In Russia
2023
The Ministry of Industry and Trade counted 96 projects in the field of domestic industrial software
With the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, 96 complex projects are being implemented in the creation of domestic industrial software, for more than 50% of them successful implementation results have already been obtained. On August 22, 2023, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov at a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects, which was held by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
 | Thus, we consistently ensure technological independence in the field of digital design, testing, production itself and life cycle management, as well as after-sales service, "he said. |  |
In terms of software and hardware solutions, groundwork is formed in specialized industrial centers of competence (ICC), Manturov said. In total, 53 projects of industrial competence centers were approved by the government through the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Among the particularly significant, the Minister of Industry and Trade noted the development of engineering analysis tools, as well as the management of production and technological processes.
He also stressed the need for technological audits in relation to state-owned companies and companies with state participation with the development of recommendations for robotization. Based on their results, requirements will be established to increase its level. To do this, it is planned to create centers for the development of industrial robotics.
From the statement of the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, it also follows that by August 2023, an assessment of the level of digital maturity of enterprises is being carried out. This figure is about 45%, by 2030 it is planned to increase it to 85%.
In addition, Denis Manturov noted that modern robotic solutions are being integrated into the work of enterprises. By August 2023, 7 domestic companies are engaged in the production of industrial robots, in 2022 they shipped 120 units of products to customers.[1]
Russian industrialists want to create an open APCS architecture in contrast to Siemens and GE
The industrial sector has recently been actively discussing the idea of creating an open APCS architecture for Russian enterprises. Companies from several industrial competence centers (ICCs), including Severstal, participate in the discussion of this initiative, said on May 17, 2023 at the demodn of the IC Metallurgy, deputy chairman of this ICC, CEO of Severstal-Infocom Sergey Dunaev.
The proposal implies the development of the APCS architecture on open standards. In fact, we are talking about creating a standard similar to how there is a USB standard, for example, he explained. Unified standards would make it possible to use solutions from different vendors within the same automation platform.
| | The idea is that where you can combine and save money, you need to do it, - explained the general director of Severstal-Infocom. | |
Not only software is associated with the direction of APCS: these are still many specific sensors, controllers, difficult optics, often also various "hardware" sewn directly with the unit. And here even integrators who carry "anything from anywhere" may not help everywhere, since this is not a product for a wide market. They can bring Siemens products, and, for example, Messer gas cutting machine software, which are few in all of Europe, will not be brought, especially since this is now associated with high risks, says Sergey Dunaev.
The development of an open architecture does not replace the necessary work on hardware, microelectronics and in general with the element base of APCS. But in terms of software, if we come to an independent open architecture within Russia, this would shorten the path to replacing some of the imported products - the most common solutions.
The driver of the initiative to create an open APCS architecture can be called the Association "Industrial Innovations." According to its website, as of May 2023, it includes the already mentioned Severstal, as well as Gazpromneft Digital Solutions, Kirovsky Zavod, NefteTransService and Fintech Lab. During the association, a working group on open platforms for industrial automation of APCS has already been created. Representatives of the association promote the idea at various industry events, Severstal looks the most active in this so far. For example, the presentation of its representative from one of the industry events held in April 2023.
In April 2023, the association reported on the results of a survey of a number of industrial enterprises, which showed that the respondents see the main risk in the field of APCS as a potential impossibility to provide technical processes, the threat of production shutdown due to inaccessibility/difficulties with the supply of element base, spare parts, software licenses, updates, technical support.
The main risk surveyed enterprises also consider dependence on proprietary solutions of vendors - "vendor lock," the impossibility of a painless transition to solutions of other vendors[2]
Participants see the goal of the initiative on open platforms and APCS standards in creating a modern ecosystem, an industrial production management platform based on open "rules of the game" - standards, technical requirements, protocols. The task is to "untie" software solutions from the "iron" part, to help avoid dependence on vendors - both foreign and domestic.
Such an open ecosystem would allow industrial companies to obtain modern comprehensive automation solutions at competitive prices, and create new markets for Russian developers and solution manufacturers, and open up opportunities for production development.
If we talk about specific areas of APCS standardization, then the most acute problem is the lack of standards in the field of communication and data exchange protocols. Also, in the course of a survey conducted by the association, standards on architecture, development environment, real-time operating system, safety, reflection of APCS in construction documentation were named.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade begins to subsidize the introduction, and not the development of digital platforms for industry
In April 2023, it became known about the transfer in Russia of subsidies for digital platforms for industry from development to implementation. For these purposes, the government allocates about 1.6 billion rubles.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade presented a draft resolution suggesting that from 2023, government decree of April 30, 2019 No. 529 "On the approval of the Rules for the provision of subsidies to Russian organizations to reimburse part of the costs of developing digital platforms and software products in order to create and (or) the development of the production of high-tech industrial products "will be implemented in the form of support for the introduction of digital platforms and (or) software products in the industries.
