Low code empowers tower crane equipment management: accelerating the process of intelligent construction machinery

Sichuan Construction Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Sichuan Construction) was formerly known as Southwest Metal Mechanism Factory and Sichuan Construction Machinery Factory. It was founded in Northeast China in 1952. It moved to Sichuan in 1958 and participated in the construction of key projects and the research and development of military products; In August 2001, it was restructured into a joint-stock company. The company's main business is construction machinery, military special vehicles, and large metal structure processing, as well as equipment rental and warehousing and logistics.

Sichuan Construction actively participated in the national economic construction after the establishment of the engineering group in 1952. In 1959, it undertook part of the steel structure construction tasks of the Great Hall of the People; it also provided services to Changchun FAW, Dongfang Boiler Factory, Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project, Gezhouba Water Conservancy Project, Qinshan We provide hoisting equipment for large projects such as nuclear power plants and Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. In 1984, 20 "523" armored vehicles manufactured by Sichuan Construction passed through Tiananmen Square for review.

In 1984, Sichuan Construction introduced French Potain technology under the auspices of the Ministry of Construction. The company has always adhered to independent innovation in its decades of development, concentrating on the research and development, promotion and application of new processes and new technologies. Using the company's strong scientific research, development and production capabilities, it has developed dozens of new products, forming a horizontal arm. , flat head type and boom type three series. The coverage of the entire project has expanded from the original residential buildings to nuclear power, thermal power, tall building bridges and some key infrastructure projects. In the late 1980s, the company formed its own export rights, and its products are exported to more than 30 countries and regions including Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa, the Americas, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. Chuanjian has won unanimous recognition from users at home and abroad with its high-quality products and excellent services, and has become a famous brand in China's tower crane industry.

Chuanjian’s product technology level and corporate comprehensive strength are at the advanced level in the industry in China. Among them, the F0/23B and H3/36B tower cranes won the National Quality Silver Award, the highest quality award in the domestic tower crane industry, and the C7050 tower crane was recommended as a high-quality product by the French Science and Technology Evaluation Committee in 2000. In the same year, the tower crane was listed as a recommended product for China’s entry into the WTO by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

(Illustration of Sichuan Construction Machinery Hoisting Equipment)

Exploring new development ideas under the wave of digitalization

With the continuous change and development of technology, how to stay in the wave of digital transformation? Maintaining a leading position is an issue that Sichuan Construction's management has been exploring. The chairman of Sichuan Construction Group said in an internal meeting of the company: "The balance of survival and elimination will not be deflected because of your history and size. In the increasingly fierce market competition, even a 70-year-old company like Sichuan Construction If you talk about history blindly, the best place for an old company to belong is a museum. Therefore, to survive, innovation is the key. On the one hand, you must continue to develop new products that are more suitable for the market; on the other hand, you must speed up. Internal structural adjustment, industrial adjustment, and continuous advancement of the digital reform process of production and operation management.”

So what is digital transformation? When it comes to digital transformation, everyone has a different understanding. Many companies think that buying an ERP system means digital transformation? Does buying an MES system mean digital transformation? Chuanjian does not think so. The digital transformation of enterprises needs to start from the needs of the enterprise itself and use advanced technological means to solve the difficulties faced by the enterprise, thereby helping the enterprise grow better and enhance its comprehensive competitiveness.

Like many companies, Sichuan Construction also has its own troubles. As an old manufacturing company, Sichuan Construction has a special personnel composition. Employees over 50 years old account for 42.84% of the total number of employees. These old employees are the company’s precious wealth. Their understanding of the position, professional understanding, and product knowledge The knowledge, understanding of the enterprise and accumulated experience are beyond the reach of the new generation of young people. How to effectively inherit these valuable knowledge wealth within Sichuan Construction is a very important topic in digital transformation and information construction. In addition, with the continuous development of computer technology, how to use information tools to improve the existing team collaboration model of enterprises and improve work efficiency is also one of the problems that digital transformation hopes to solve. In order to enable digital transformation to be implemented smoothly in the enterprise, Sichuan Construction divided key issues into three categories. It hopes to make full use of existing personnel and information construction tools under the premise of clear planning, and adopt a step-by-step approach to build information systems. Achieve the transformation goal and achieve full coverage of business nodes.

