On March 30, in the production workshop of CRRC Changjiang Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. in Jiangxia Economic Development Zone, Wuhan, workers were debugging a new assembly line to prepare for the order of Australian railway flat cars to be put into operation.
CRRC Changjiang Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. is a core enterprise in the development, repair, sales and service of railway freight cars and key parts under Crrc Corporation Limited(601766) banner. Its products cover more than 60 varieties in 12 series, including railway open, flat, shed, tank, hopper car and railway freight car accessories. The company’s products and services cover more than 30 countries and regions around the world.
“In the first quarter of this year, the company’s overseas order delivery increased greatly. At present, 250 Wulian flat cars sold to the UAE have been produced and delivered.” According to the person in charge of planning and operation of the enterprise, the company expects the output value of the first quarter to exceed 260 million yuan, with a year-on-year increase of nearly 20%.
“replacing people with machines”, saving more than half of the labor cost
The UAE five unit flat car just delivered in the first quarter is a double-layer container flat car structure with five cars in one formation. In terms of connection, two cars share one bogie, which reduces the cost and has a larger carrying capacity. Compared with the national railway flat car, the manufacturing process is more complex.
“The difficulty of placing the double-layer container in parallel is that it is easy to bend the sector, which is about 15 meters long.” According to the manager of the company’s process technology department, in order to ensure product quality, more than 80% of the vehicle appearance parts adopt automatic welding, which is more accurate than manual operation.
In the past two years, CRRC Changjiang Vehicle Co., Ltd. has made continuous efforts in the intelligent transformation of production line. “At present, we have upgraded the technology of the four main production lines, ‘replacing people with machines’ has not only improved the production efficiency and product quality, but also saved more than 50% of the labor cost.” Said the manager of the process technology department.
Excellent product competitiveness brings enterprises a steady stream of orders. This year, the orders for new vehicles made by the enterprise increased rapidly. In addition to meeting the delivery needs of China’s major customers such as China Railway Group, it also expands overseas markets such as Guinea and the United Arab Emirates. Overseas business has realized the transformation from traditional single product export to “product + technology + service”, localized investment and cooperation, product life cycle management and other modes.
In addition, the capacity of repair business has also exceeded a new high. In the first quarter alone, repair orders for railway freight cars reached more than 1300, a year-on-year increase of 70%. “This year is a big year for railway freight car maintenance, and the total annual repair output is expected to reach about 6000.” The person in charge of the company’s planning and operation said.
march into multimodal transport equipment and solve the problem of “not connecting at the moment and not connecting smoothly”
In addition to continuously improving the competitiveness of new vehicle products, Changjiang Company is actively expanding the industrial field and building information-based, environmental friendly and highly reliable modern logistics technology and equipment represented by smart trucks, intelligent cold chain transportation equipment and multimodal transportation equipment.
Multimodal transport equipment, based on the three directions of “highway railway integrated transportation system”, “intelligent railway station” and “intelligent air rail collection and distribution system”, can realize the interconnection of containers between distribution centers and solve the problem of “temporary non connection and poor connection” between logistics nodes.
Last year, the intelligent air rail collection and distribution system (demonstration section) jointly built by Changjiang Company and Shandong Port Qingdao Port International Co.Ltd(601298) was completed and put into use in Qingdao. This is the first time in the world to realize the organic integration of air rail technology and port business, and open up the “last kilometer” between container transportation ports, ships, stations and yards.
“The traditional port unloading mostly uses cranes. When the transportation volume is large, it often causes congestion in the port. While the intelligent air rail system automatically grabs from the air, covering an area of only 30% of the road construction, which effectively improves the transportation efficiency of the ‘last kilometer’.” The manager of the process technology department said, “Qingdao air rail transportation demonstration section is in good operation at present. The phase II air rail construction is under active negotiation. Once the intention is determined, the demonstration section will be extended to 9 kilometers.”
In terms of cold chain transportation equipment, the innovative railway refrigerated cargo transportation power box adopts intelligent + information technology to create a new mode of remote monitoring and unattended application of China’s railway freight equipment; The new energy lithium battery refrigerator product applies the environment-friendly and energy-saving lithium battery system to railway working conditions for the first time, which has the advantages of green environmental protection, energy conservation, high efficiency and information intelligence; The energy storage (cold) products promoted by R & D can realize the pre charging (cold) technology, unmanned operation in the transportation process, environmental protection and zero emission, which will further improve the economy of cargo transportation.
“This year, the Shenzhen New Industries Biomedical Engineering Co.Ltd(300832) field will become a new growth point for enterprises, and the sales revenue of emerging logistics equipment may exceed 1 billion.” The person in charge of the company’s planning and operation said.
