Transformation Of Shoemaking Production: Does "Robot" Replace Employees?

"Fewer employees, more robots!" in recent days, the reporter interviewed on the spot.

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Jinwei sports, Anta and other Quanzhou footwear enterprises found that a professional expression for the "six axis robot" automated production equipment in the footwear industry is widely concerned.

According to introducing, this kind of robot can replace 6 to 10 workers, complete the specific operation of sorting and handling in the process of shoemaking, not only greatly improves the production efficiency of shoe enterprises, but also effectively relieves the phenomenon of "labor shortage" frequently appeared since 2000, and supports the sustainable development of Quanzhou's real economy.

In the black Polytron Technologies Inc (Fujian) automation Polytron Technologies Inc research and development center in Luojiang District of Quanzhou, the reporter saw a "six axis robot" nicknamed "big Transformers".

It is flexible in action, small in motion inertia and strong in versatility. It can not only complete the work close to the frame, but also bypass the obstacles between the body and working machinery, and is well received by the production enterprises.

According to the introduction, the robot has been identified by relevant departments and has reached the leading level in China. It belongs to one of the numerical control robots.

Their application will directly help local shoe manufacturers to embark on the road of automated production.

It is understood that at present, in addition to the black gold, Anta, PEAK, Jordan and other local enterprises have also used a large number of automatic production equipment, such as no car sewing CNC equipment, automatic running network printing equipment, automatic washing machine and other series of products, all become the local shoe enterprises to introduce the Xiang pastry.

According to Wang Bingchuan, deputy investigator of Quanzhou science and Technology Bureau, in recent years, with the increasing scarcity of labor resources, the era of shoe making industry relying on cheap labor to gain profits has ended.

More and more Quanzhou shoe enterprises want to increase productivity through introducing advanced machinery and innovative production technology to speed up production automation.

Speaking of the current low level of automatic production of shoe industry in China, Zhang Changwei, Quanzhou Xintai shoe material company, thinks it has something to do with the particularity of the industry.

He told reporters: "the shoe industry automation is not standardized for each configuration.

The material of shoes is relatively changeable. Today is cloth. Tomorrow is a cloth. The day after tomorrow is likely to be leather, and the method of delivery is also different. Therefore, the requirements for equipment are relatively high, and the investment is bigger in the early stage.

"Glue spraying is a key process in the process of shoemaking.

This process used to rely mainly on manual operation or semi automatic operation.

This way of operation not only has low safety factor, but also low labor efficiency and unstable quality. In some strict requirements, manual gluing is almost impossible to achieve the quality requirements.

According to the insiders, the use of advanced technology of automatic adhesive equipment can adapt to the processing requirements of different shoes, and can ensure the accuracy of glue and product quality.

"Although automation equipment is relatively large investment in the early stage, in the long run, it is actually more economic and efficient."

A shoe manufacturer in Quanzhou told reporters that a high-end automation equipment they currently use can not only save 400 kilowatt hours per day, but also save 146 thousand kilowatt hours in 1 years, and save costs in materials and labor.