterprises realize the informatization, automation, digitalization, green and networking of production and operation through the comprehensive application of information technology, operation technology, data technology, energy technology and communication technology, so as to improve the efficiency of industry Resilience and sustainability, leading to the future industry. As an annual industry event, Schneider Electric green intelligent manufacturing Innovation Summit in 2021 attracted industry leaders, experts, ecological partners, well-known economists and other "cloud" sets from industrial fields, and discussed the challenges and opportunities of carbon neutralization, digital transformation cases The development trend of open automation and the implementation of innovative technology are shared and discussed.

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Schneider Electric green intelligent manufacturing Innovation Summit 2021

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Pangxingjian, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of industrial automation business in China

Challenges and opportunities of industrial enterprises under the trend of "carbon neutralization"

In March this year, the 14th five year plan and the outline of vision goals in 2035 were officially announced. The roadmap for carbon neutralization was clear, and the key pillars of achieving the goals were digital economy, new energy and innovation. In this regard, Mao Tao, director and researcher of the Institute of energy resources and environment, international economic and technological cooperation center of the Ministry of industry and information technology, said that decarbonization in key industries such as industry is crucial to achieving the carbon neutralization goal. With the determination of carbon neutralization target, the implementation policy in the industrial field is also actively promoted. For example, in the industrial structure, it will change from high carbon to low-carbon, from the middle and low end of the industrial chain to the middle and high end; At the enterprise end, more and more enterprises begin to shift from negative response to active layout, especially some medium and large enterprises begin to use their own technology and industrial chain advantages to help small and medium-sized enterprises to "reduce carbon".

For example, Schneider Electric Drives small and medium-sized enterprises through its own industry influence, especially in the industrial chain, through training, technical assistance and related support to improve the capacity of upstream enterprises to reduce greenhouse gases, so as to achieve the coordination of carbon emission reduction. As one of the first companies in the world to focus on sustainable development, Schneider Electric launched the "Schneider Electric sustainable development impact index" in 2005, and has been persisting in implementation and iteration, and accumulated profound experience   Carbon neutralization is a constraint on the surface for industry, and it is also a historical opportunity in fact.

Embrace the industry 4.0 era with open automation

At present, with the application of innovative technology, the benefits of industrial 4.0 and industrial Internet of things to the industrial field have been fully verified. However, with the development of IT technology, the exponential improvement of computing power, storage and communication capability, the proprietary automation system which can not match it technology has been questioned constantly. The deep integration of it and ot technology is facing a dilemma. In this regard, Dai Wenbin, associate professor of the school of electronic information and electrical engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, believes that with the emergence of new demands, the promotion of open automation "is just the right time".

"The main reason for the strong response of open automation is the urgency of end users," said Peng Yu, honorary chairman of PLCopen China organization, that compared with the serial landing process of traditional automation projects for several years, the time from design to production of automation projects has been greatly shortened with the support of digital technologies such as simulation and digital twin. Peng Yu pointed out that the key to realize this open automation vision is the support of the open IEC61499 standard and the automatic layout technology. Open automation has become an irreversible trend. The technology route can be different, but this road must be taken by enterprises.

As one of the manufacturers actively embracing open automation, Schneider Electric integrates its own profound automation technology and industrial field experience to promote the change, and has launched a new industrial automation system ecostrussure open automation expert to open the era of "software driven automation". Qiao Ming, head of China business market of Schneider Electric Industrial automation, said Schneider Electric will fully communicate with customers in various fields, promote the production of relevant understanding, schemes and applications, and will continuously realize the deep integration of product line and open automation technology in project development and product iteration.

