Since entering the category of lithium battery in 2012, Guanhong Intelligent has accumulated more than 50 cases of lithium battery intelligent processing projects, and its customers include the top 10 companies in the domestic lithium battery industry.
The rise of the new energy vehicle industry wave, gave birth to the birth of power lithium ion battery giant players. Under their wings, each subdivision category also rose a batch of rely on technical strength to fight to break through the industry dark horse.
In front of the logistics automation equipment category, the growth of a low-key modest dark horse company. Founded 11 years ago, from the traditional intelligent logistics integration to the intelligent logistics processing method of lithium power plant, Suzhou Guanhong Intelligent Equipment Co., LTD. (referred to as "Guanhong Intelligent") by virtue of forward-looking layout and technical accumulation, has made great progress in the field of intelligent logistics in the early part of lithium power plant.
Crown hon smart marketing director Liu Shiyan said, into the category of lithium electricity since 2012, the company accumulated lithium electricity intelligent processing up to 50 + project case, the service customer covers the present domestic lithium electricity industry top 10 head company, products in ganzhou, changzhou, zhenjiang, hefei, zhuhai, xiamen, yancheng, jiaozuo, tianjin, chengdu and other processing bases as well.
Gaogong Lithium learned that the core advantage of Guanhong Intelligence is the ability to design the overall method of logistics system based on a deep understanding of lithium ion battery manufacturing process. Its key products include a variety of functional AGV, station lifting handling equipment, transportation logistics line, and its independently developed AGV scheduling system.
"Although the first quarter of China was affected by the epidemic, sales of new energy vehicles fell short of expectations. However, the expansion plan of the head battery company, which is firmly committed to the new energy trend, is still progressing steadily. The binding of core customers and the active continuation of the market also led the company to increase the orders by 30% in the first half of the year compared with last year." Liu Shiyan revealed.
It is not easy to go against the trend, as a supplier of intelligent processing method company, guanhong intelligent in the scope of lithium battery attack map is how? In the domestic lithium battery manufacturing run into the industry 4.0 trend, as well as a new round of power lithium ion battery global expansion wave, is there a wider space for development?
Determined power lithium ion battery new blue ocean
Started in 2009 with the integration of traditional intelligent logistics system, Guanhong Intelligent decided to enter the category of new energy lithium ion battery three years later, and determined the new energy lithium battery industry as the next blue ocean market of logistics equipment system.
Liu Shiyan recalled that at that time, in the lithium ion battery manufacturing process, the rise and fall of materials/polar roll, handling, mostly in the manual + small trolley semi-automatic state. Polar coil handling and manual contact need the assistance of AGV, but the positioning accuracy of traditional industrial AGV is ±10mm, which cannot meet the demand of lithium-ion battery manufacturing.
Aiming at the industry pain point, the idea of Guanhong intelligent is to thoroughly understand the lithium battery manufacturing process, according to the equipment process research and development design in line with its requirements of AGV, from the polar coil handling link into the scope of lithium ion battery. Then combined with material lifting, conveying automation line, material storage and other equipment research and development, supply the overall intelligent processing method.
Since 2018, Guan-Hong Intelligence, which has been working on the logistics system of lithium battery, has begun to enjoy a sweet taste. The head and mainstream power lithium-ion battery companies basically require the automated auxiliary processing of the logistics in the front section of the new production line. The rising market demand has also become a new driving force for the rapid growth of Guanhong Intelligent.
In Liu shiyan's opinion, the breakthrough of intelligent logistics system in the front section of power lithium-ion battery production line mainly focuses on the optimal design of routes and methods, the improvement of AGV positioning accuracy, the coordination of docking with process equipment, the stability of scheduling system and the accuracy of data collection.
Take cantilever AGV as an example, automatic docking equipment feeding has always been a difficulty in the lithium battery industry, from the die-cutting - winding section feeding, the industry has always used semi-automatic AGV method, even winding machine or manual feeding.
At present, The intelligent cantilever high precision AGV adopts magnetic stripe navigation or laser navigation, and the docking and lifting accuracy can reach ±1mm, realizing the handling of material rolls and empty scrolls in each process, and dealing with difficulties in the industry.
In the aspect of scheduling system, "The AGV scheduling management system independently developed by Guanhong Intelligent is a scheduling system with high maturity and a large number of SCHEDULING AGVs in the scope of lithium-ion batteries, and can be compatible with the operation scheduling of 60+ AGVs at the same time." "Liu shiyan said.
In addition to leading positioning accuracy and scheduling system, guanhong intelligence can really enter the supply chain of many lithium ion battery companies in China, and there is another pass.
"We can do 'non-standard customization' according to the customer's own process, such as special fixture products. The result is a product that better matches the processes of different battery companies." "Liu shiyan said.
Driven by the internal technology of professional R & D design team and the strategic cooperation with well-known companies at home and abroad, Guanhong Intelligence also keeps its advantages in the overall approach design.
The "next step" in dealing with change
At present, based on the head power lithium ion battery company's technology upgrade, market competition supply toward internationalization, and the use of lithium battery market differentiation, power lithium ion battery market pattern is undergoing a new round of changes
How to seize opportunities and meet challenges becomes the next critical step in the strategy chessboard for leading equipment companies in the niche.
On the one hand, under the guidance of head battery companies' technologies (such as NINGde CTp technology and BYD blade battery technology), the power lithium ion battery process is accelerating iterative innovation. At the same time, the continuous improvement of product safety, performance requirements, manufacturing upgrades and other requirements also put forward new challenges to equipment companies.
In the face of "new changes" in battery technology and demand, Liu Shiyan believes that the first thing to do is to keep up with the wind direction of cutting-edge technological change and improve the company's non-standard customization ability. The second is to further upgrade the positioning accuracy, optimize the scheduling system, and support the seamless connection with the multi-level management system.
The third is to deeply optimize the internal structure of the product, realize the universal design of fixture module, and cooperate with upstream supply chain to reduce costs, so as to maximize the value for customers. Fourth, under the trend of digital factory to meet the customer data information collection function, realize lean processing.
On the other hand, the expansion of global power lithium ion battery pool company has pressed the "fast forward button", the power lithium ion battery companies from Korea, China and Europe are firing on all sides, opening a new round of global power lithium ion battery production expansion curtain.
In Liu shiyan's view, the European power lithium-ion battery production "new infrastructure" is accelerating, in the equipment selection trend, European companies are increasingly inclined to Chinese companies. This will be a new blue ocean market for Chinese equipment companies.
For this reason, going overseas has become the strategic focus of the next stage of Guanhong Intelligent. At present, the company's products have completed the European CE certification. The next step of the company plans to set up an office in Germany to carry out the expansion of the European power lithium ion battery market.
It is worth mentioning that, affected by the previous round of industry reshuffle overlapping COVID-19, the trend of polarization in the power lithium ion battery equipment industry is becoming more clear, and the speed of transformation and elimination in the industry is also accelerating.
Liu Shiyan believes that the front logistics intelligent equipment system category shuffling will also intensify. After this round of output expansion, the leading equipment companies that master the core technology, pay attention to technical reserves, intellectual property rights, and product manufacturing will reach a new level of internationalization, while the equipment companies that lack the core competitiveness only by competing with low prices can only be washed out in the Red Sea market with excess production.
