The shadow of the economic crisis seems to be still yesterday, but the stimulus brought about by the economic recovery has already made this shadow fade. In 2010, all industrial robot manufacturers were tired and happy. Almost every industrial robot company, whether it is a mainstream manufacturer, such as abb, fanuc or some other company, this growth is unimaginable.
This kind of economic recovery comes from the fourth quarter of 2009, and the most important thing about this kind of economic stimulation is that there are two aspects, one is the industrial development and application of new energy, and the other is a sharp increase in the demand of the automotive industry. The proportion of the two in the automotive industry, especially in Asia, directly stimulates the development of related industries. In 2010, China's auto sales increased by about 38% to about 18 million. This increase directly stimulates automakers to vigorously promote new models of new domestic brands to seize the market.
Industrial robots are very important equipments in automobile production. The production of various components requires the participation of industrial robots. Let us give a few examples: there are a large number of applications in die casting, welding, testing etc in the production of automobile bodies of the automobile production. All of them are involved in the completion of industrial robots, especially a welding line. There are a large number of industrial robots. Therefore, some of the current leaders are mostly visiting the welding workshop. The row of robots is quite spectacular, and it also shows that the degree of automation is quite high. Car interior is quite a lot, and the most important is the instrument panel and the instrument panel production requires the skin to weaken the robotic foaming robot's last product cutting robot. The car body is sprayed because of the heavy workload and danger. A large number are also replaced by industrial robots. So the number of robots need to complete the manufacture of a car is quite large. From the previous several processes, at least 8 robot systems are needed to complete the manufacture of a car. China's current demand for cars is still growing, although Beijing has drawn lots. It is limited to the purchase of cars, Shanghai's license fees, but the economic development of other cities in China, the demand for cars is still quite large, which is also an opportunity for independent brands to establish a market.
Of course, due to the particularity of the Chinese market, the demand for industrial robots is growing. There are other factors such as the growth pressure of modern wages advocated by the government. The former is policy or planned, and the latter is not the most market economy. At present, each factory has a manufacturing plant in China, and most of the manufacturing plants do not establish automated factories according to foreign standards. Most of the work is done by people. In the United States, the cost of a worker is $30/hour. In China, the difference is about $300/month, but the difference is slowly decreasing. I dare say that the wages of Chinese workers must be doubled within three to five years. This kind of pressure will inevitably make those not relocate to labor costs again. Factories in low-cost areas are considering using industrial robots instead of labor.