Tang Zifeng is technically illiterate, but he understands the concept of flexible manufacturing technology. In fact, in this era, there have been many experts in China to discuss flexible manufacturing technology, of which more than ninety percent are economists who can't distinguish lathe milling machines, and only one percent are really engaged in machine tool technology engineers.

This is a bit like the era before Tang Zifeng traveled, economists were "3D manufacturing" and "industry 4.0" or something, but in fact, few people really know what this thing is about, only know that it is very fashionable, and if you don't have a few such words in your mouth, you are embarrassed to say that you keep up with the times.

Traditional industrial manufacturing focuses on mass production and standardization. For example, if a company receives an order to produce 10,000 cars of a certain model, the production management department will decompose the task to each worker, and each worker only needs to manufacture the same part according to the process requirements of the drawings, and the quantity is calculated in tens of thousands.

In order to improve production efficiency, designers often design some parts to standardized specifications, for example, the screw specifications of many parts of the car are the same, 20 of the same screws in a car, and 200,000 of the same screws for 10,000 vehicles. Due to the large production batch, enterprises can use special machine tools, tools, fixtures, etc., to improve production efficiency and reduce the cost of a single piece.

With the advent of the post-industrial society, consumers have higher and higher requirements for the personalization of industrial products, and some companies even allow consumers to customize personalized cars. This kind of personalized industrial products are produced in small batches, and some may even be produced in a single piece, if the workers have to be re-instructed every time they change the specifications, the workers may be at a loss, not to mention any work efficiency, and it is difficult to ensure the quality of production.

In this case, flexible manufacturing technology came into being. It relies on computer technology and automatic control technology to combine a series of CNC machine tools to realize the automatic manufacturing of products. Any individual product order is broken down by the computer into specific parts production requirements and then sent to the specified machine for processing. The automatic tool change system can select the right tool according to the machining requirements, and the automatic pallet will send the parts to be machined to the correct position.

In this way, a group of machine tools can be flexibly combined in production to produce different products without being limited by the production process, hence the name of flexible manufacturing technology.

An important technical core of flexible manufacturing technology is indeed communication technology, and Wang Junyi has a strong technical sensitivity in this regard. However, Linyi has not yet set foot in the field of flexible manufacturing technology, Wang Jun has empty ideas, but can not practice the opportunity, can only let his imagination fully fly.

"Assistant Tang, I have a bold idea. Wang Junyi found a suitable audience, was in a good mood, and with a few bottles of beer in his stomach, he let go of his speech.

"I wonder if Assistant Tang has heard of the Internet network in the capital?" Wang Junyi said.

"I've heard of it. Tang Zifeng resisted the urge to show off and replied calmly. On the blue star of this plane, I am afraid that no one knows what the Internet is better than him.

Wang Junyi said: "This thing is now very popular abroad, and our country has just begun to have it, but I am very optimistic about its development." The Internet network was first developed by the US military, called the Apa network, and we specialized in it when we were in the army. Later, the technology moved to the civilian sector, and it developed rapidly. Some people predict that the development of the Internet network will change the production and lifestyle of the entire human race, Assistant Tang, do you believe it or not?"

Tang Zifeng nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "I believe it, Wang Gong continues." ”

Wang Junyi said: "I wonder whether Internet technology will have an impact on our machine tools." For example, one day, instead of engaging in flexible manufacturing technology in one workshop, we will expand the concept of flexible manufacturing technology to many workshops, many factories, and even the whole country. We can use the Internet network to connect the machine tools across the country, combined with the overall planning method we have promoted in the past, and truly realize the national game of chess......"

"Is it necessary to connect the machine tools across the country?" asked Han Weichang puzzled.

Wang Junyi said: "I know that you may not understand this way. Let me give you an analogy, Linhe No. 2 Machine Tool Factory needs to use a five-meter gantry boring machine to manufacture a machine, but it doesn't have such a large boring machine, what should I do?"

Han Weichang said: "Then it must be coming to us." In the whole Linhe City, our factory has the most complete equipment, and those cats and dogs factories that can't produce things come to us for OEM. ”

Wang Junyi said: "Yes, but they want to ask us to help with production, and there will be several obstacles in the middle." First, they don't know if our gantry boring machine is available, so they have to contact us first. Second, they have to send someone to send the drawings over, otherwise we don't know how they plan to process them. Thirdly, if our boring machine is not available, they don't know which company has a free boring machine......"

