Despite of the severe market environment, Hangzhou Zhishan Motion Control Technology Co.,Ltd. is still standing fiercely in the market, always insisting on the pursuit of professional technology and is providing customers with a one-stop solution and have successfully launched the Ω series servo products in September this year.
In 2019, the
automation market saw noticeable changes. The mobile phone supply chain order
changed a lot, 3C electronic product market was in a downturn, and there was an
increasingly fierce "price war" and so on, so the market situation is
not promising. However, in the face of a severe market environment, ZSMC
still insists on providing Products and services as well as providing customers
with a one-stop solution. Recently, the magazine interviewed Liu Weidong, marketing
director of ZSMC during the China International Industry Fair. He introduced
the key products exhibited by the company this year and future market
development plans.
Interview with Liu
Weidong, Marketing Director of ZSMC
Innovation-driven, combined strategy
At this stage, with
the servo drive technology becoming more and more mature, the market entry
"threshold" is reduced, the homogenization of products is serious,
and the quality of products is unsure. In the face of numerous challenges, it’s
important to figure out how to find breakthrough points in the
bottleneck. Liu Weidong said that the current strategy adopted by ZSMC is selling
cost-effective general products as well as exploring high-end application
market, an active combination of two-pronged approach to cope with market
competition.
In view of the high
sensitivity of the current large-scale general-purpose market to product
prices, Liu Weidong said that the new products of G1 series servo drive
launched by ZSMC this year are positioned to be applied on cost-effective
general automation industry. The power range of the product series is fully
covered and has adopted new speed detection algorithm, which improves control
accuracy; IO programmable, support function repositioning; usage of absolute
encoder and incremental encoder, support signal arbitrary frequency ratio
setting; handheld operation panel, more concise and convenient. More
importantly, ZSMC relies on core technological innovation to make the product
have a cyclic life cycle. For example, in the development of this G1 series
servo drive, ZSMC has further optimized the underlying components so that the
product has achieved a qualitative leap in performance and function, and
according to the new needs generated by customers in the actual use process, it
has continuously introduced new technical solutions, so the product has obvious
advantages in cost performance and helps customers reduce costs.
New Product of G1
series servo drive
Moreover, ZSMC high-performance
K5 series pulse servo is an upgraded version of K1 series. The highly
responsive K5 series adopt FPGA hardware current loop design, with self-tuning
function and suitable for matching with various vibration reduction
filters. Also, it supports the PC software of the host computer for
parameter setting, servo position, speed and torque control, etc., and can rival
with the mainstream Japanese products in the market. In the industrial bus
application market that has developed rapidly in recent years, ZSMC general bus
iK3 series servo driver supports EtherCAT, POWERLINK, CANopen and other
communication standard protocols, providing position control, speed control,
torque control, bus control The method, with international standard security functions
(STO / SS1 / SS2 / SBC), lays a solid foundation for industrial Internet
applications.
K5 series pulse type
servo
Expand high-end applications
With the continuous
innovation of domestic products, the acceptance of domestic brands by domestic
users has gradually increased, and domestic servo manufacturers are developing
towards higher-end applications. Facing this situation, Liu Weidong said
that ZSMC has a higher market visibility and market share in the field of
traditional textile machinery, and the company has developed a series of
technical solutions for knitting special machines, such as anti-collision
needle alarm function, full Closed-loop high-speed and high-efficiency servo
technology, which has greatly reduced the user's cost of use, and even exceeded
the customer's use requirements. At the same time, based on the
consideration of market development prospects and industry application
requirements, ZSMC is also actively exploring the high-end application market
at this stage.
ZSMC entries into
the high-end application field with a new product of the Ω series servo released by Singliner in September this
year, which also belongs to STEP Corporation. Liu Weidong introduced that
this new Ω series servo product was jointly developed
by Syngliner R & D team and Central Research Institute of STEP. ZSMC is
mainly responsible for product promotion and service. It adopts new advanced
motion control algorithms and incorporates the German core technology of drive
and control and has brought an excellent drive and control product experience
and the ultimate solution to users.
Ω series servo new products
"At present, the
demand for high-performance and multi-functional servo products in the domestic
servo application market has increased. The advent of this new product has
greatly enriched the high-end product line of ZSMC. The product is the perfect
combination of domestic and foreign technical essence and the advantages of
localized service, which will help us move towards higher-level application
markets. Especially in emerging industries such as lithium battery, robot, CNC,
LED, glass panel processing, photovoltaic, etc., Ω series servo products can realize the functions of aerial shot
alignment tracking, fast actual measurement, and supplemental upgrades by
advanced drive control algorithms, which can meet the urgent needs of users in
these industries for high-speed and high-precision processing. "Liu
Weidong added.
According to the
introduction, Ω series servo products have the
advantages of cost saving, fast response, accurate positioning and stable
operation. The product has excellent compatibility, can support multiple
brands of EtherCAT device controllers, and a variety of encoder interface
motors, such as Tamagawa, Nikon, and Panasonic encoders. In terms of
performance, Ω series servo products also have
functions of integrated inertia self-learning, parameter self-tuning, motor
cogging torque compensation, dynamic friction compensation, auto-interference,
suppression of terminal jitter and mechanical resonance, and safety protection
for abnormal conditions, which can achieve precision Control and smooth
operation.
Concentrate on research and provide customers with one-stop service
In the current
automation market, the "price war" of products is intensifying, and
technical service is another key factor in responding to the "price
war". In this regard, Liu Weidong said that it is more and more
important to provide technical services to customers. ZSMC is working closely
with partners to do a good job in service, for example, in pre-sales service. When
customers choose products, ZSMC will provide customers with accurate product
selection advice and guidance.
In terms of
after-sales service, ZSMC cooperates with partners actively too. They help
customers on wire and debug interface setting parameters, etc., so customers
can install the machine more easily and save labor costs. At the same
time, ZSMC will also do remote after-sales service via modern communication
technology to ensure that the fault will be checked at the first time, shorten
the online waiting time and improve the service response speed and service
quality.
In addition, ZSMC
also provides customized services on product functions to serve customers with
higher application value. ZSMC meets the user's scene needs through
personalized customization solutions. When doing customized product research
and development, it will tailor the functions required by the device based on the
new requirements of the customer's equipment, thereby improving the working
efficiency of the whole equipment and provides customers with comprehensive
supporting solutions. For example, ZSMC has developed a bus-type servo
solution for the handling robot, a short-distance, rapid acceleration, and
deceleration high-performance solution for the placement machine industry, and
a high-precision, high-response technical solution for the CNC engraving
machine industry, ect.
Conclusions
After years of hard
work in the market, ZSMC has accumulated profound technical experence. Faced
with the current diversified application trends, ZSMC adopts a boxing-style
combination strategy. On the one hand, it launches cost-effective G1 series
servo products to consolidate the existing advantages in the general-purpose
market; on the other hand, with the newly launched Sigriner Ω series servo new products, ZSMC is also actively
exploring the high-end application market, providing high-quality one-stop
technical service solutions, and trying its best to open up new areas. ZSMC is
going to enter a new stage in the future.
——This
article is reproduced from "China Transmission Network"