The practice of innovation technology in industry

From digital, intelligent and industrial Internet, the innovation technology in industrial field emerges endlessly and iterations rapidly. However, no matter what new technology, it is necessary to solve the practical problems of safety, quality improvement, cost reduction and efficiency efficiency of industrial enterprises. In this regard, caojiguuang, vice director of Institute of technology and standards of China Institute of information and communication, and co chairman of edge computing group of industrial Internet industry alliance, pointed out that networking and intelligence are the key path for upgrading industrial enterprises, among which networking is the foundation: "the combination of 5g and Industry is expected to reconstruct the infrastructure of existing industrial network, optimize the operation and maintenance, management and business process of enterprises, And create more typical scenarios. "

Especially for the common problems faced by industries such as limited reusability of industrial intelligence, the lack of industrial intelligence dividend and the lack of talents for industrial intelligence integration. In this regard, Gu Weixi, director of Intelligent Research Institute of China Institute of industrial Internet, believes that due to the particularity of industrial field, artificial intelligence is more applied in the field of vision in the industry. In the future, with the stronger data acquisition capability, the development of AI technology in industry will accelerate step by step, especially the breakthrough in causal analysis and knowledge map, It will accelerate the integration of data driven mode and expert knowledge, so as to better enable small and medium-sized and micro enterprises.

As the industrial big data of enabling technology, the efficiency of analysis is low only by using traditional pure data. In this regard, Dr. Lu Wei, founder and CEO of Kunlun data, suggested: "to better release the value of these data, enterprises must be combined with the relevant field mechanism, experience knowledge and technology depth." Facing the technical dividend and the actual pain points in the operation of the enterprise, Schneider Electric Co., Ltd. will support the power of the ecological circle. For example, the series of "win-win plan" sponsored by Schneider Electric Co., Ltd. and ecological circle partners will help small and medium-sized enterprises, especially those with cutting-edge breakthroughs in innovation technology, reduce the cost of trial and error, and jointly provide standard solutions for industrial enterprises.

Talk about "intelligent factory" of Xiaopeng automobile

As the leading design and manufacturer of intelligent electric vehicles in China and the technology company integrating the frontier Internet and artificial intelligence innovation, Xiaopeng automobile has been familiar with the research context of intelligent production of automobile in the digital era. As for how to build intelligent factory to realize intelligent management, efficient production and quick response, Wu Xiaolong, deputy general manager of Zhaoqing base of Xiaopeng automobile, said, "the biggest difference between intelligent vehicle and traditional vehicle is that it has" brain ", which can transmit data online in real time and analyze and process it through cloud computing. At the same time, it has a "cerebellum" like a local vehicle processor to analyze and combine the collected data, and a series of detection devices as "senses" to sense the environment during driving

The emphasis on data is reflected in the production process of Xiaopeng automobile. For example, in view of the fast hardware and software iteration on the vehicle, as well as the change demand in design, development and production and manufacturing, the intelligent information production management system of stamping workshop of Zhaoqing factory of Xiaopeng automobile was jointly developed by Xiaopeng automobile and Schneider Electric, The application of MES and EMS developed by Schneider Electric promotes the intelligent level of automobile production in many aspects, which makes the quality, cost, efficiency, management and safety and environment of the car improve.

In the digital era, the car building, from the blank line to the final parts production, production, storage, warehousing and circulation, every link needs very detailed design and practical exploration, and the concept of data driven is more essential. Wu believes that both Xiaopeng automobile and Schneider Electric have intelligent genes: "we always say that intelligent factories are used to make intelligent vehicles. The intelligent information production management system jointly built with Schneider Electric will realize the automation of information flow, the transparency of data and the prediction of data change trend, which brings meaningful and valuable to Xiaopeng automobile Quantifiable benefits. "

The data show that 32% of carbon dioxide emissions come from industry directly or indirectly. In order to realize the commitment and requirements of the state to carbon peak and carbon neutralization, industrial enterprises are responsible for making production more green and sustainable through process optimization and other means. In response, pangxingjian said that Schneider Electric is always leading the development of the industry from Modicon 084 PLC, the leader of industry 3.0 to the next generation open automation platform. He thinks about how to use technology and joint innovation to implement digital transformation: "Schneider Electric is committed to transforming industry challenges into opportunities to improve efficiency, green and business resilience, Realize the business close loop from data to intelligence. We look forward to more enterprises joining in, and with Schneider Electric, we will create green intelligent manufacturing and co molding the sustainable future of the industry. "( Guoyu Jing Xiaocui)