Following completion of the annual production of 430,000 vehicles in 2017 and creating a record high in company production, Beijing Benz continued to maintain steady growth in the first quarter of 2018, achieving a production output of 116,800 vehicles. Compared with the same period, both production and sales volume achieved two digits. With the growth of number, it has secured the second place in domestic luxury car joint venture brands. As the core driving force of Beijing Automotive Group and Daimler to achieve common strategic goals, the rapid and steady development of Beijing Benz in recent years undoubtedly stems from the long-term layout and strategizing of both shareholders. Industrial 4.0 and 'Made in China 2025' Influx of Chinese Manufacturing Industry Today, Beijing Benz has been bravely setting its sights with smart manufacturing and green manufacturing as the twin engines. While continuing to realize its high quality development, it has also led the capital industry in the capital to continue High-precision direction transformation upgrade.
Building a smart manufacturing system that leads the future
In the wave of intelligence, Beijing Benz dares to take the lead, integrates leading manufacturing processes, advanced logistics concepts, rapid standards introduction and reliable standards review, and implementation of digital methods, and gradually realizes mobile sharing, interoperability and high flexibility. Adaptable production model, and set out to build a networked 'ecosystem' that integrates digital virtual factory and reality factory perfectly, leading the future industrial development.
Based on the German 'Industry 4.0' concept and the 'Made in China 2025' strategy, Beijing Benz has built a cross-departmental, cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary 'Core Alliance' innovation and practice platform. Based on this, it has designed leading technologies including big data analysis. The advanced manufacturing promotion roadmap gradually introduces the frontier technology of automotive intelligent manufacturing, highly integrates digitalization, networking and intelligence, promotes business process reengineering, realizes business system innovation, and integrates intelligent manufacturing systems and IT systems. In addition, Beijing Benz It also integrates advanced production equipment, cutting-edge production technology and highly-digitalized production methods, and starts from the three aspects of logistics, production and management, and builds an intelligent manufacturing system that leads the future.
Logistics Information
At the Beijing Benz factory, a car is given an electronic code containing complete product information at the beginning of the production process. The code runs through its entire production, equipment and service links, facilitating management and traceability. This informationized logistics model , not only shortens the distance between production and logistics supply, but also lays a good foundation for the future expansion of the production line and the reference of new technologies, thereby improving the entire upstream and downstream production efficiency and economic efficiency. In the front drive of Beijing Benz, the rear drive and The three major power plant areas, through efficient and accurate logistics system and supplier management system work together, each day more than 30 million different parts are sent to the Beijing Benz three plant areas of the various production processes.
Intelligent production
A classic Mercedes-Benz at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Beijing 'from scratch' must be stamped, assembled, sprayed, and assembled in four major workshops, each of which demonstrates Beijing Benz’s leading smart manufacturing. System: The full servo automatic press line equipped in the press shop completes precise stamping of complex parts through digital stamping rhythm control, which greatly enhances the strength and stability of the body parts; the welding shop adopts world-class robot operation technology extensively, represented by cold connections. The world's top body connection technology and rigorous on-line and off-line intelligent monitoring systems ensure that the accuracy and strength of the car body connection are in full compliance with the highest global standards of Daimler; the entire spray painting workshop employs robotic paint and no human intervention during the painting process. Automated painting of the exterior surface of the vehicle body is achieved. At the same time, the robot will also apply glue and wax to all the gaps of the car body according to the computer scan results to avoid any possible air oxidation, and to fully enhance the sealing and corrosion resistance of the car body. Ensure that the car body will not corrode within 20 years; the assembly shop intelligent production control system according to the customer Single, for all components of different models for automatic sorting and matching, and to achieve the associated location information, type, quality, feedback and preservation, to ensure that each Mercedes since the birth of the perfect realization of customer expectations.
Under the standardization, modularization and digital product design, the realization of serial mixed-line production of different vehicles fully confirms the vanguard position of Beijing Benz Smart Manufacturing. Beijing Benz is currently not only able to produce and mix production of various models according to orders. Production, but also on the premise of not losing production beats and quality, to meet the customer's customized market demand, set an example of intelligent manufacturing for the Chinese automotive industry.
Management digitization
As early as 2014, Beijing Benz introduced advanced digital enterprise solutions to create a consistent, seamless data platform from product design, production planning, production engineering, production and implementation to service, and from the digital level, Before the new product is actually put into production, it is simulated, tested and optimized in the virtual environment, finally creating efficient and flexible production, and improving the long-term competitiveness of the company.
As a forward-looking project representative for digital management, “predictive maintenance” based on IoT and big data analysis technology has been implemented at Beijing Benz. Take the second body factory as an example, spot welding cases can achieve 80% accuracy 8 hours in advance. To achieve early warning of equipment failure, the rubber coating case can achieve early warning of equipment failure with an accuracy of 78% 24 hours in advance. At present, the application of this project has greatly improved the overall efficiency of the equipment and provided stable support for production.
Adhere to the realization of green manufacturing, take the road of sustainable development
In the development blueprint of the capital's high-precision manufacturing industry, 'green and low-carbon' is always an important chapter. In the implementation of smart manufacturing and the full implementation of green manufacturing, it is not only the meaning of 'Made in China 2025', but also Beijing's Mercedes-Benz. The top priority for future development. As an outstanding representative of China's manufacturing industry, Beijing Benz has for the past 13 years committed itself to a ‘concentrated benefit’, guided by the environmental protection concept of “achieving green manufacturing and adopting a sustainable development approach”. Type, self-innovation, resource-saving, environment-friendly, economical security, interpersonal and harmonious' businesses.
