On April 15, 2019, at the major project signing ceremony of 2019 Hunan docking Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District forum, Guangzhou Changdao Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. officially signed a contract with Changsha Yuhua Economic Development Zone, and the long trail machine vision optoelectronic industry production base project with an investment of 500 million yuan was settled in Yuhua Economic Development Zone.
The long trail machine vision optoelectronic industry production base project will be located in Changsha Yuhua Economic Development Zone 89 plot, covering an area of about 41 mu, production and operation area of about 40000 square meters. After the completion of the project, it will become the only industrial base integrating R & D, production and service in China except Guangzhou headquarters. It will form an annual production capacity of 1 million industrial
Optical Lenses, 800000 industrial cameras, 5 million other lenses and 200000 sets of industrial light sources, with an output value of 5 billion yuan, It has become a demonstration and application base of
Optical Lens intelligent manufacturing technology and equipment.
According to the Investment Promotion Bureau and Economic Development Bureau of Changsha Yuhua Economic and Technological Development Zone, in 2018, there were 188 enterprises in Hunan robot industry cluster zone in Yuhua Economic and Technological Development Zone, with an operating income of 8.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28%. At present, the park has introduced 200 enterprises of artificial intelligence sensors and robots. It is estimated that the intelligent manufacturing with robots as the main body will achieve a revenue of 1 billion yuan in the first quarter, with a year-on-year growth of 21%.
In August 2020, the manipulator was busy and the craftsman polished it carefully. After ten procedures, such as blank folding, sanding and grinding, a crystal clear industrial lens appeared on the production line of Hunan Changdao Optical Technology Co., Ltd.
It is less than 5 minutes' drive away from the hot production workshop. It is a long track machine vision photoelectric industry production base to accelerate the construction. Since the construction started in September last year, this project with a construction area of about 42000 square meters has been growing at a moving speed: the first phase of 15000 square meters industrial plant was completed in only two months, and the second phase, which was originally scheduled to start in three years, will be completed in September this year[ All along, the industrial lens market has been dominated by foreign brands. Our goal is to let more people see the most beautiful world through domestic industrial lenses! " On August 25, standing on the project site, Li Siqing, chairman of Hunan Changdao Optical Technology Co., Ltd., saw a kind of light flashing in his eyes.
The first phase and the second phase of "light speed" of the base construction were put into use simultaneously in October
Almost every month, Li Siqing will arrive in Changsha from Guangzhou headquarters. The first stop after arriving in Changsha is always to go to the project site in Yuhua Economic Development Zone to know the progress.
"It's been a year. It's like watching a child grow up." Li Siqing is a native of Loudi, Hunan Province. It has been his long cherished wish for many years to set up a company and a production base in Hunan, "no matter how far he goes, he is closest to his hometown."
Under the scorching sun, the construction of machine vision optoelectronic industry production base is in full swing. The reporter saw here that the first phase of the project has been completely capped, suspended ceiling, wall painting and floor installation, and the workers are carrying out interior decoration. Next to the second phase of the first phase of the project, tower cranes are busy running. One of the two buildings with a total area of 17600 square meters has been capped, and the other has been built to the last floor. The internal roads of the project are also in the rush, and the work of landfill pipe network and greening facilities are carried out in an orderly manner.
"By the end of October this year, phase I and phase II of the project will be put into operation simultaneously." Li Siqing was deeply moved by the production base composed of industrial plants, office buildings, domestic advanced optical imaging research center and photoelectric detection center.
As an optical technology enterprise, the construction speed of long trail project is often called "speed of light". In November last year, the 15000 square meter industrial plant in the first phase of the project, which started construction for only two months, was capped[ At most, there are nearly 500 workers fighting on the front line. In order to catch up with the construction period, not only three shifts are implemented, sometimes even Chinese food is sent to the construction site. " Li Siqing said.
A small detail witnessed the determination of the long trail to seize the day. In the traditional construction mode, the wooden formwork and steel support used to support the building will be removed after the first floor is built and recycled for the construction of the upper floor. In order to seize the time, the project will not demolish the formwork layer by layer until the whole building is completed.
At the same time, the construction time of the second phase of the long trail, which was originally scheduled to start three years later, has been greatly advanced[ During this year's epidemic, the machine vision optoelectronic industry production base, which resumed work on February 6, is one of the earliest projects to resume work in Changsha. " Zhou Gang, the person in charge of project construction, can't forget that Yuhua Economic Development Zone not only sent buses to pick up workers, but also provided anti epidemic materials such as masks and alcohol, and carried out free nucleic acid testing for employees, so that the project can resume work smoothly.
