A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology completed the announcement of the "2022 Intelligent Manufacturing Demonstration Factory Unveiling Units and Excellent Scenarios List". Yancheng Canadian Solar Inc. Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as "Yancheng Canadian Solar") has been awarded the first national brand in the field of intelligent manufacturing in Yancheng City by virtue of the two projects of "human-computer collaborative manufacturing" and "digital infrastructure integration".

"Intelligent Manufacturing Demonstration Factory Unveiling Unit and Excellent Scenario Project" is a pilot demonstration action of intelligent manufacturing jointly led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the General Administration of Market Supervision to implement the "14th Five-Year Plan for Intelligent Manufacturing Development". The purpose is to select a number of excellent scenarios for intelligent manufacturing, build a number of demonstration factories for intelligent manufacturing, deepen the promotion and application of intelligent manufacturing, select and promote excellent intelligent scenarios, promote the realization of manufacturing technology breakthroughs, process innovation, scenario integration and business process reengineering, and play a leading role in demonstration.

Yancheng Canadian Solar was established in 2017, which is one of the high-tech enterprises specializing in research and development, production and sales of high-efficiency solar cells under Canadian Solar Inc. In recent years, Yancheng Canadian Solar has complied with the "14th Five-Year Plan" intelligent manufacturing development plan, made every effort to create intelligent manufacturing related application scenarios, and promoted the intelligent transformation and upgrading of production lines as a whole. It has vigorously implemented the development strategy of intelligent manufacturing, successively introduced automated robots, visual inspection systems, ERP intelligent management systems and MES systems, and continuously improved automated material delivery, automated information management and automated production capacity. Through hundreds of industrial robots, the factory constructs human-computer collaborative manufacturing scenarios to promote the flexible upgrade of intelligent manufacturing, which not only optimizes the utilization rate of working space, but also improves production efficiency, shortens production cycle, reduces labor costs and realizes machine replacement. Yancheng Canadian Solar "human-computer collaborative manufacturing" intelligent scenario is in the forefront of the industry, which not only promotes the company's own business development, improves the intelligent level of the photovoltaic cell industry, but also effectively promotes the development of domestic autonomous industrial robots, which can be successfully applied and replicated in the photovoltaic cell industry.

Through the development of embedded system and the use of data acquisition card, Yancheng Canadian Solar also interconnects various sensors and equipment information, achieves data sharing, realizes information networking, and constructs Canadian Solar Industrial Big Data Center. At the same time, IoT (Internet of Things) network is used to break through data barriers and obtain global data in real time. Relying on the self-developed data platform, applications such as "three-dimensional factory" and intelligent analysis are constructed to meet the core business needs of real-time analysis, scientific decision-making and intelligent optimization.

The national intelligent manufacturing demonstration pilot project is highly recognized for the intelligent development of Canadian Solar Inc. In the future, Canadian Solar Inc. will continue to devote itself to the development of digitalization and intellectualization, and strive to realize the beautiful vision of becoming a first-class intelligent enterprise.

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日前，工业和信息化部“2022年度智能制造示范工厂揭榜单位和优秀场景名单”完成公示。盐城阿特斯阳光能源科技有限公司（以下简称“盐城阿特斯”）继荣获江苏省工业互联网标杆工厂后，凭借“人机协同制造”和“数字基础设施集成”两个项目，成功获评国家智能制造示范试点(优秀场景类)，成为盐城市智能制造领域首个国家级品牌。

“智能制造示范工厂揭榜单位和优秀场景项目”是由工业和信息化部、国家发展改革委、财政部、市场监管总局联合主导，为贯彻落实《“十四五”智能制造发展规划》联合开展的智能制造试点示范行动。目的是遴选一批智能制造优秀场景，以揭榜挂帅方式建设一批智能制造示范工厂，深化智能制造推广应用，遴选推广优秀智能场景，带动实现制造技术突破、工艺创新、场景集成和业务流程再造，发挥示范带动作用。

盐城阿特斯是阿特斯阳光电力集团股份有限公司旗下专业从事高效太阳能电池研发、生产和销售的高新技术企业之一，成立于2017年。近年来，盐城阿特斯顺应“十四五”智能制造发展规划，全力打造智能制造相关应用场景，统筹推进产线智能化转型升级。大力实施智能制造发展战略，先后引进自动化机器人、视觉检测系统、ERP智能化管理系统以及MES系统等，持续完善自动化物料运送、自动化信息管理和自动化生产能力。工厂通过数百台工业机器人，构建人机协同制造场景助推智能制造柔性升级，不仅优化了作业空间利用率，更提高了生产效率、缩短生产周期、降低劳动成本，实现机器换人。盐城阿特斯“人机协同制造”智能场景走在行业前列，不仅促进公司自身业务发展，提升了光伏电池行业智能化水平，同时有效促进国产自主工业机器人发展，在光伏电池行业可成功应用并推广复制。

盐城阿特斯还通过嵌入式系统的开发、数据采集卡的使用，将各种传感器和设备信息互联互通，达成数据共享，实现信息网络化，构建起阿特斯工业大数据中心。同时利用IoT（Internet of Things物联网）网络，打通数据壁垒，实时获取全域数据，依托自主研发的数据平台，构建“三维工厂”、智慧分析等应用，实现实时分析、科学决策、智能优化等核心业务需求。

此次获评国家级智能制造示范试点，是对阿特斯智能化发展的高度认可。未来，阿特斯还将持续致力于数字化、智能化发展，致力实现成为一流智能化企业的美好愿景。