在炊具行业深耕40多年的爱仕达股份有限公司，始终坚持 自主研发 与 扩张并购 并行，实施“智慧炊电+智能制造”双轮驱动战略，不断改进生产工艺，提升产品质量，推动产品迭代升级，在变局中抓机遇、赢未来。
进入7月，是炊具行业传统的淡季，但在爱仕达股份有限公司8号厂喷涂车间，却是一番忙碌场景，一批批明星产品——金刚旋风无油烟锅正进入最后一道喷涂工序。
爱仕达股份有限公司8号厂副厂长吴精华说：“每个月我们的产量能够做到二三十万个，现在订单还行，现在的订单我们已经排到年底差不多了。”
热销国内外市场的金刚旋风无油烟锅，历经8次迭代创新，凭借独特的高耐磨等优势，占据炊具市场经久不衰。
爱仕达股份有限公司研发部经理张辉说：“已经十五六年的迭代，我们现在是第八代的一个产品，我们注入了很多新的工艺，耐磨可以达到150万次。”
爱仕达股份有限公司成立于1978年，是一家集 厨房小家电、炊具、家居用品 研发、制造、销售于一体的行业龙头企业。为加快创新研发，企业深化国际合作，每年用于研发的资金投入高达8000多万元。
张辉说：“最终通过不断地研发，我们打造了全球最大的炊具制造商，在炊具行业形成一个最大的竞争力。”
如今，爱仕达的明星产品连续多年保持 全球市场占有率第二、国内市场占有率第一。
产品迭代升级，离不开生产线的持续改进。在爱仕达3号厂不锈钢抛光线上，自主研发的50台机器人取代了人工作业，仅需22秒就能完成一口锅26道抛光工序。
张辉说道：“通过我们自主研发的机器人， 投入到生产车间，实现了机械换人、少人化的一个操作，实现了我们生产效率提升22.5%，产品开发周期缩短34.8%。”
借助自主研发的机器人智能制造平台，爱仕达在汽摩配件、厨房炊具、五金电器、工程机械等行业，都构建了完整的系统解决方案，并已广泛应用。
爱仕达股份有限公司副总经理陈灵巧说：“在未来，我们还是会加大研发的一个投入，就是提升产品品质质量，推动整个产品的迭代更新。”
现在，爱仕达的智能制造已经渗透到生产的各个环节。2021年，爱仕达“未来工厂”建成投用，工厂使用近500台钱江机器人、1000余条成套自动化智能生产线，通过数字化协同仿真、多源数据融合等新一代信息技术的应用，实现了三大基地十几个分厂之间的生产协同。
陈灵巧表示：“爱仕达的未来工厂，不断地推进产学研一体化的建立，通过不断地技术创新、研发创新，推动整个标准化的建立。”
爱仕达智能工厂投产一年来，生产效率提高了22.46%，产品研制周期缩短34.8%以上，产品不良品率降低37.8%，能源利用率提高21.1%。
此外，爱仕达还为一般工业企业提供智能制造解决方案，2021年曾服务企业近百家，实现对外输出服务 销售收入达4亿元。
接下来，智能工厂将持续深化“新智造计划”，深层推进“智造+服务”模式，全力推动产业链数字化升级。陈灵巧说：“未来我们还会加大研发技术的投入，提升我们工厂数字化管理体系，为一般工业提供智能制造解决整个方案的措施和举措，赋能产业集群发展。”
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Having been deeply engaged in cookware industry for more than 40 years, Ashta Co., Ltd. always adheres to the parallel of independent research and development, expansion and merger, implements the two-wheel drive strategy of “smart cooking and electricity + intelligent manufacturing”, constantly improves the production process, enhances product quality, promotes product iteration and upgrading, and seize opportunities in changing situations to win the future.
July is the traditional off-season of the cookware industry. But in the spraying workshop of No.8 Factory of Ashta Co., LTD., it is a busy scene. Batches of star products – Vajra Wind oil-free smoke cooker are entering the final spraying process.
“We can produce two or three hundred thousand units a month,” said Wu Jingsheng, deputy director of the No. 8 plant of Axalta Co. “Orders are OK, and we have a backlog of orders until the end of the year.”
The King Kong Cyclone oil-free smoke cooker, which is popular in domestic and foreign markets, has occupied the cookware market for a long time with its unique advantages of high wear resistance after 8 iterations of innovation.
“After 15 or 16 years of iterations, we are now in the eighth generation of a product. We have injected a lot of new processes and can wear 1.5 million times,” said Zhang Hui, manager of research and development department of Axalta Co., LTD.
Founded in 1978, Aestar Co., Ltd. is a leading enterprise in the research and development, manufacturing and sales of small kitchen appliances, cookware and household products.
In order to speed up innovation and research and development, enterprises have deepened international cooperation and invested more than 80 million yuan in research and development every year.
“Finally, through continuous research and development. We have built the world’s largest cookware manufacturer and formed the largest competitive edge in the cookware industry,” said Zhang Hui.
Nowadays, the star products of Axalta have maintained the second global market share and the first domestic market share for many years.
Product iteration upgrade is inseparable from continuous improvement of production line. On the stainless steel polishing line of Ashta No. 3 factory, 50 self-developed robots replace manual work and can finish 26 polishing procedures for a pot in just 22 seconds.
Zhang Hui said: “Through our self-developed robot, put into the production workshop, realized the mechanical replacement, less human operation, realized our production efficiency increased by 22.5 percent, the product development cycle shortened by 34.8 percent.”
With the help of self-developed robot intelligent manufacturing platform. Astra has built complete system solutions in automobile and motorcycle accessories, kitchen cookware, hardware and electrical appliances, engineering machinery and other industries, and has been widely used.
“In the future, we will still increase the investment in research and development. Which is to improve the quality of the product and promote the iteration of the whole product,” said Chen Lingqiao, deputy general manager of Ashta Co., LTD.
Now, Asalta’s intelligent manufacturing has penetrated into every link of production.
In 2021, the “Future Factory” of Ashta was completed and put into operation. The factory uses nearly 500 Qianjiang robots and more than 1,000 complete automated intelligent production lines. Through the application of digital co-simulation, multi-source data fusion and other new generation information technology. The production cooperation between more than a dozen branches of the three bases is realized.
Chen Lingqiao said: “The factory of the future of Ashta continues to promote the establishment of industry-university-research integration. Through continuous technological innovation, research and development innovation, promote the establishment of the whole standardization.”
In the first year since the factory was put into operation, the production efficiency has increased by 22.46%. The product development cycle has shortened by more than 34.8%. The rate of defective products has decreased by 37.8%. And the energy utilization rate has increased by 21.1%.
In addition, Asalta also provides intelligent manufacturing solutions for general industrial enterprises. In 2021, Asalta has served nearly 100 enterprises and achieved export service sales revenue of 400 million yuan.
Next, the smart factory will continue to deepen the “new intelligent manufacturing plan”, deeply promote the “intelligent manufacturing + service” model. And vigorously promote the digital upgrading of the industrial chain. Chen Lingqiao said: “In the future, we will also increase investment in research and development technology, improve our factory digital management system, provide general industry with intelligent manufacturing solutions and measures, enabling industrial cluster development.”
