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AICE Expert Insights | "Intelligent Transformation is the Key for Plate/Sheet, Strip and Foil Enterprises to Break Through the 'Low-Profit Trap' and Move Towards High Value-Added Products"

  • Mar 20, 2025, at 10:02 am

01 Background and Trends of Intelligent Factory Transformation in the Aluminum Plate/Sheet, Strip and Foil Industry

1. Urgency of Manufacturing Upgrades

Global manufacturing is accelerating towards digitalization, networking, and intelligence. China has proposed the "Smart Manufacturing 2025" strategy, compelling traditional industries to reform. As a key sector in non-ferrous metal processing, the plate/sheet, strip and foil industry faces challenges such as high energy consumption, complex processes, significant quality fluctuations, and increasing customization demands, necessitating enhanced competitiveness through intelligence.

2. Necessity of Intelligence
Market Demand Compulsion: Downstream industries (such as NEVs, consumer electronics, aerospace) are demanding higher standards for the strength, thickness accuracy (e.g., battery foil requires ≤8μm), and surface quality of aluminum plate/sheet, strip and foil.
Trend of Small Batch Customization: Fragmented orders (e.g., hundreds of specifications for NEV battery foil) make it difficult for traditional mass production models to meet flexible delivery requirements.

Core Pathways of Intelligent Transformation

1. Application of Key Technologies

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): Real-time monitoring of equipment status and process parameters (e.g., rolling temperature, tension) to dynamically optimize production rhythms.
AI and Machine Vision: Used for surface defect detection (e.g., pinholes, scratches), replacing manual quality inspection, reducing the miss rate to below 0.1%.

Digital Twin: Building virtual models of rolling mills, annealing furnaces, and other equipment to simulate the impact of process parameter adjustments on finished product performance, shortening trial production cycles.

2. Reconfiguration of Production Processes

Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Supporting rapid switching between small-batch, multi-variety orders (e.g., lithium battery foil → packaging foil), reducing production line adjustment time by 30%-50%.

Supply Chain Collaboration: Through MES and ERP integration, achieving full-chain visibility from raw material procurement to delivery, increasing inventory turnover rates by over 20%.

3. Data-Driven Decision Making

Establishing a process database, analyzing historical data to optimize key parameters such as rolling passes and annealing curves, reducing scrap rates.

Specific Impact on Plate/Sheet, Strip and Foil Enterprises

1. Breakthroughs in Efficiency and Quality

Equipment OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) increased from 60% to over 85%, with per capita output growing 3-5 times. Quality data traceable to each roll of material, aiding in high-end customer certification (e.g., NEV battery foil).

2. Cost and Sustainability

Energy consumption reduced by 15%-30% (e.g., smart temperature control systems reduce gas consumption in annealing furnaces). Real-time monitoring of hazardous waste emissions, lowering environmental compliance risks.

3. Business Model Innovation

Offering "product + digital services" (e.g., remote operation and maintenance, process optimization subscriptions), enhancing customer loyalty.

Challenges and Countermeasures

1. Key Challenges

Technology Adaptability: The high degree of non-standardization in plate/sheet, strip and foil processes requires customized solutions (e.g., intelligent control for narrow-width rolling mills).

Talent Shortage: A scarcity of professionals with both material processing and AI knowledge.

2. Implementation Strategies

Phased Advancement: From single-point automation (e.g., unmanned cranes) to full-factory intelligent collaboration, reducing initial investment risks.

Ecosystem Collaboration: Jointly developing industry-specific industrial software and process algorithm models with universities and research institutes.

02 Speaker Introduction

Deputy General Manager of Hefei JingSong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., specializing in automated logistics warehousing and smart factories, with extensive experience in the field. Led the team in successfully designing and implementing the first heavy-load aluminum coil automated立体仓库和智能工厂项目。井松科技一直以来服务于多家铝加工行业的头部企业,长期致力于铝加工板带箔行业的智能化工厂改造。公司专注于为企业提供“节本、增效、减耗、提质、优管”的全新智能工厂整体解决方案,力求帮助客户在成本、效率和质量管理上实现全面优化。

更多深入解析,请关注AICE 2025铝产业博览会在2025年4月16日于苏州国际博览中心举办的【铝板带箔行业发展论坛】,大咖将在现场带来精彩的演讲与深入的解析分享!

03 关于AICE铝业大会

AICE 2025 SMM(第二十届)铝业大会暨铝产业博览会深耕行业上下游,作为聚焦于铝矿产冶炼、金属加工、终端消费于一体的产业交流平台,将于2025年4月16-18日苏州国际博览中心拉开帷幕。

铝板带箔行业发展论坛作为AICE 2025极为重要的论坛之一,4月16日将围绕铝板带箔行业竞争格局、超薄锂电铝箔的轧制工艺与性能挑战、铝合金汽车板的发展机遇、智能化工厂改造等多个热点话题进行探讨,在开年春季为铝产业带来一场无可比拟的盛会。

04 议程-铝板带箔行业发展论坛

sterile warehouse and smart factory project for heavy-load aluminum coils. JingSong Technology has long served top-tier enterprises in the aluminum processing industry, focusing on the intelligent transformation of aluminum plate/sheet, strip and foil factories. The company is dedicated to providing comprehensive smart factory solutions that aim to help clients achieve overall optimization in cost, efficiency, and quality management.

For more in-depth analysis, please attend the [Aluminum Plate/Sheet, Strip and Foil Industry Development Forum] at the AICE 2025 Aluminum Industry Expo on April 16, 2025, at the Suzhou International Expo Center, where the speaker will deliver an insightful presentation and share detailed analyses!

03 About the AICE Aluminum Conference

The AICE 2025 SMM (20th) Aluminum Conference and Industry Expo, a platform focused on the entire aluminum industry chain from ore smelting, metal processing to end-use consumption, will be held from April 16-18, 2025, at the Suzhou International Expo Center. The Aluminum Plate/Sheet, Strip and Foil Industry Development Forum, one of the most important forums at AICE 2025, will discuss hot topics such as the competitive landscape of the aluminum plate/sheet, strip and foil industry, the rolling process and performance challenges of ultra-thin lithium battery foil, development opportunities for aluminum alloy automotive sheets, and intelligent factory transformation, bringing an unparalleled event to the aluminum industry in the spring of 2025.

04 Agenda - Aluminum Plate/Sheet, Strip and Foil Industry Development Forum

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