UT129C-1 Innovation is the fundamental driving force for new industrialization, among which, especially the integration and innovation of 5T basic technologies such as IT (information technology), OT (operation technology), CT (communication technology), DT (digital technology), ET (energy technology), is an important direction to cultivate new quality productivity and build an innovation ecology, and is opening new ideas for the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.
On January 18, 2024, Schneider Electric and Yiou Think Tank officially released the 2024 Future Industrial Technology Integration Innovation Report (hereinafter referred to as the “Report”). As an important outcome of the green intelligent manufacturing Win plan, the report elaborated the evolution route of the five stages of intelligent manufacturing, prospectively proposed the deep integration of 5T technology to build a new paradigm of future industry, and presented the best example of the integration of innovative technology and industrial scenarios. Focusing on the industrial scene, the report screens six vertical areas, conducts an in-depth assessment of the current situation of enterprise transformation around the three dimensions of product life cycle, production process and supply chain management, and finally anchors and analyzes 27 technology integration innovation scenarios, providing an effective reference for enterprise digitalization and green low-carbon dual transformation.
5T technology integration and innovation lay the foundation for the construction of future industrial scenes
The report points out that technological innovation is the key driving force for the hiUT129C-1 gh-end, intelligent and green development of manufacturing. Due to the huge differences in many factors such as process flow, operation management, talent and technical base of manufacturing segments, there are many challenges in building green intelligent manufacturing solutions for future industries with a single technology. For example, using functional technologies such as OT, IT, ET to directly develop traditional applications can make them run some functions successfully, but they do not have the characteristics of digitalization and intelligence. The application of enabling technologies such as DT and CT can make traditional applications more adaptable to digital or intelligent requirements, but it cannot support an application system and device alone – it is obvious that the construction of future industrial scenarios needs to rely on the integration and innovation of 5T technology.
With the interweaving and integration of 5T basic technologies, a series of innovative technology representatives including industrial digital twin, cloud native, 5G edge computing, and energy carbon management technology have been formed:
Industrial digital twins create virtual twins of physical entities in a digital way, and then simulate, verify, predict, and control the operation of the entire life cycle of physical entities based on data. The technology can be applied to many scenarios in green smart factories such as virtual factory and production line construction, product design, maUT129C-1 ufacturing process optimization, machine and equipment management and operation management, and has played an increasingly important role in the industrial field.
Cloud-native can provide a flexible, agile, easily scalable, and highly available operating environment for the industrial Internet platform, reducing the complexity of platform operation and maintenance and improving efficiency.
5G edge computing integrates the characteristics of 5G communication technology and edge computing technology, bringing real-time, high-bandwidth, stable, and scalable interconnection communication to green intelligent manufacturing plants, and providing necessary technical support for applications requiring real-time and high efficiency (real-time edge control optimization, advanced process control, etc.).
Energy carbon management technologies can optimize the operational efficiency and reliability of energy systems and contribute to sustainable industrial development. The intelligent energy carbon management system in the future industry will also realize the upgrade of full data element collection, prediction identification, data security and intelligent decision-making.
Focusing on six industries, presenting the template of technology and scene integration
If the innovative technology is “wood”, then the industry is “soil”, in order to truly play the value of digital technology, we must increase the depth of integration of innovative technology and industrial scenes, so that “wood” and “soil” nourish each other, gain momentum for growth.
Based on this, the report pays particular attention to the deployment of future industrial application scenarios, by examining the key criteria such as industry size, industry scale growth, industry profit growth and national strategic layout, and screening six vertical fields with large scale, fast growth and high strategic position in the industry: petrochemical, food and beverage, non-ferrous industry, power batteries, hydrogen energy storage, and integrated circuits for in-depth analysis. The analysis dimension is from surface to point, covering industry fundamentals, industry green intelligent transformation needs and transformation status, industry future scenarios and excellent cases, in order to guide industry users and service providers in the future when building green intelligent manufacturing solutions need to focus on the direction.
Taking the hydrogen energy storage industry as an example, in the upstream segment, hydrogen is flammable and explosive with low density, resulting in relatively high construction cost of hydrogen storage facilities. In addition, once hydrogen is leaked during storage and transportation, it is easy to lead to explosion and serious consequences. Therefore, it is necessary to create and test the reliability of infrastructure in a virtual environment and simulate the hazards caused by extreme environments during production and transportation. Develop a security response strategy; In the downstream link, hydrogen application customers have strict requirements for hydrogen purity, such as fuel cells need 5N purity, but traditional automation technology cannot guarantee product purity, and it is necessary to monitor oxygen in hydrogen, hydrogen in oxygen, and hydrogen dew point online. These challenges make real-time monitoring and emergency treatment of security risks, digital twin factory construction and digital twin of key equipment, equipment fault diagnosis and predictive maintenance, carbon emission management and tracking become the priority digital scenarios for enterprises.