Green planning
In the Beijing Benz project construction, environmental protection from planning is an important part of design and implementation. Benefits from the application of new energy-saving and emission reduction facilities and new technologies, such as 'ground-source heat pump' technology, 'integration of rainwater harvesting' Projects such as “photovoltaic power generation” and other projects, Beijing Benz gradually formed a low-consumption, low-emission and high-efficiency green growth mode. Not only that, in the Beijing Benz construction project, various energy-saving and emission reduction facilities can be seen everywhere – the roof Heat Recovery System; Roof Solar Water Heater; Indoor Multi-Space Air Supply System; Intelligent Lighting System; Light Sensing Control Water System.
Simultaneous planning of energy saving and environmental protection and project construction, simultaneous implementation of environmental protection technologies and production processes. The application of Beijing Benz’s key construction projects to various new energy-saving and emission reduction facilities and new technologies has reversed the tradition of large-scale energy consumption brought about by large-scale production and manufacturing. understanding.
Green production
In the process of rapid development, Beijing Mercedes-Benz has gradually formed low-consumption, low-emission and high-efficiency conservation-type growth methods by continuously introducing new technologies and transforming existing technologies and equipment.
In the automobile manufacturing process, painting is the link of 'high energy consumption and high emission'. Beijing Benz took the lead and started using water-soluble paints instead of traditional solvent-based paints in the coating process; using lead-free electrophoresis. The paint has realized lead-free discharge of the painting process. At the same time, the paint shop has also used a dry paint process, recycled 80% of the paint booth exhaust, installed heat recovery device, heat recovery / cooling capacity, reduced by 60% Energy consumption; using limestone powder to adsorb overspray and apply for identification of waste limestone powder after absorption of paint and fog, and obtaining approval from the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Agency for non-hazardous wastes, and achieving zero discharge of industrial waste water and zero discharge of solid hazardous waste. The painting line with no intermediate coating process makes the production process more compact, which can reduce the consumption of paint by about 20%; the use of the Zeolite Wheel Concentration Control Facility to control the exhaust gas produced by the paint spraying process to ensure the volatile organic compounds (hereinafter referred to as 'VOC' ) emission concentration is lower than 50% of the current emission standard; the recycled pure water system reduces the effluent after phosphating wastewater by 75%; the use of phosphating agent without nitrite reduces The ammonia nitrogen in the wastewater was discharged; the pre-treatment degreasing process used the demulsification oil removal system, the oil removal rate reached 97%, and the degreasing wastewater discharge was reduced by 80%.
In addition, Beijing Mercedes-Benz pioneered the ecological protection of the domestic machinery processing industry. The engine factory added a 'heat recovery box' to the machining exhaust gas purification system, which not only achieved filtration and recovery of exhaust gas such as machining oil mist, but also passed heat exchangers. Preheat the indoor air supply in winter to achieve the dual effect of energy saving and emission reduction.
Not only that, Beijing Benz has also implemented a number of environmental protection projects to reduce emissions during the construction of the project. Both new and in-use boilers use low-nitrogen combustion technology, reducing nitrogen oxide emissions by 20 tons throughout the year; the welding process has been introduced cleanly. The riveting process reduces the pollution of the welding exhaust gas; the logistics transportation replaces the fuel vehicle with a battery car, reducing exhaust emissions, etc.
Green concept
Environmental protection is one of the five major social responsibility areas of Beijing Benz. It is also the focus and major goal of Beijing Benz’s social responsibilities. To this end, Beijing Benz builds an environmental management system, conducts ecological environmental protection actions, promotes environmental public welfare undertakings, and strives to shape the green vanguard of the automotive industry. .
'The best or nothing' is the entrepreneurial spirit of Beijing Benz. It is also the brand concept of Beijing Benz's boutique manufacturing. The Chinese translation is 'The line is the ultimate'. As the environmental policy of Beijing Benz's internal promulgation and external commitment, it was posted on The prominent position of the office area and the production workshop always reminds people that protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility.
Internally, Beijing Mercedes-Benz implemented the environmental management system PDCA management model, prepared an environmental management manual, established 22 environmental management procedures, and formed an environmental management system covering all aspects of the company. It successfully passed ISO14001 environmental management system certification and clean production audit evaluation. Beijing Benz implements cost control and index assessment management methods to promote the formation of a company-wide conscious action to reduce consumption and eliminate waste.
Externally, Beijing Benz has always played an industry leading and demonstrative role. It not only promoted advanced production technologies such as dry spray painting and intermediate coating technology to other enterprises, but also fully exerted its influence and resolutely implemented the policy requirements of the Beijing Municipal Government in 2016. - In 2017, we urged related parties to phase out and replace more than 150 heavy-polluting diesel transporters, ensuring the prevention of atmospheric pollution in autumn and winter and the smooth development of the construction of low-emission demonstration zones in Beijing, and at the same time the green of upstream and downstream companies in the industry. Environmental management has had a positive effect.
Along the path of a clear, green and efficient development in the future, Beijing Benz not only takes the lead in becoming a model and a model for the green factories of the Chinese automotive industry, but also builds green manufacturing advanced models by promoting the construction of green manufacturing systems to lead automotive manufacturing. The outstanding performance in industrial green transformation and other areas was awarded the title of “Green Manufacturing System Demonstration - Green Factory” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, becoming the first batch of vehicle manufacturers that won this honor.
As a representative of the capital's high-end manufacturing industry, as well as demonstrations of 'German Industry 4.0' and 'Made in China 2025', the future Beijing Mercedes-Benz will continue to use smart manufacturing and green manufacturing as dual engines to promote high-quality development and create a high-quality capital. Leading Manufacturing Leading Company, Providing more consumers with products and services consistent with Mercedes-Benz's global quality standards, making the Trident Star Logo shine even more!