IWG Yongtenai: The new plan is both an "offside" operation and another implementation of smart collaboration.
2024-01-05
From December 9th to 12th, IWG Yongtenai will jointly participate in the exhibition with equipment manufacturers, and will finally bring the epoch-making new generation PUR wooden door rapid composite solution to the Lunjiao Exhibition Hall of Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong, and present it at In front of industry customers, we will make new contributions to the comprehensive popularization and application of PUR products. It is understood that Yongtenai's pioneering solution is based on the PUR coating process and introduces a laser ranging sensor to complete the scanning and measurement of the width of the door panels to implement precise coating actions. After spray coating, it is directly connected to the lamination equipment to complete the rapid lamination of wooden doors. Cheng Hanwen, general manager of IWG Yongtenai Product Technology Center, said that the company has reorganized the past process in detail, and after careful research and judgment, it is concluded that when traditional equipment manufacturers provide system solutions, they always tend to adopt the roller coating process. . The disadvantages of this method are that it has high power and high energy consumption, it is not easy to meet environmental emission standards, and it has high personnel safety risks when cleaning up. Therefore, it is difficult to meet the current industry needs, especially for larger head customizations. High-end needs of home furnishing customers. He explained in detail that the interior door orders received by customer manufacturers always come in different sizes, width and width. Through the application of automated systems, door panels must be automatically scanned and sensed when passing through the front-end spray coating equipment before being transported to the laminator. Glue lines formed by shower coating A reporter from Soumen.com saw at the exhibition site that strips of "coating tape" were formed on the panels after shower coating. Not only does each glue line appear to be a straight line, but its spacing is indeed uniform and fixed. They are like a neatly arranged array, with a unique sense of orderly beauty. For customized home furnishing companies, this solution not only saves glue costs and looks more beautiful, but more importantly, it also embodies the intensive spirit of pursuing ultimate optimization in lean production. In addition, it can connect the subsequent lamination process without any obstacles, such as covering the door core with multi-layer boards and decorative panels. In the past, AB glue could only be used to composite wooden panels. Now it can handle metal materials, plastic surface materials, inorganic substrates, PET decorative panels, etc., and its application scope has been greatly expanded. "Born for smart collaboration" So, can IWG, which regards smart collaboration as the main advancement direction of the enterprise, introduce this solution into the existing smart collaboration system? The answer is yes. Cheng Hanwen pointed out with joy that as long as the customer has the intention, the system can now be "online" directly. According to him, at the beginning of the design of this system, there were enough internal reserved interfaces to fully meet the needs of fully automatic and intelligent control and monitoring. HMI human machine interface Including production flow control, glue dosage control, etc., all can be displayed online. Specifically, how much glue is used per minute, the number of threads run per minute, and the number of workpieces processed can be automatically counted. It can be said that this system is tailor-made for the intelligent collaboration system. By accessing the industrial Internet, the real-time status of production can be connected to the Yongtenai smart collaborative factory, or to the brand owner's own smart control platform for intelligent monitoring and control on the manufacturing side. Massive amounts of data can exert huge intangible value. Woodworking manufacturing companies can use real-time data to create reports for analysis by production managers. For example: The amount of glue used increased yesterday. Is it because the production capacity has increased? The amount of glue used decreased today. Is it due to insufficient production capacity or any problems with the equipment? Is there anything unreasonable in the process flow settings? Through smart collaboration, both brands and supply chain partners can monitor the consumption of auxiliary materials online in real time, providing data support for cost optimization. When doing equipment system maintenance in the future, brand companies can also export all data within the cycle on a monthly or annual basis, conduct statistical analysis of the data, and provide subsequent product upgrades for woodworking companies, as well as Yongtenai PUR Glue. provide a strong basis for the upgrade. Therefore, it seems that it is a very important component of smart collaboration. Cheng Hanwen pointed out that glue has a very special status. Compared with the cost and scale of the base material, although it is quite inconspicuous, it is extremely important. First, it is a supply chain product that is used in all household products and plays the role of "bones and bones" and "blood". Secondly, whether its quality is stable is related to the quality stability of the final home product and determines the "lining" of the product. If the "lining" is not done well, the product will have problems over time, and the brand's "face" will be lost. "The more detailed the manufacturer knows about the dosage of adhesive and the basic conditions of on-site use, the more stable its products will be." Is Yongtenai "offside"? Regarding this question, Cheng Hanwen smiled and said yes, but felt that Yong Tenai "had to do it." He said that as an adhesive company, its understanding of equipment is definitely not as good as that of professional equipment manufacturers. The reason why so much manpower and material resources have to be invested in this solution is because the application of adhesive cannot bypass the cooperation of equipment. "The research and development of adhesives will be earlier than the research and development of equipment. As Yongtenai and its downstream customers, we are already used to this situation," Cheng Hanwen said with emotion. If a new type of glue has come out, but there is no corresponding equipment for application, the "charm" of the new product will not be shown, and it will be difficult to promote this product in the market. Therefore, Yongtenai had to go "offside" frequently. As far as the current situation is concerned, it is a huge leap from AB glue products to PUR products. The market is familiar with water-based products, but many companies are actually unfamiliar with bulk hot-melt products. At this time, companies need to be very courageous if they want to switch adhesive products. As for the application of the current shower coating system, it is even more necessary for the leading companies in the market to dare to try new things. In order to quickly promote new products and new solutions in the market, Yongtenai can only choose to continuously invest manpower and material resources in research and development of glue coating equipment and control systems. Although he was "taking over his duties", he was still willing to go. To this end, Yongtenai has set up corresponding departments and arranged corresponding technical personnel to specialize in this work. "This is a fine tradition or corporate characteristic that Yongte Nai has formed over a long period of time." In Cheng Hanwen's view, it is unrealistic to rely solely on customization companies to carry out transformation and implementation on their own. First, they don`t have the energy for this. Second, they often do not have such technical capabilities. Therefore, the preliminary work must be completed by Yongtenai. Yongtenai brings new system solutions to customers time and time again, and then they can be rolled out in the market based on the application in actual scenarios. From the customer's perspective, they save a lot of preliminary preparation and R&D investment when applying. Who wouldn`t appreciate such a supply chain company if you apply it to others? For Yongtenai, if a new product can open up a new market, why not? Moreover, in the end, the economic returns it brings to itself are also very considerable. This is an investment related to technological progress. In essence, it is an investment in R&D expenses. Although the final masterpiece is simply a set of equipment, it is actually a necessary way and carrier tool to push adhesive products forward. [In addition, when it comes to building smart collaborative factories, we must be one step ahead," Cheng Hanwen concluded. [We need to collect actual application data from the market in order to develop better products and provide better processes to customers. . Allowing customers to continuously reduce costs, continuously improve efficiency, and achieve better environmental protection, so as to match the conceptual pursuits of large-scale customization customers."
