In the loading area, the forklift steadily lifts up a tray of materials;
In the assembly area, the yellow robotic arm aims at the machine to complete the "docking";
Inspection area, a robot in the "grid room" in the up and down swing for "self-test".
General Secretary Xi Jinping, while attending the deliberations of the Jiangsu delegation at the second session of the 14th National People's Congress, gave Jiangsu the major requirement of "developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions".How to cultivate and grow new quality productivity, accelerate the endeavor to manufacturing province? A workshop is the window to observe the change.
Nanjing Exton Automation Co.
Intelligent production workshop
Witness the intelligent scene of "robots" producing "robots".
State-level specialization, speciality and new "small giants" Exton is an old enterprise rooted in Jiangning Development Zone, starting from the production of servo motors, to the transformation of automation core components and industrial robotics R & D and manufacturing.After years of development, has grown into a domestic industrial robot industry "leader".
"The production lines in the intelligent production workshop have all been drawn up, and people are here mainly to do some logistics and general assembly work, and testing does not require people to be on site, the machines will monitor themselves." Zhao Xiaodong, head of strategy and MKT at Exton, explains.This is the first "robot" production "robot" intelligent production line, able to produce the company's own research and development of 76 models of robots, yield rate of 99.1%."There are four intelligent production bases like this one in total in Exton, with a robot production capacity of 50,000 sets/year, ranking first in China."
Upon completion of the run-in test, these robots will come off the line from Exton and be sent to intelligent factories in the automotive equipment, lithium battery and photovoltaic industries across the country to change their roles from products to an "intelligent worker".
As an enterprise deeply cultivated in the field of industrial automation, Nanjing Exton has been established for 30 years, and has continuously made efforts in intelligent manufacturing. At present, Exton has 76 models of robots with loads ranging from 3-700kg.It has become the first brand in China to focus on intelligent robot manufacturing, with business covering China, Europe, Southeast Asia and America.
"We have three core technologies of robot controller, operating system, and servo system that are completely independent, and the autonomy rate of robot core components has reached 80%, which not only provides robots for use in intelligent production lines, but also has the ability to provide comprehensive solutions to meet customers' non-standardized and unstructured needs." Zhao Xiaodong said.
According to statistics, in 2023, the world's 90% photovoltaic cell factories are using Exton robots. In the world's leading power battery factory, Exton industrial robots provide battery assembly and PACK and other fine processes for more than 1 million new energy vehicles.
How can an enterprise occupy "half of the industrial robot market"? Emphasis on research and development is a key factor.
"We invest 10% of our annual sales in R&D and have built nearly 10 R&D centers around the world. At present, the autonomy rate of core components of Exton's full range of industrial robot products has exceeded 80%."
The emphasis on research and development has yielded fruitful results.In the exhibition hall on the first floor of the company, there are a number of "uniques" and "champions" created by Exton: the only high-protection die-casting robot in China, the world's original intelligent bending robot, the world's only photovoltaic industry-specific high-speed robots. ......
Zhao Xiaodong introduced, in March this year, the independent research and development of the "photovoltaic layout industrial robot" was selected by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the eighth batch of manufacturing enterprises list of individual champions, which has become the company following the national specialization and speciality of the new "small giants" after the title of another award.
Under the general trend of "intellectual change digital to network connection", creating a digital production line has become a common demand of manufacturing enterprises.In response to the digitalization needs of our customers, Exton is constantly looking for "fertile ground" to cultivate new quality productivity.Currently, Exton's self-developed digital twin platform has unified the management of four factories in Nanjing, building its own digital twin solution capabilities, while helping automotive, power battery, photovoltaic and other enterprises to land digital production lines.
"We hope to help other enterprises improve their productivity and enhance their flexible production capacity through our technology and solutions, thus empowering new quality productivity." Zhao Xiaodong introduced that at present, Exton is fully embracing digitalization and artificial intelligence to create a complete solution of "robot +" intelligent manufacturing. "We hope to reduce the threshold of robot use through the power of the technical end, such as through the 'robot + digital simulation platform' to do the digital management of the entire line, using 'robot + AI', so that the robot according to the voice for path planning and autonomously complete complex work."
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Established in Jiangning Development Zone in February 2001 and listed on the SME Board of Shenzhen Stock Exchange on March 20, 2015, Exton is mainly engaged in the research and development, manufacturing, sales and service of core components for intelligent equipment and industrial robots. As a supplier of core components for intelligent equipment, Exton takes the road of completely independent research and development. In 2010, the "Working Group on CNC Systems and Functional Components for Forging and Pressing Machines" of the National Forging and Pressing Standards Committee was established in Exton, which is the only forging and pressing CNC R&D enterprise supported by the domestic government.
Exton has always focused on the automation industry, through the layout of the whole industry chain, forming a complete industry chain from core components to high-end products to integrated applications, and has built nearly 10 R & D centers around the world.
