Ning Guang Instrument Attends Shanghai Water Treatment Exhibition to Discuss How Energy Metering Embraces Smart Manufacturing

How should current energy measurement develop and where will it go in the future? From September 5th to 7th, 2017, at the site of the 7th Shanghai International Urban Water Supply and Drainage Water Treatment Exhibition, a well-known exhibition in the field of water industry, China Instrument Network’s “National Intelligent and Energy Measuring Instruments National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory” unit , Ningxia Longji Ningguang Instrument Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Ning Guang instrument) conducted an interview. Mr. Cao Xianwei, Deputy General Manager of Ningguang Instrument, shared the development experience of Ningguang Instrument as a leading manufacturer of energy measurement in China.

(Ningguang Instrument Booth)

Ning Guang Instrument, formerly known as the National Yingning Photoelectric Factory/State-run 4430 Factory, was founded in 1968 and was a representative military instrument factory at that time. After being restructured into a private enterprise in 2005, it was changed to Ningxia Longji Ningguang Instrument Co., Ltd. in 2016 and continues to this day. It is a model enterprise of technology transfer to civilians.

Ning Guang instrument's position in the field of intelligent energy measurement is self-evident. China's first electronic meter was born here, and it has successively developed various types of electronic energy meters and won several national awards. At present, the annual output of smart energy meters has exceeded 10 million units, and it is one of the major suppliers of the national power grid. The annual output of smart water, heat and gas meters also exceeds 6 million units. It can be said that Ningguang Instruments is the pioneer in many new products, new technologies and new algorithms in the domestic industry, in the fields of electricity, water, gas and heat.

The secret of business success is very simple. Vice President Cao stated that doing a good job in technological innovation and ensuring product quality is the foundation. At the same time, energy measurement is an area closely related to intelligent manufacturing. In the future, companies must develop a roadmap for advanced intelligent products and smart companies.

“The original Ningguang was an inductive power meter. Now it has completed the transformation and upgrading of the electronic energy meter in all aspects. The same is true for water meters, from mechanical water meter production to ultrasonic water meter and electronic water meter.” Perceived attention to the importance of technological development and social needs. Energy measurement companies need to adapt quickly to changes in market demand and take the lead in developing innovative products to achieve better development.

Nowadays, the hottest energy measurement is the Internet of Things meter. “Ningguang has taken the lead in the development of a number of products that incorporate wireless transmission technologies such as NB-IOT and LoRa to meet the market demand in the Internet of Things.” Vice President Cao introduced that Ningguang Instruments also exhibited the above products. , get the attention and recognition of the audience. For example, it has a 400-times quantum range, an ultrasonic water meter with LoRa wireless remote communication, an intelligent water meter for direct drinking water, MBUS remote communication, and an intelligent water meter for NB-IOT wireless communication.

(Ning Guang instrument display products)

Among them, LoRa and NB-IoT are currently the two most promising low-power wide area network communication technologies with wide coverage, many connections, low speed, low cost, and low power consumption. They are becoming smart meters, meter readings, and smart agriculture. And other mainstream choices. “As a national and local joint engineering laboratory for intelligent energy measurement instruments, Ning Guang Instrument is concerned about the future of energy measurement, combined with the Internet of Things technology and the mining and collection of big data, and is currently accelerating research and development in intelligent control and data acquisition to introduce more energy. Metering core instrument products, said Vice President Cao.

(Ningguang Instrument Booth)

On the other hand, the transformation and upgrading of enterprises is also very important. Not long ago, Ning Guang Instrument's “Digital Energy Plant Construction Project for Smart Energy Metering” received special funding support from the National Development and Reform Commission. According to the introduction, the project will build a technology innovation system that focuses on digital design, circuit simulation analysis, virtual manufacturing PIM, and product life cycle; realizes highly integrated digital and intelligent plant operation systems that interoperate with information data and establish fine management. , agile manufacturing, flexible production of smart energy metering digital factory.

“The number of energy metering applications is huge, and the user’s demand for product quality is getting higher. In the past, traditional labor-intensive hand-manufactured production will become increasingly unsatisfiable. The construction of digital factories, or improvements in smart manufacturing methods , will increase the level of automated production and reduce the loss caused by human error. "Deputy General Cao believes that the construction of digital factories is imperative.

“Ningguang Instrument has developed a set of quality tracking system to ensure the quality and stability of its products. Now it has been upgraded to MES, which is a manufacturing execution system. This is a very important set of control systems for digital plant construction.” , It contains six modules, more than 200 data collection points. Through a powerful data collection engine, all key information such as people, machines, materials, methods, and rings can be effectively monitored in real time, and historical data can be traced. “In other words, we in the production process, from the procurement of raw materials, the introduction of technical processes, the commissioning and verification of the production process, the factory inspection, to the sale of after-sales, can do the entire process of quality tracking. This not only guarantees the product The reliability of the design stage can also provide users with good technical support and services, said Deputy Director Cao.

Based on the development of intelligent energy metering technology and the construction of digital plants, Ningguang Instruments has, in its own energy measurement, “as an advocate of advanced technologies and concepts and a promoter of high quality products and services”. "Mr. Cao also said at the same time," In the future, we will also use the help of the "Belt and Road" and other national policies to seize the opportunity to bring Ning Guang's energy meter to the world."