Connecting Virtual and Reality: Industrial Transformation of SMTCL CNC

Utilizing 3D information systems to manage the entire lifecycle of intelligent machine tools, connecting virtual and reality, and achieving connectivity and collaboration between machines, machines and humans, and humans. This will bring about a revolution in the future manufacturing industry.

In the i5 intelligent machine tool assembly workshop of SMTCL CNC, two rows of digital terminals with large-sized touch screens are particularly eye-catching, and busy workers in the workshop occasionally click on the touch screens of the terminals.

When workers on the production line assemble machine tools, they can obtain 3D technical guidance from the terminal machine nearby, and the relevant requirements of each assembly process can also be visually viewed from the terminal machine. Every part assembled by workers is scanned and the data is directly transmitted to the terminal and uploaded to the cloud in real-time. Starting from the production line, the data of the i5 intelligent machine tool independently developed by SMTCL CNC is collected in real time. From quality inspection to the actual operation time of each process, from the overall technical parameters of the product to the parameters and suppliers of each component, all data will be synchronized with the "digital twin" in the virtual space of the network.

These data will accompany each machine tool throughout its "lifetime". In addition to the data generated on the production line, in the future, from warehousing and logistics to production operation and after-sales service, the entire lifecycle data of a machine tool will be automatically collected in real-time and stored in a cloud database for unified management. The production and use process of a single machine tool, or even thousands of machine tools, can be viewed and managed in real time through the network, using terminals such as mobile phones and computers, in order to improve the efficiency of machine tool use.

This is the first time in the industrial field that the full lifecycle management of products has been promoted to the field of intelligent manufacturing worldwide. In the view of Guan Xiyou, Chairman of SMTCL CNC Group, this is an innovative transformation for future industries and also the inheritance of the innovative genes of i5 intelligent machine tools.