Recently, Sany Heavy Industry Changsha No. 18 Factory was selected into the new list of lighthouse factories in the global manufacturing industry released by the World Economic Forum. As the most advanced and "smart" factory in the global heavy industry, the data of No. 18 Lighthouse Factory was first exposed to the public, which shocked the industry.

Compared with that before the transformation, in the same production area, the capacity of No. 18 Lighthouse Factory increased by 123%, the personnel efficiency increased by 98%, and the unit manufacturing cost decreased by 29%. Relying on the industrial Internet operating system of Shugen Internet, at present, all 9 processes and 32 typical scenes of No. 18 Lighthouse Factory have achieved "smart operation", realizing the implementation of all intelligent manufacturing elements of "one steel plate enters, one pump truck exits".

Sany 18 lighthouse factory covers an area of 100000 square meters and is one of the largest lighthouse factories in the world. At present, the overall automation rate of No. 18 Lighthouse Factory has reached 76%, and the human-machine ratio has increased from 157:1 to 3:1, comprehensively improving the automation and intelligent level of the factory.Editor/Ma Xue