Helping the machining industry upgrade to intelligent manufacturing, Chaos partners with Dewei Power to jointly seek the 'answer' for enterprise transformation

In the past year, catalyzed by the epidemic and the rapid advancement of the "new infrastructure" strategy, the wave of digitalization and intelligence is sweeping the entire manufacturing industry. The realization of intelligence and informatization from the production side has become the "rigid need" for traditional manufacturing enterprises to achieve transformation and development.
Qingzhou Dulwich Power Co., Ltd. joined hands with Kaos COSMOPlat
Open a new strategic chapter of "digitalization-driven new development"
Taking advantage of the east wind of Shandong's new and old kinetic energy conversion and the integration of Jiaodong's five cities, Qingzhou Dulwich Power Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Dulwich Power"), a traditional machining enterprise located in Weifang, joined hands with Kaos COSMOPlat to open a new chapter of its own "digital-driven new development" by promoting the upgrading of three-dimensional intelligent manufacturing of enterprises.
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Insight into the trends of the times
Finding the "answer" to digital transformation together
As the core main supplier of domestic leading enterprises such as Weichai Power, Caterpillar, and Xinsong Robot, Dulwich Power has not only introduced a variety of excellent machining equipment, but also has annual sales of nearly 800 million yuan.
However, under the general trend of declining profits in the machining industry, Dulwich Power is also facing a series of problems such as rising manufacturing costs, continuous low production efficiency, and high product defect rates. At the same time, processes such as tool replacement and product inspection in the production process also seriously limit the production efficiency of enterprises.
In 2020, the epidemic caused the price of domestic raw materials and labor to rise sharply, making the development of Dulwich Power worse. Gu Wenping, general manager of the enterprise, realized that only by building a new factory through new digital technology can we continue to maintain a stable and good development trend.
Ka'ao COSMOPlat Helps Dewey Plan a Three-Dimensional Intelligent Manufacturing Transformation Solution
Empowering Dewey's Intelligent Manufacturing Upgrade from Four Major Scenarios
Therefore, in the second half of 2020, Gu Wenping decisively proposed the top-level strategy of "Digital-Driven New Development," launching the digital and intelligent upgrade of Dewey. However, facing the generally low level of digitalization in the entire machining industry and the lack of reference, how to effectively and correctly use technology became a new challenge in Dewey's power transformation. Amid numerous difficulties, Dewey turned to Ka'ao COSMOPlat, hoping to find the answer through cooperation.
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Empowering Through Four Major Scenarios
Ka'ao's “Sky Eye” Breaks Industry Pain Points
As the core part of the transformation, Dewey's main requirement from Ka'ao COSMOPlat was to leverage the platform's information technology to improve the company's ability to collect, monitor, and analyze production process quality data, thereby solving the problems of difficult and slow product quality traceability.
Since the service mainly targets leading enterprises in the industry, Dewey has very high requirements for product quality. In the absence of digital management measures, previously, when quality issues were discovered, the tracing method could only involve taking photos of the engine block, then manually checking paper work orders back at the office. This made handling quality issues on site inefficient, and immediate access to traceability information to quickly locate and resolve problems was impossible.
After fully understanding Dewey's development pain points and company situation, relying on the Smart Manufacturing Platform of the Intelligent Research Institute, Ka'ao COSMOPlat helped Dewey plan a three-dimensional intelligent manufacturing transformation solution, including production process quality control, automated production intelligent scheduling, equipment interconnection, and production safety control, empowering Dewey to achieve intelligent manufacturing upgrades from four major scenarios.
First, tracing the production process. By centrally deploying the self-developed production process quality control software of the Intelligent Research Institute, after October 2020, all 2,300+ engine blocks produced by Dewey carried specific production process information, and scanning a QR code allowed quick traceability. Based on achieving full-process information traceability in production, Ka'ao COSMOPlat also formulated measures to improve overall factory quality and efficiency through comprehensive analysis of data from processing steps and inspection links, using technology to assist in enhancing product quality.
Second, freeing labor and improving production efficiency. Through in-depth research and evaluation of two production links in the engine block processing workshop, namely tool delivery and product inspection, Ka'ao COSMOPlat deployed a comprehensive automated production and Sky Eye cluster scheduling solution at Dewey. This involved data modeling for eight possible production scenarios, generating production commands for the Sky Eye system, which then directed AGVs and robotic arms to collaborate in production. After deploying this solution, labor input in these two major links decreased by 45% compared to before, tool delivery and changeover efficiency increased by 50%, and product inspection efficiency improved by 45%.
Kaos COSMOPlat has digitized the production process standards of Dewey Power engine blocks, enabling real-time monitoring of machine tool operating parameters through IoT devices.  
Third, digitization of equipment IoT and process standards. To meet Dewey Power's needs for quality control in the process, Kaos COSMOPlat has digitized the process standards for Dewey Power's engine block production, and monitors machine tool operating parameters in real time through IoT devices. When the machine tool operating parameters do not match the process standards, the system automatically issues an alert and verification.  
"The IoT of machine tools and the digitization of production processes are indicators that our engine block products can achieve quality control during the process," said Pan Hongjun, General Manager of Dewey Power Production. Currently, over 80 high-precision advanced machine tools at Dewey Power have been interconnected through Kaos IoT integration technology, enabling production information to be shared and production data instructions to collaborate. Real-time operating parameters of each process can be captured from the IoT devices. Each operator can simultaneously control 4-6 machine tools, and the overall yield rate of engine block products has increased by 20%.  
Control over production safety. During the process of providing Dewey Power with an overall intelligent manufacturing solution, the Kaos COSMOPlat team discovered that safety inspections in the Dewey engine block production plant still relied on manual checks, posing safety risks in production.
HaiAn Control - DEWEI Power Equipment Safety Monitoring Platform
Therefore, to enhance DEWEI Power's safety management capabilities, Kaos COSMOPlat deployed the "HaiAn Control" production safety management solution for DEWEI Power. By leveraging 5G connectivity technology, high-definition video inspection equipment, and artificial intelligence technology, the system helps factories achieve digital safety inspections. When workers are found in hazardous work areas without wearing safety helmets or protective clothing, the system automatically takes photos, records the incident, and triggers an alarm, effectively improving the company's production safety level while also reducing the need for manual safety inspections.
In fact, intelligent or digital technology itself is only a part of smart manufacturing. The core value of digital transformation lies in using new technology to enable changes in production processes, management systems, and supply chain systems.
Focusing on enhancing enterprise product quality management capabilities, through the deployment of digital systems, Kaos COSMOPlat has helped DEWEI Power improve in areas such as product quality, production efficiency, production costs, and safety management, achieving a comprehensive transformation effect described as "touch one point, echo everywhere." This creates a safety model for innovation and application of intelligent and visual technologies in the machining industry.
In the future, Kaos COSMOPlat will also assist DEWEI Power in carrying out intelligent transformation of welding workshops, jointly exploring and developing smart manufacturing solutions for the machining industry. Using DEWEI Power as a model, an industrial cluster for machining will be built in Qingzhou to enhance the industry's intelligence level, promote standardization and scalability, and achieve co-creation and shared benefits.