Nodes are difficult to control: The traditional "oral + paper" information transmission method is inefficient and the process cannot be effectively monitored; there are many nodes in the release, execution, supervision and other processes of tasks, and the progress and quality Not guaranteed. When an enterprise undergoes personnel adjustments or job changes, the work handover is incomplete;

Difficulty in data integration: The traditional paper-based management method will inherently cause the problem of data islands. The data of each department is independent. If other departments want to obtain and analyze the data, they need to re-process the data offline, which is inefficient. The accuracy of the data is also difficult to guarantee, let alone in-depth mining and analysis of the value of the data. explore.

High labor costs: Information association and processing depth are absolutely proportional to personal experience, and cultivating an experienced employee requires a long cycle and high cost.

After taking stock of the issues, Chuan Jian believes: Enterprises need an assistant who can assist in grasping the information they want to know at any time; enterprises need a consultant who can provide accurate, real-time, macro-references and decisions as needed. Therefore, if there is a system that can link related businesses and connect all data in series, it is the most basic and original need for enterprise digital reform. So, where is such a system?

Old enterprises have embarked on the road to digital transformation

After clarifying the transformation needs, how to implement it efficiently is also one of the difficulties currently faced. “What method can traditional manufacturing use to carry out digital reform safely, effectively and quickly?”, “What kind of problems can the core of digital transformation solve?”, “What kind of value can solving these problems provide enterprises? ?” Such doubts or worries are also concerns of enterprises.

In order to find the optimal solution, Chuanjian conducted in-depth research and analysis. If you purchase a ready-made system, the problem you face is often that in order to adapt to the use of the system, the company's organizational structure needs to be adjusted, business processes also need to be adjusted, and even positions need to be changed, and the risks of these adjustments are very high. Implementation is also very difficult. If customized development is adopted, the customization cost, which is close to tens of millions, is unaffordable for the enterprise, and the effect and value of the later implementation cannot be guaranteed.

Faced with such a dilemma, Sichuan Jian was in a dilemma. In order to further promote the pace of informatization construction and digital transformation, as the person in charge of the Sichuan Construction Business Office, Mr. Bao Shengfang and Mr. Bao began to try to explore new ideas for solving problems. After repeated tests and experiments, Mr. Bao chose to develop a comprehensive management system in line with the company's own characteristics through the movable type low-code development platform. As of the second half of 2017, this comprehensive management system has been operating efficiently in 12 departments of 4 branches within the group, and its internal response has been very good.

(Prototype of an integrated management system built through the movable type low-code development platform)

This "integrated management system" built by Mr. Bao closely follows the organizational management needs of Sichuan Construction, covering sales systems and logistics There are two major modules of the system. Among them, the sales system includes all business processes such as project information tracking, evaluation, bidding, contracts, preparation/delivery, after-sales, and payment; while the logistics system covers all aspects of the entry, exit, and settlement of wagons. In addition, the system has also built multiple daily functional modules for customer credit rating assessment, rapid generation of financing plans, multiple "report statistics" with different focuses, project cases, peer product performance comparison, and sales expenses, and has achieved through WeChat provides functions such as real-time and scheduled push of specific information and mobile APP login.

Mr. Bao said in a meeting: Using the movable type low-code development platform can not only quickly help the group realize the unification of work processes, the networking of daily offices, the informatization of operating data, and statistical analysis Basic target needs such as automation; at the same time, through practical functions such as automatic weekly reports, automatic customer credit assessment, one-click settlement, and intelligent push, the quality and efficiency of the group's office can be significantly improved.

