Inspection costs reduced by 30% and inspection cycles shortened by over 30%
Hebei’s first robot quality inspection center established in Tangshan
Hebei Daily News (Reporters Shi Yuan, Ma Yanming, Intern Reporter An Yang) – Laser tracking devices dynamically test the movement trajectories of robots, while cold-field emission scanning electron microscopes conduct nano-level inspections of the metallic structural properties of robots… On August 15, we entered the Hebei Province Intelligent Robot Product Quality Inspection Center (hereinafter referred to as the “Robot Quality Inspection Center”) located in the High-tech Zone of Tangshan City, where various advanced equipment is diagnosing the quality of robot products.
The Robot Quality Inspection Center was established by the Hebei Provincial Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Research Institute on August 6, and is the first quality inspection center for intelligent robot products in the province, filling a gap in the professional testing field for robots in Hebei. Liu Jiantao, a staff member at the center, introduced that the center can provide comprehensive testing services for research and development, production inspection, and market access for robot enterprises, scientific institutions, and innovation centers in the province and surrounding areas, effectively supporting the quality improvement and upgrading of the intelligent robot industry in Tangshan and the entire province.
As one of the 107 characteristic industrial clusters in the province, the intelligent special robot industrial cluster in Tangshan High-tech Zone has formed a distinctive industrial cluster led by industrial robots, highlighted by special robots, and characterized by service robots, integrating research and development, production, and services, with advantages in industrial agglomeration and complete chains. To enhance the resilience and competitiveness of the robot industrial cluster, Tangshan City has held multiple enterprise symposiums to understand the pain points faced by robot companies, such as the inability to measure, long cycles, long distances, and high costs of inspection and testing, making the establishment of the Robot Quality Inspection Center timely.
Accurate problem-solving and collaborative efforts are key. The Hebei Provincial Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Research Institute, along with the market supervision departments at the municipal and district levels in Tangshan, jointly visited relevant departments, research institutions, and enterprises to systematically collect past inspection reports and summarize over 50 core inspection parameters, ensuring that the inspection resources of the Robot Quality Inspection Center are efficient and practical.
Mechanical performance laboratories, light source darkroom testing laboratories, water pressure laboratories, and walk-in thermal radiation laboratories… With the establishment of the Robot Quality Inspection Center, as part of the center, the 32 laboratories of CITIC Heavy Industries Kaicheng Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. located in Tangshan High-tech Zone have gained a “new identity” and are serving the development of the industrial cluster through a “shared manufacturing” model.
“Building a provincial-level inspection and testing center faces challenges such as high funding requirements and long construction cycles,” Liu Jiantao said. To accelerate the efficient transformation of technological research results, the Robot Quality Inspection Center utilizes local resources and promotes the socialized service of local leading enterprises’ laboratories, integrating inspection and testing into the “shared manufacturing” action of the characteristic industrial cluster, constructing a virtuous industrial ecosystem of co-construction, sharing, and collaborative progress.
“Shared manufacturing” gathers strength, upgrading characteristic industries towards new heights. The completed Robot Quality Inspection Center has established four basic functional laboratories for intelligent robots, including those for testing raw materials such as metals, motion performance testing, electrical (battery) safety, reliability experiments, and reliability technical assessments, equipped with 168 advanced devices (sets) such as laser tracking devices and electron microscopes, covering 107 inspection parameters and 240 inspection methods (standards) in the robot field, and can provide inspection and testing services for over 200 robot-related enterprises in Tangshan.
“In the past, we had to go to Shanghai or Shenyang for inspection and testing. Now, we can conduct inspections right at our doorstep, significantly shortening the cycle.” A relevant department head from CITIC Heavy Industries Kaicheng Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. explained that compared to previous off-site inspections, the current testing costs have been reduced by 30%, and the inspection cycle has been shortened by over 30%.
It is reported that the Robot Quality Inspection Center can also provide inspection services for the first set of products for enterprises, assisting them in obtaining relevant support policies and reducing research and development costs. In the next step, Tangshan will accelerate the construction of an industrial innovation ecosystem of “testing – research and development – transformation – upgrading,” helping Tangshan transform into a hub for robot industry technology standards and a source of industrial innovation.
Source: Hebei Daily, Tangshan Release
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