Intelligent and Flexible Handling Solutions for Manufacturing Factories in the Industry 4.0 Era.

Intelligent and flexible handling solutions for manufacturing factories in the Industry 4.0 era. Flexibility requires factories to quickly switch between different types of production, and handling services need to keep up with the changes. Precision requires high-quality handling services to ensure high-quality products. Intelligence means using more intelligent production equipment, such as industrial robots, which require advanced disassembly and handling techniques. Small-batch production requires high-tech equipment, such as 3D printers. Industry 4.0 amplifies the potential market for intelligent handling enterprises, but also places new demands on handling systems’ flexibility and stability. The four pillars of Industry 4.0 are intelligent production, intelligent products, service-oriented production, and cloud factories. Smart products can collect user data and enable new business models, such as service fees for data and status monitoring. Cloud factories can leverage the integration of information technology and operational technology to enable factories to sell their production capacity to others in need. Different intelligent products can be applied to different processes in the manufacturing factory, such as storage, picking, handling, and conveyor belt integration. All intelligent products are integrated and scheduled by the system to meet different production scenarios’ needs.