Jialichuang: Pindan Intelligent Manufacturing Provides Engineers With A "tropical Rainforest-style" Innovation Ecosystem丨Business Case

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Electronic products iterate very quickly. The engineer wants to make a PCB prototype, but because the factory has difficulty accepting small orders, and the cost of proofing is expensive, the one-time cost is thousands of yuan, and the delivery time is not guaranteed. Jialichuang Technology Group Co., Ltd., located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, has innovatively launched the "intelligent manufacturing" model of circuit boards. Hardware engineers only need to place an order online with one click, and the circuit board proofing order can be completed within 12 hours at the fastest. Ship domestically and ship worldwide.

The picture is provided by the interviewees of Jialichuang SMT intelligent workshop

From airplanes and rockets to mobile phones, watches and other common items in life, all electronic products must have PCBs. Therefore, PCB is also called the "mother of electronic products". JiaLiChuang pioneered PCB and PCBA proofing/small batch models to help electronic engineers quickly realize hardware innovation, help Guangdong consolidate the manufacturing "industry", and build a more internationally competitive modern industrial system.

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To meet the needs of the manufacturing industry, we can handle even small orders

The Mecha Masters Competition is one of the projects with the largest team size, the longest cycle, the highest complexity, the highest technical difficulty, and the most detailed division of responsibilities among university undergraduates. In May of this year, in the Central Division held in Wuhan, 32 college teams from across the country controlled robots and launched a comprehensive showdown integrating technology, intelligence, and teamwork.

The Taiyuan Institute of Technology Fire Team keeps moving forward like a "dark horse". At a critical moment, a thrilling scene happened for the teammates: During the game against Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology, the Fireline team had an accident and the drone "exploded." Although they won 2:0, at this time all the propellers of the plane were broken, two propellers were damaged, and the gimbal, frame, and tripod were all damaged to varying degrees.

"There were only three hours left before the next game. All the team members, especially the mechanical team, worked together to repair the aerial robot. It only took more than an hour to complete the repair." In the end, the FireWire team successfully advanced to the national competition and won Won the national championship. Advance to the top 16 in the country.

Behind this, the FireWire team has successively used PCB proofing, CNC and SMT services provided by Galicon. "For example, the school's mechanical processing equipment cannot meet the needs of mechanical design, so we use Jiali CNC services for processing, and the stability of the ballistics is significantly improved." said the leader of the FireWire team.

In the past, the student group who "earned two cents" would not be taken seriously by the market, but the official website of Jiali Chuang has become a place where students often "check in". This has to mention the changes that Jia Lichuang has brought to the market.

If you need a customized board, you can place an order online through Galicon to complete the process from PCB design to obtaining a fully functional product. When you open the ordering webpage built by this company, you can see EDA industrial software, circuit board prototyping, electronic component mall, electronic assembly, 3D printing and other services, as well as a very rich range of personalized customization options.

The relevant person in charge of Jialichuang said: "Combining digital and information technologies such as rapid review of order quotations, fully automatic review of design documents, and intelligent panel production, the front-end ordering interface and back-end flexibility collaborate to open an intelligent manufacturing factory. Users can enjoy One-stop service from circuit board design to manufacturing, from component procurement to home electronic assembly, providing real new productivity for hardware innovation.”

Today, Galicron serves more than 5 million engineers in more than 180 countries and regions around the world, processing more than 10 million orders every year. It has also become a place where millions of engineers conduct hardware research and development.

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The ultimate "order-based intelligent manufacturing" to seize long-tail demand

Circuit board prototyping has various requirements. How does Jialichuang achieve massive personalized orders? This has to mention the "intelligent manufacturing" model.

The production of PCB is somewhat similar to the process of making an enlarged version of a chip: when you enlarge the circuit board, you can see the dense wiring arrangement inside, like a dense highway, as if a densely packed building was built on an unconventional building. order building. Small scale. Circuit City. The entire production actually has a very high threshold.