(Mr. Bao introduces the internal application system built through the movable type grid low-code development platform)

毋容置疑，實施數位轉型能為企業帶來巨大的價值。從狹義的角度來講，解決的是經營管理的問題，包括降本增效，提高生產效率，減少人力成本，加速產品迭代，提升製造的自動化程度等等;從廣義來角度講，數位化轉型能夠為企業帶來的是綜合競爭力的提升。

而這一切，還僅僅只是一個開始... ...

低代碼搭載物聯網+，實現塔吊智能化服務

化的萬裡長徵，雖然無法做到一蹴而就，但其最終的成果確是令人充滿期待的。 2021年初，川建集團提出「圓頂規劃」的建設思路，希望藉助低程式碼、物聯網、大數據分析等技術實現全系列產品的全生命週期管理，除了包含材料入廠、檢驗、加工、出廠等基本資訊之外，還希望包含用戶使用端的資料管理、故障監控、問題追溯等多個關鍵維度，旨在透過數位轉型、資訊化建設進一步提升生產效率和品質控制水平，提升客戶滿意度。

眾所周知，設備是企業資產的重要組成部分，隨著工業化水準的不斷提升，企業對設備的依賴程度也會越來越高。而建築機械屬於特種設備的類別，其全生命週期管理的難度會較大。特種設備指的是生產、建造、使用過程中可能會對人身、財產安全造成危害的設備，除了需要對設備本身的運作參數進行監控之外，對於設備所處的環境、操作人員的工作方式等也需要進行監管。作為川建的明星產品，塔吊設備在建築、工程等領域扮演著非常重要的角色，小到一個居民建築，大到公路橋樑、隧道廠房、以及水力發電廠、核電廠等等，都有它的身影。塔機作為特殊設備，主要的三大危險源分別是「設備」、「人員」和「行為」。其中，「行為」是最難啃食的骨頭。透過持續地對設備的運作以及人員的操作行為進行監控，才能更加深化對塔機運作的理解。這種洞察能力，將會為未來設備的改良和安全管理提供強而有力的支撐。

在確定了核心需求之後，川建協同葡萄城合作夥伴四川駕馭夢前行科技有限公司共同搭建「工程機械設備運作管理系統」。系統建置的主要內容是透過物聯網技術取得塔機的即時運作情況，例如吊鉤、吊重、起升次數、迴轉次數、變幅次數等上百個監控資料。依據塔吊的運作數據對其進行健康評估、分析設備的保養臨界點、故障易發點、性能缺陷點等。這些數據不僅能夠為使用者提供設備維護和保養的提醒和建議，更重要的是為未來推動企業技術革新和缺陷補償提供有效地資料支撐。除此之外，系統還會對人的行為進行監控，並透過黑盒子將這些行為數據記錄下來，在足夠數據量支撐的情況下進行司機的行為畫像，從而評估司機的操作習慣和風險傾向。

(工程機械設備運作管理系統簡易架構圖)

工程機械設備運作管理系統主要分為：設備運作資料擷取、視訊監控存取、第三方安險平台資料整合、現有銷售系統資料連動、視覺化即時監控與資料分析、行動端應用服務等幾大模組：

設備運作資料擷取：塔吊設備的運作資料擷取是系統要解決的首要問題，透過實現PLC數據的即時擷取，動態取得塔吊的吊重、起升次數、迴轉次數、變幅次數等相關數據，為後續的數據分析做好準備。系統能夠相容於西門子、匯川等大多數PLC設備，具備與其他PCL系統整合的能力。

(透過網關接入設備PCL資料)

視訊監控資料存取：塔機在運作過程中會有一定的可視化盲區，為了能夠確保現場工作的安全性，為了能夠確保現場工作的安全性，川建依託海康威視搭建了專屬的私有化遠端視訊監控中心。工程機械設備運作管理系統也透過活字格低程式碼開發平台實現了與該監控中心的資料對接。如此一來，管理者可以透過工程機械設備管理平台即時查看特定塔機的關鍵點位視訊畫面。