High precision product research and development, let Chinese lens see all over the world
The reason for completing the construction of large-scale projects in one year and speeding up the pace comes from a dream of "letting Chinese lens see the world".
For a long time, when it comes to lens, most people think of Nikon, Canon, Schneider and other brands, while the high-end industrial lens market was often occupied by the old lens manufacturers in Germany, Japan, the United States and other countries.
"Innovation is the only way to lead." Li Siqing lamented that in order to realize more industrial lens "made in China intelligently", long trail will spend 10% of its annual sales revenue on R & D. now it has 85 independent intellectual property rights in camera design, image processing, algorithm, mechanical structure, electronic technology and other fields, and has become a leading enterprise in the comprehensive development of domestic machine vision industrial lens.
"Last year, our FA lens (standard industrial lens) sold nearly 200000, accounting for 17% of the domestic market. We plan to take three years to achieve the first market share in the world." Li Siqing is proud to introduce that only industrial lens can produce linear scanning lens, special lens, medical lens, consumer lens and many other categories. In the segment market, it has the same competitive level as the international leading enterprises, and has created many firsts.
Small lens can appear in mobile phones, cars, or the "eyes" of industrial robots. It reflects the level of precision manufacturing, and constantly refreshes the "Chinese precision". The 360 ° imaging system developed by long trail self-help can perfectly present the outer wall or inner side of the object ring in an image with only one camera, which fills the gap in the domestic market, and the product performance can be comparable with that of foreign famous brands.
This year, the world's first 150 megapixel industrial lens with large target area is also coming out on the long trail. Defects can be detected through the lens, ranging from the mobile phone screen to the 100 inch LCD panel.
From January to July this year, the output value of the long trail will reach 150 million yuan, and it is estimated that the output value of the whole year will reach 300 million yuan[ The accelerated construction of the machine vision optoelectronic industry production base is an important carrier for enterprises to gradually move towards their dreams. " Li Siqing said. After the completion of the project, the production capacity of the enterprise will be greatly improved, forming an annual production capacity of 800000 industrial optical lenses, 400000 industrial cameras, 1.5 million vehicle lenses and other lenses, and 80000 sets of industrial light sources.
"Singles champion" in the field of medium and high-end optical lens, and "unicorn" as an optical technology enterprise... Although today's long trail has many labels, technology driving is still the key to make industrial lens "made in China" famous in the world. To this end, the industrial base set up a special optical image research center and photoelectric detection center. In the future, it will not only become a "smart brain" for long walks, but also join hands with domestic well-known universities to carry out artificial intelligence and optical vision research. Relying on leading optical research and development and detection technology, it will become a national standard setter for industrial lens for machine vision, leading more enterprises to dig deep into the field of optical precision.
"If the path is long, the step will come." In the industrial base under construction, eight big characters are very eye-catching. Li Siqing said that this is the original intention of the name of the long trail, and it is also the belief of enterprises in seizing the "commanding height".
Dialogue with project liaison leaders
What kind of new kinetic energy will the rapid construction of the long track machine vision optoelectronic industrial production base bring to Changsha to win the battle of upgrading the industrial foundation and modernizing the industrial chain, and promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry? The reporter interviewed Xie Weidong, director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress and head of the industrial chain of artificial intelligence and robots (including sensors), who is the leader of the joint project.
Q: after the project is completed and put into operation, what kind of assistance will it bring to the high-quality development of Changsha's manufacturing industry?
A: as a "singles champion" and "invisible champion" enterprise in the field of machine vision, long trail is in a leading position in the industry. Its machine vision optoelectronic industry production base focuses on industrial lens, optical image, optoelectronic detection and other core fields and key fields of Optoelectronics at home and abroad. After the project is completed and put into operation, it will become the headquarters demonstration base of global optical lens intelligent manufacturing technology and equipment, effectively fill the vacancy of core supporting in Changsha and even domestic "machine vision" field, and build a good "intelligent manufacturing" ecology for the accelerated development of Changsha's advanced manufacturing industry.
Q: in the next stage, how will the artificial intelligence and robot (including sensors) industry chain of the city to which the project belongs step up to a new level?
A: in the next step, the industrial chain of artificial intelligence and Robotics (including sensors) will focus more on "specialization and small size", focus on "both hardware and software", strengthen the connection between new infrastructure and artificial intelligence and robotics industry, focus on industrial software and intelligent robot equipment, and promote the integrated development of software enterprises and hardware manufacturing enterprises. At the same time, around a batch of 124 application demonstration scenarios released in Changsha, we focus on the automobile, equipment manufacturing, construction machinery and other aspects to promote the construction of local demonstration applications and scenarios of local products, and accelerate the industrial chain to move towards the middle and high end through transformation and upgrading.
