China Sixian Auto Parts Industry: Digital Transformation Promotes Innovative Development

In early summer, when you step into Anhui Jiarui Bearing Co., Ltd. in the Sixian Economic Development Zone of Anhui Province, you will see a busy scene, and the intelligent and digital production lines are running in full swing. In the grinding workshop, 14 CNC bearing outer ring groove grinders are operating intensively, and only one worker is needed to manage them easily. In the new energy vehicle parts workshop, dozens of production lines are fully producing small motor bearings required for car seats, sunroofs and other systems. "Digitalization has greatly improved our production efficiency." The relevant person in charge of the company said excitedly.

From traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing, the automotive parts industry in Sixian is ushering in new development opportunities through digital transformation.

In the Sixian Economic Development Zone, in the production workshop of Anhui Zhongheng EFI System Co., Ltd., automated equipment and robotic arms cooperate with each other, presenting a tense and orderly scene. Core products such as fuel pumps that have been strictly tested have been rolled off the production line and are sold all over the world.

Zhongheng EFI System Co., Ltd. moved from Jiaxing, Zhejiang to Sixian and has produced more than 1,500 different fuel pumps. For each small accessory inside the fuel pump, the company adopts an automated and intelligent production method and implements "chain-style" production in multiple workshops. Although the fuel pump is small in size, its internal structure is complex and contains more than 10 small parts that need to be precisely manufactured and assembled.

The manipulator automatically completes the injection molding parts in the fuel pump, and more than 100 robots complete the manufacturing of the aluminum rear cover parts, which not only improves production efficiency but also ensures the consistency and quality of the parts.

After manufacturing, each small part is automatically sent to the full inspection workshop by a robot shuttle. The first thing to do is the "machine inspection" of the automated inspection line, using advanced inspection equipment and technology to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the key parameters such as size, shape, and performance of each part.

In order to further ensure product quality, each part must also undergo a 30-fold magnification of each "brush inspection". In this step, quality inspectors use professional magnification equipment to carefully inspect the surface and internal structure of each part.

This small electronic fuel pump manufacturer has achieved a production value of 100 million yuan since its first year, and the production value exceeded 80 million yuan in the first quarter of this year. Through intelligent transformation and digital transformation, Anhui Zhongheng EFI System Co., Ltd. is able to quickly respond to market demand and produce a variety of fuel pump products to meet the needs of global customers. Automated and intelligent production methods not only ensure product quality, but also improve production efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance market competitiveness.

In recent years, the digital economy has played an important role in promoting high-quality economic development, and the digital transformation of industries has become an important direction of economic transformation. When developing the auto parts industry, Sixian County made full use of scientific and technological means, and through digital transformation, enabled enterprises to grow rapidly and promote the auto parts industry into a new stage of development.

Focusing on the development of "intelligence, electrification, and chainization", Sixian County actively cultivated and expanded the auto parts industry chain to form cluster development. In just a few years, it has attracted and cultivated many large auto parts companies, injecting new impetus into promoting the high-quality development of the county's economy.

At present, Sixian County has seized the opportunity of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, focused on the development of the auto parts industry cluster, deeply implemented the industrial "doubling" action, guided enterprises to carry out technical cooperation with universities and research institutes, and implemented the "micro growth, small rise, high growth" echelon cultivation of enterprises. Among the 74 auto parts manufacturing companies, 22 are high-tech enterprises, and 6 have been recognized as provincial "specialized and new" enterprises.

The auto parts products produced in Sixian include more than 100 varieties and more than 3,000 models, including filters, bearings, water pumps, spark plugs, brake pads, triangular arms, fuel pumps, etc. The annual revenue of the main business of auto parts manufacturing and related supporting enterprises exceeds 3.5 billion yuan. The auto parts industry in Sixian has become an important engine for promoting the high-quality development of the county's economy and has been rated as a provincial county-level characteristic industrial cluster base.