(透過活字格接取視訊監控資料)

第三方安保平台資料接取及企業銷售系統連動：為了符合特種設備安全管理的規範，系統需要將塔機依照要求接入指定的安險平台，例如成都新泰、西安豐樹等。同時，系統也為此類需求預留接口，方便後續與其他平台進行資料交換。除此之外，為了減少使用人員的重複操作，系統還實現了與公司現有銷售和售後系統的數據聯動，只需要簡單的配置塔機的物聯網資訊即可完成接入，高效便捷。

(可接入第三方系統並實現數據聯動)

可視化即時監控與智慧數據分析：工程機械設備運行管理系統基於足量的運行數據，結合設備的故障發點訊息，設計出一套演算法雛形，為即時故障預判、維護保養提醒等功能提供大數據支撐。除此之外，此運轉數據及經過驗證的預測結果也可以作為後續塔機技術改進的參考資料，為後續的產品改善提供強而有力的數據支援。

(透過活字格低程式碼開發平台建置裝置視覺化即時監控中心)

(數據統計及資料統計及協同效率，增強客戶服務滿意度，售後人員可透過微信小程式進行售後資訊的記錄和任務的操作執行。操作人員可在現場進行維修、維護等作業時，及時上傳相關影片、音訊及影像資料，包含故障現象描述、原因分析、修復流程及結果等關鍵資訊。同時，客戶也可以在微信小程式上進行故障上報，並將資訊同步到銷售系統的售後服務模組，透過彈跳視窗、微信等多種方式進行提醒，提升問題解決效率。

(透過行動端微信小程式增強系統互動能力)

(設備運作管理系統的落地應用只是「圓頂規劃」的第一步。四川駕馭夢前行科技有限公司總經理說：「企業的數位轉型是一個大趨勢，但數位化的道路是艱難的。數位化改革依然是傳統製造業的必經之路。工程機械設備運作管理系統的開發是在專業廠商的深度介入下透過活字格程式碼開發平台快速建構、快速迭代而形成的，實現了完全的客製化設計。在的開發過程中，葡萄城也給予了極大支持與幫助。更聰明、更便利。對川建而言，目前仍處於數位轉型的探索階段。工程機械設備運作管理系統的投入使用是『圓頂規劃』的第一步，上線之後也受到了內部和外部的一致好評。系統的應用能夠讓管理者更清楚的了解設備所處的位置以及當前的工作狀態，進而判斷是否能為企業帶來利潤;對於維保人員來說，他們透過對系統中採集到的資料進行綜合分析，為維保提供建議及資料支撐，此外，系統還具備自動化提醒功能，有效避免疏忽或遺漏。從安全的角度來講，每一次的違規或超範圍的操作都會被記錄下來，對未來操作員的教育和警示提供了針對性的依據。

數位轉型和智慧化建設不是一蹴可幾的事情，川建計畫採用3步走的策略來實現轉型目標。未來，川建也將數位化建設貫穿設備的全生命週期管理中，將設備運作、生產、銷售等多維資料整合，深度挖掘資料的業務價值，有助於提升客戶服務滿意度，降低生產成本。

透過數位化的應用實踐，川建深刻意識到成功的數位轉型並不僅僅依賴引入數位化技術，而是要深入理解實際需求，並結合企業自身特徵尋找適合的解決方案。數位化只是一種手段和工具，只有在真正希望進行管理升級和模式變革時才能發揮其最大作用。我們不能將數位化視為救命稻草，而是要正確理解並運用它。

只有正確、理性地對待數位化工具，才能充分體現其價值，並使企業從中獲得真正的價值。數位化的成果將為企業帶來實際利益，幫助企業在競爭激烈的商業環境中脫穎而出。這種正確的態度貫穿整個數位化建設的過程，才能確保數位轉型的成功。

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