Fully transparent tour and unobstructed tour. Why does Lynk & Co’s Zhangjiakou factory dare to be so “open”?

When we talk about "Zhangjiakou", what do you think of?

The upcoming Winter Olympics? Or the grasslands filled with mountains and plains? Or maybe a warm and cheerful local?

And if I said that I saw an "open" spirit in Zhangjiakou, would you be a little surprised? After all, in people’s general impression, Zhangjiakou, an inland, non-coastal city, does not seem to have much to do with the word “openness”. However, when I visited Lynk & Co’s Zhangjiakou factory, I really saw the blooming of the “open” spirit.

The "openness" of Lynk & Co's Zhangjiakou factory lies in fully transparent visits and unobstructed tours, which is surprising. In the workshop, a glass channel was designed above the assembly line at the beginning of construction. The fully transparent effect allows visitors to have a more comprehensive and thorough understanding of the assembly process of Lynk & Co's models. It seems that there is no worry that someone will secretly take photos of the company's production secrets. generally.

Why is this? Why can a car factory be so open?

Industry 4.0 Benchmark: The "Ultimate Weapon" of Lynk & Co's Zhangjiakou Factory

The visit to Lynk & Co's Zhangjiakou Factory starts with silence. You can't see anything in the empty park. People, it seems that the huge factory is not running at all.

In fact, Lynk & Co's Zhangjiakou factory has been running, but it operates automated and intelligent production processes, so that you don't feel the hustle and bustle of people like other factories - this is the integration of the "Industry 4.0" concept to Lynk & Co. The advanced productivity brought by the Zhangjiakou factory.

It is understood that Lynk & Co’s Zhangjiakou factory is a vehicle factory with a total investment of 12.5 billion yuan by Geely Holding Group and a planned annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles. It is the group’s largest vehicle factory currently invested and the first to fully comply with Volvo’s global manufacturing and A manufacturing base built with quality standards that meets the most stringent market access conditions in the world.

Based on the concept of "Industry 4.0", Lynk & Co's Zhangjiakou factory is planned to be a high-standard smart factory with smart production and smart logistics systems. The factory introduces complete IT systems, adopts advanced information management models, and configures First-class equipment, its intelligence, informatization, flexibility, automation and green environmental protection concepts have reached the international leading level.

Lynk & Co’s Zhangjiakou factory has four major workshops: stamping, welding, painting and final assembly, which are fully constructed and managed in accordance with Volvo’s global quality standards. Regardless of which production line, visitors can visit at will. Lynk & Co's Zhangjiakou factory is completely open and transparent.

According to the staff, in the stamping workshop with a construction area of ??about 15,600 square meters, two stamping lines A and B are set up, using advanced equipment such as German Mager cranes. Each production line is composed of 5 presses in series. The presses are all multi-link high-speed mechanical presses with a total tonnage of up to 7300T. Five presses use Altrinhaus wet clutches. The friction plates can be cooled quickly and have low wear, which extends the service life.

When we came to the welding workshop covering an area of ??53,000 square meters, we were even more stunned by the rows of huge robots. It turns out that Lynk & Co has introduced the world's top KUKA flexible production line, using 285 KUKA robots to ensure 100% automation of the main welding line. The maximum annual production capacity of the workshop is 200,000 vehicles, and one vehicle will roll off the assembly line in about two minutes. The workshop can also form a random mixed-line production method, further expanding the diversified needs of the production workshop.

The largest KUKA robot is called KR 1000 Titan. It is a seven-axis heavy-duty robot with an open motion system, a payload capacity of 1,000 kg, and a maximum operating distance of 3.2 meters. . Such "magical power" amazed all the visitors.

Before each vehicle enters the assembly workshop, there will be an RFID "ID card". This ID card is not only used during the production stage, it will accompany the vehicle until it is scrapped. When the car that requires final assembly drives to the worker's workstation, the work order that the worker needs to operate is automatically read from the cloud and displayed on the screen in front of the workstation. All operations on the production line, as well as all future repair and maintenance records of the vehicle, will be recorded on this RFID ID card, allowing consumers to trace it back at any time.

The high degree of intelligence and automation makes Lynk & Co's Zhangjiakou factory in the world's leading level in production equipment, quality process control and other fields. This is the charm brought by Industry 4.0.