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Chapter 150 The Dilemma of Domestic Industrial Robots (Subscription Request)

Chen Jue's words stimulated the vice presidents and workshop directors of Qingshan Holdings.

Because the advancement of the production line represents the technical reputation of a manufacturing company.

In addition, Tsingshan Holdings' workshop production lines have been improved based on their own developed special stainless steel production processes, and are among the most advanced among stainless steel companies in the world.

Not to mention China, even if you look at the old developed countries such as Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, there is no other stainless steel company whose workshop can compete with Tsingshan Holdings.

You are the owner of a small startup company, a small enterprise with no technical reputation outside the Vancouver area, yet you dare to give advice in a condescending manner in front of a behemoth like Tsingshan Holdings.

If this isn't showing off one's skills in front of an expert, what is this?
Of course, these people’s doubts are not without reason.

Industrial robots, also known as the common six-axis industrial robotic arms, are hailed as the jewel in the crown of the new era manufacturing industry.

Although its structure is simple, just like the Transformers toys that children play with, it actually has a very high level of technological content.

According to the description in the movie "Kung Fu", it is at least as high as three or four floors!
With the upgrading of the domestic manufacturing industry, industrial robots have developed and become popular rapidly. All well-known large-scale manufacturing companies are putting them into large-scale use.

Because industrial robots can realize unmanned mass production. Taking advantage of the convenience and fatigue resistance of robots, combined with intelligent AI technology, they can replace the most error-prone and uncertain manual labor on the production line, thereby improving the yield rate and production efficiency of the enterprise's production process.

You should know that the lifting capacity of mainstream commercial industrial robots on the market is generally in the range of 10kg to 1000kg, and the maximum is only up to 1 ton.

The six-axis robot arm that can measure the lifting weight by tons has been put into the market in a mature commercial way. Currently, only the Japanese FANUC and Kawasaki, German Kuka and Swiss ABB can make it, almost forming a monopoly.

Although domestic robot brand manufacturers such as Chaifu, Estun, Siasun Robot, Tosda, Efort, and Step Robot have begun to gain momentum in recent years.

However, domestic industrial robots started too late and have poor self-research capabilities. Even the supply chains of core technologies and components such as reducers, servo motors, and control systems are subject to foreign brands such as Yaskawa and ABB.

They are all engaged in OEM business, and they take advantage of the lowest-end leftover cakes in the market.

Take Estun, a leading domestic robot manufacturer, for example. It only launched a model called 'ER7 large-load robot' in July this year, and its highest record for snatching and carrying barely reaches 300Kg.

As for the UC headlines that you occasionally see in the news, such as "Mobile heavy-duty AGV robot with a load capacity of over 100 tons, breaking the foreign technology monopoly", just take a look at them.

This type of AGV transport robot looks like an enlarged version of a sweeping robot. It does not have much market prospect at all and is completely different from the six-axis robotic arm used in mainstream applications.

There are also those who take a different approach, bypassing the technology monopoly and targeting welding robots, which have lower technical content, and targeting small alleys that foreign brands don't value.

In a word, the industrial robot industry is dominated by foreign brands, just like the joint venture car companies that used to enter the Chinese market with high prices and ultra-low configurations. Even many domestic robot brands are invested by foreign companies from Europe, the United States, and the United States. You can imagine how deep the water is.

Even Xiang Qingshan, the knowledgeable chairman of Qingshan Holding Group, was slightly stimulated by Chen Jue's advice and revealed a puzzled look.

However, seeing Chen Jue's calm and composed appearance, Xiang Qingshan couldn't help but lean over to the ear of a young female secretary who looked somewhat similar to him and asked, "Qingqing, how many tons can a robot lift? Is there such technology on the market?"

The young female secretary named Qingqing nodded, looking thoughtful. "What Mr. Chen is talking about should be large heavy-load handling robots! Like FANUC's M-2000iA/2300 series, Kawasaki Heavy Industries' MG15HL model, and Kuka's Titan series. The parameters announced by these companies can lift up to 2 to 3 tons."

"But these are foreign-funded enterprises, and they are expressly prohibited from selling cutting-edge robots to our domestic enterprises. They are strategic-level equipment that cannot be bought even if you have money, just like ASML's EUV lithography machines."

Seeing that this pretty female secretary seemed to know a lot about industrial robots, Chen Jue was also a little surprised: "I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable! But sister, I have to correct you. Six-axis robotic arms that can lift several tons are not only made by these foreign brands. We at Cube Technology also have this technology reserve and have even put it into practical use."

After these words were spoken, the vice presidents and workshop directors present who were familiar with technology were slightly stunned.

"Mr. Chen, are you serious? Can Cube Technology also make this kind of large-tonnage six-axis robotic arm?" Xiang Qingshan's eyes lit up.

Although the chairman has not been to the front line of the production workshop for a long time, he mainly deals with the operation of the global futures market for nickel ore and stainless steel on weekdays.

However, Xiang Qingshan is very interested in the application of cutting-edge industrial technology.

As the world's largest supplier of stainless steel raw materials, Xiang Qingshan is well aware of the role that advanced technology can play in promoting and enhancing the company's product strength.

Take the stainless steel and nickel alloy smelting technology they master as an example.

If Xiang Qingshan had not overcome all objections in the board of directors and first introduced the internationally advanced RKEF process to produce nickel alloys from abroad in 2008, and continued to invest in research and development and improvements, creating a unique domestic stainless steel smelting technology standard, and pushing Tsingshan Holdings to stand out from many stainless steel companies.

Otherwise, it is not certain whether it will be his turn to sit on the throne of being known as the world's number one nickel king!
"Mr. Xiang, have you forgotten the new engineering ship built by our Cube Technology for typhoon prevention? It uses more than a dozen large-tonnage robotic arms of this type!" Chen Jue nodded and asked Tie Laoliu who was following him to take out a PAD.

It shows the actual working conditions of those large-tonnage robotic arms, and the design parameters with an upper limit of 10 tons are marked.

The PAD showed industrial robots that were dozens of meters long and looked like the arms of gods, lifting cement blocks weighing more than several tons at a time, and scooping up all kinds of mud, sand, debris and other debris from the bottom of the sea. The shocking images made the vice presidents and workshop directors on the scene stare with their eyes wide open.

Is this a robotic arm?
Are you sure it’s not Mr. Ke’s giant tentacle extending from the bottom of the sea?
Even the knowledgeable young secretary, after seeing this unfamiliar ship-mounted robotic arm, muttered with shining eyes: "What an amazing robotic arm! We in Vancouver have also developed such an industrial robot?"

Because in her eyes, as long as the water jet and hydraulic bucket equipped with the ship-mounted robotic arm in the picture are replaced with the matching plate claws in the workshop, the production and processing efficiency of downstream rods, wires and plates can definitely be increased several times!
This is an irresistible technological temptation for any manufacturing company!
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