Automated logistics equipment according to the function can be divided into: automated storage equipment, automated conveying equipment, automated handling equipment, automated sorting equipment and other categories, automatic guided vehicle (AGV), stacker, conveyor, shuttle car (RGV) is a representative product. The following automated logistics solution manufacturers analyze the technical status of logistics equipment in China through the development level of several typical equipment:
1. Technical status of AGV products
As a product with a high level of automation in logistics equipment, AGV includes almost all the technical content of logistics equipment. The technological development process of AGV in China has gone through the stages of introducing technology or engineering development based on foreign technology platforms, to independent development and mastery of core technologies.
2. Stacker product technology status
Stacker is the core equipment in the automated storage system, the current market demand for mainstream stacker products has basically achieved localization, manufacturers in the stacker products widely use infrared, laser, wireless, servo drive, contactless power supply and even RFID technology, the basic technology used by the stacker, key devices and accessories and international well-known manufacturers have been very close. The technical specifications and technical parameters of the general series are not much different from those of foreign products. Most domestic manufacturers have basically had the ability to manufacture a stacker with a height below 24 meters, a load capacity below 1000 kilograms, and a walking speed of 180 meters/min. A single device can meet the needs of 45 to 50 disks/hour of storage capacity, and a few manufacturers can manufacture a stacker with a height of 30 meters and a heavy load of 4000 kilograms. On behalf of the forefront of the development of stacker technology, the high-speed stacker with a walking speed of more than 300 meters/min has only a few manufacturers in China to complete the technical research.
3. Technical status of conveying equipment and sorting equipment
As the development of domestic logistics equipment technology has entered a stage of rapid growth, relatively professional manufacturing enterprises have emerged for transport equipment with low technical level requirements, and large-scale production has been formed. However, the technical level of sorting equipment is much different from that of foreign countries, and there is no relatively professional high-level sorting equipment supplier in China. Taking the slipper sorter as an example, the mainstream sorter in China has a running speed of about 60 meters/min, and the sorting capacity is below 5000 pieces/hour, and there is still a big gap between the noise of the equipment and the control technology of the sorting system and other advanced foreign technologies.
At present, the development of China's logistics industry is still lagging behind, and bottlenecks such as the small scale of third-party logistics services and insufficient logistics infrastructure capacity make China's logistics costs much higher than that of the United States. Through the international common index to measure logistics costs (logistics costs to GDP ratio) comparison found that the United States logistics costs accounted for about 8% of GDP, while China reached 18%. As a logistics automation equipment to promote the intermediate link of logistics, its equipment market transformation and upgrading, including forklifts, shelves, pallets and other logistics equipment products. Equipment manufacturers have stepped up market development efforts, researched and developed products, upgraded service models, and developed emerging markets. With the rapid development of chain retail, e-commerce, medicine, tobacco, express and other industries, the number of logistics distribution has increased significantly, and the demand for three-dimensional warehouses, automatic sorting systems, automatic identification systems, handheld terminals and equipment system integration is strong, and the trend of logistics equipment systematization, automation, intelligence, green energy saving, technology specialization, and product industrialization is obvious.
As far as the status quo of China's logistics industry is concerned, there has not yet been a market-oriented giant like UPS. However, for China's small, scattered and chaotic logistics companies, it may be able to produce a "bottom system". In the future, the intelligent logistics network will exist as such a "bottom system", on which other logistics companies can optimize their own networks through system data, or improve efficiency, or adjust business models.
The continuous improvement of the national economy and the continuous rapid growth of tobacco, medicine, machinery and other industries with high demand for automated three-dimensional warehouses, automated production lines feel that automated three-dimensional warehouses are facing greater market demand in the future. Taking the pharmaceutical industry as an example, according to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, as of 2015, the number of enterprises with a total industrial output value of more than 30 million in China is 6075, calculated by 10% of the demand, the demand for automated three-dimensional warehouses in the pharmaceutical industry has 607 sets, and the current possession is less than 200 sets, and the market prospect is considerable. Automated warehouse market value has exceeded 37 billion yuan, according to the China Logistics Technology Association information center research, the next few years of automated warehousing market demand will have an annual growth of 17%, is expected to 2017, automated warehouse market size will exceed 72 billion yuan.