Tang Zifeng had a flash of inspiration in his mind, took Wang Junyi's words, and said: "Does Wang Gong mean that if the machine tools in the country can be connected to the network, if any enterprise manufactures a part, as long as it searches the Internet, you will know which factory's equipment is idle, and then send the drawings directly through the network." The equipment over there automatically receives the drawings and automatically carries out the production ......"

"That's it!" Wang Junyi was overjoyed, he patted Han Weichang on the shoulder and said: "Old Han, you have been an engineer for so many years, and your brain is not as fast as Assistant Tang. I thought that if this set of methods can be realized, on the one hand, when enterprises want to find other factories to OEM, they can easily find idle equipment. On the other hand, the idle equipment in the factory can also be connected to the OEM business, thus improving the utilization rate of the equipment. If you do it well, you can save at least half of the machine tools in the country, and you can do the math, how much money will you have to save?"

"I'll give you one more one. Tang Zifeng said with a smile, "If the production data of all machine tools can be networked, we, as a machine tool company, will be able to grasp the working status of tens of thousands of machine tools, know under what circumstances a machine tool is prone to failure, and also know what processing tasks most machine tools are mainly undertaken on a daily basis......

"Wonderful!" Wang Junyi jumped up and said loudly: "In this way, it will be of great help to us to improve the design of the machine tool." Assistant Tang, you may not know, we have to send people to various user companies every year to collect this data and use it to improve the design. If this data can be aggregated through a communication network, and not in one or two operations, but over the entire life cycle of the equipment......"

"It's called big data analytics. Tang Zifeng wasted no time in making a joke.

"Big data analysis, this is a good statement, domineering!" Wang Junyi praised, his face was full of excitement, obviously the scene described by Tang Zifeng, which made him fascinated.

Tang Zifeng slowly sipped his beer, feeling funny in his heart. The connotation of the industrial Internet in later generations is much more than Lao Wang can think of, but as long as this door is opened, people's imagination will be fully released, and all kinds of whimsical ideas will burst out. Wang Junyi can think from the concept of flexible manufacturing technology and the Internet to a wider range of interconnection, and he is indeed a great person.

"Assistant Tang, what you said is too mysterious, isn't it?" Han Weichang said, "If you want to connect all the machine tools in the country, how many telephone lines do you have to pull?"

"Haha, Lao Han, you don't have to worry about pulling the phone line. Tang Zifeng comforted Han Weichang kindly. He couldn't popularize 5G technology to Han Weichang, with China's national strength back then, no one believed that China could build more than 4 million base stations in one go, and even the desert was eager to have a full signal. What to pull the phone line or something, it's really too Low thinking.

After answering Han Weichang's question, Tang Zifeng turned around and said to Wang Junyi: "Wang Gong, I think the plan you envisioned is very valuable. As far as the current conditions in our country are concerned, there are still some difficulties in connecting all the devices with the Internet network, but this difficulty can be solved soon. Our country has put forward the idea of building an information superhighway, and I believe that the popularization of the Internet network will also be a very fast thing.

"For us, the construction of the Internet network is not our task, we should prepare for the development of the industrial Internet network. Are you interested in setting up a project and doing pre-research in this area? I don't understand industry, I don't know anything about communication, and I can't say exactly what to do. However, I can responsibly say that if you are ready now, we will definitely be able to reap a hundredfold or a thousand-fold benefit in this area in the future. How about it, Wang Gong, are you interested in doing it?"

"Is this a task in the factory, or is it the homework that Assistant Tang personally assigned to me?" asked Wang Junyi.

Tang Zifeng said: "If you are interested in doing it, I will go to mention this matter to Director Zhou and Chief Engineer Qin tomorrow, and then arrange for you to focus on this topic." I would like to make it clear in advance that this subject may not see practical results for 10 years, and you have to have the courage to sit on the bench for 10 years. ”

Wang Junyi smiled: "It's not difficult. I had planned to sit on the cold bench for the rest of my life. I think the work explained by Assistant Tang is very interesting, and I believe that it will definitely be able to play a role in the future. Therefore, as long as the project is set up in the factory, I will accept it happily and will definitely do it well. ”

"A word is a certainty!" Tang Zifeng said.

"A word is a certainty!" Wang Junyi replied cheerfully.

"Come, everyone, cheers for our industrial Internet!" Tang Zifeng said loudly.

"Cheers!" Wang Junyi and Han Weichang both replied loudly.