At Jialichuang's Zhuhai digital production base, highly intelligent flexible production lines are operating rapidly, and drilling, flying probe testing and other equipment are operating efficiently. AGV handling robots continuously shuttle between various workstations to achieve "uninterrupted" interaction with high-value equipment. seam butt”.

“After receiving the customer’s order, the factory will automatically assemble dozens or even hundreds of circuit boards on one board based on the order delivery date, board size, type, process, and circuit structure, using a self-developed intelligent circuit board imposition algorithm. Orders for circuit boards with highly similar requirements have been put into production," said the relevant person in charge of JiaLichuang.

On average, there are more than 20,000 such personalized orders every day. As production efficiency increases, the production cost of a single order decreases. “You can think of it like a newspaper with different sections.” When factors of production are fully utilized, costs are greatly reduced.

This also solves a very important pain point for engineers: in the past, the factory did not accept small orders. Even if we accept orders such as proofing and small batches, we still have to wait behind large orders.

This greatly tests the company's production capacity and resource planning capabilities. "If you only have one customer or only make one large order, it is easy to control. But when you face 1,000 customers, the traditional one-to-one communication method is almost impossible." The person in charge said. Jialichuang developed the ERP system and changed the traditional order-taking model through online orders.

Every customer's needs are different, and the time it takes for orders to arrive is also different. The "add up" of these orders allowed Jia Lichuang to capture a large amount of "long tail demand."

After more than ten years of accumulation and development, Jialichuang has established five modern digital production bases in Zhuhai, Huizhou, Shaoguan, Guangdong, Ji'an, Jiangxi, and Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, covering a total area of nearly 1,800 acres and a construction area of more than 130,000 square meters. A native of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province. The two intelligent electronic component warehousing bases realize independent manufacturing of products to ensure delivery time and product quality.

Jialichuang also actively implements the "double-cut strategy", that is, it simultaneously develops efforts in the fields of high-multilayer PCB and high-volume PCB production. Through the launch of free plugging service for 4-layer boards, the application of "board hole + immersion gold" dual exhaust technology in multi-layers of 6-32 layers, a floating pricing mechanism for medium and large quantities, and a price reduction of up to 50% for 6-layer boards. Through these measures, Jia Lichuang has not only improved its market competitiveness, but its high-end layout has also gradually achieved results.

Chance

Transform ideas into products and make every fantastic idea a reality

With small-batch proofing as its main business, Jialichuang has gradually reduced the cost of proofing from thousands of yuan to dozens of yuan, successfully turning expensive proofing services into "convenient services" that everyone can use.

If an innovative engineer wants to turn an idea into a product, an important step is prototyping. Just like Steve Jobs's "garage innovation" back then, every whimsy of our country's millions of innovative engineers requires a variety of small products. Bulk electronic components serve as supports.

To some extent, the speed at which engineers obtain electronic components directly determines the efficiency of innovation. A major contribution of Kalichuang is that it greatly shortens the cycle of hardware products from idea to launch.

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Recently, in the "3rd Global Assistive Technology Competition" held in Zurich, Switzerland, Chinese player Xu Min competed with dozens of world-class scientific research teams from the United States, France, Germany, etc., and finally won the championship. Category "Upper Limb Prostheses". It set the best result for a Chinese athlete in the world's top technological disability competition.

Behind this, Jialichuang also provides one-stop technical support such as EDA industrial software, intelligent circuit board manufacturing, SMT, and 3D printing. Hu Xuhui from the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, participated in the research and development of "smart hands" for people with disabilities. He said: "In the process of many prototypes, we have felt the changes brought about by digital transformation. Within a day or two, we can receive the newly ordered circuit boards and conduct follow-up research in a timely manner."

Behind Jiali's "technological innovation", it also injects new vitality into "hardware entrepreneurship".

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Written by: Gao Xiaoping

【Author Affiliation】: Gao Xiaoping

Southern Industrial Think Tank