| | The draft resolution establishes the goals, conditions and procedure for providing subsidies to Russian organizations producing industrial products produced in the process of carrying out economic activities related to manufacturing to reimburse part of the costs of introducing digital platforms and software products in order to increase the level of "digital maturity" of industries, the explanatory note says. | |
The materials of the Ministry of Industry and Trade also say that the following projects will have priority for receiving subsidies:
- providing for the introduction of digital products and solutions developed as part of the implementation of particularly significant projects by industrial centers of competence (ICC) to replace foreign industry digital products and solutions, including software and hardware complexes, in key sectors of the economy;
- providing for the introduction of digital products and solutions operating using modern technologies, including artificial intelligence technologies;
- projects of Russian organizations, in respect of which the autonomous non-profit organization "Digital Productivity Technologies" assessed digital development and gave recommendations to increase labor productivity due to the growth of "digital maturity."[3]
2022
Digitalization of industry: the largest IT suppliers, key trends and new priorities. TAdviser Overview
Digital transformation is one of the national goals of the Russian Federation until 2030, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 474 of July 21, 2020. It is proposed to evaluate it in the document according to the target indicator "achieving digital maturity of key sectors of the economy." It is clear that industry, both mining and manufacturing, is among such industries and that its digital transformation, launched before the coronavirus pandemic, is necessary. How did the change in the composition of industrial software suppliers presented in Russia affect this process?
About the difficulties faced by enterprises, as well as Russian suppliers and integrators of solutions for the digitalization of industry, about the tasks that unexpectedly came to the fore, as well as about the expected results of 2022 - read the new TAdviser review.
Mishustin allocated tens of millions to equip hazardous production facilities with DVRs
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree, which allocated additional ones from the budget for equipping hazardous production facilities with DVRs. The press service of the Government of the Russian Federation announced this on July 19, 2022.
According to the document, To Rostekhnadzor more than 82.6 million are allocated from the reserve fund of the Cabinet. rubles DVRs will be equipped with production facilities of hazard classes I and II. This is necessary to reliably confirm the state of such objects, as well as to submit, if necessary, the results of video recording to law enforcement agencies or to the court in case of violations.
Video surveillance systems in enterprises have an increased level of complexity of installation, since it must cover many areas, both internal and external - main production, auxiliary production, warehouses, administrative buildings, perimeter, etc.
It is noted that the decision on additional funding for equipment with DVRs of hazardous production facilities was made on behalf of the president. Russia Vladimir Putin
At the beginning of 2022, Putin instructed by April 1, 2022 to ensure the installation of DVRs under state supervision at hazardous production facilities.
| | The Government of the Russian Federation shall ensure the use of video recording devices (DVRs) in the implementation of federal state supervision in the field of industrial safety in relation to hazardous production facilities of hazard classes I and II in order to reliably confirm the condition of facilities during the inspection period, facts of violations of mandatory requirements, as well as submission, if necessary, of the results of video recording to law enforcement agencies or to the court, - said in the order of the Russian leader.[4] | |
A domestic PLM complex for mechanical engineering has been created. By 2025, aircraft and shipbuilders will be able to use it
Russian enterprises massively use foreign engineering software - Siemens, Dassault Systemes, Autodesk, etc., because there are no domestic fully functional analogues of heavy PLM complexes in Russia. Those Russian solutions that are available on the market so far close only a part of the functionality of foreign CAD, CAE, CAM, CAPP, MES, PDM, PLM and other engineering systems. With their help, until recently, it was impossible to create complex projects that included millions of parts, for example, turbines, aircraft, sea and river ships.
In 2015, Russian engineering software developers merged into the Development consortium in order to evolutionarily assemble a fully functional PLM complex from individual systems and solutions based on their own geometric core, which can compete with Western developments. As of 2022, Development includes ASCON, TeSIS, Eremex, ADEM, APM and Sigma Technology. The partners of the consortium are Laduga, SeaProject, Digital Manufactory.
Alexander Golikov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ASCON Group of Companies, said that in 2019 the consortium published a roadmap for the creation of a heavy PLM complex. By April 2022, a solution has been created that allows you to design high-complexity engineering products. It is being tested at production, after which it will be finalized. According to him, the Russian PLM complex can already be used in mechanical engineering. Read more here
2021: The Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed a strategy for the digital transformation of manufacturing industries
On July 15, 2021, it became known that the Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed a strategy for the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry until 2030. It includes five areas of transformation, which are called projects in a document published on the ministry's website.
The Smart Production project involves the formation of an effective infrastructure and system for supporting the implementation of domestic software and hardware and software systems.
The strategy also includes the creation of a national standardization and certification system based on virtual testing technologies (Digital Engineering project). We are talking about the development of universal marketplaces with resources for creating and selling products, as well as the formation of unified data formats (libraries).
The strategy includes the transition to customized industrial products and state repairs (project "Products of the Future"). The document refers to the transition to a model of flexible conveyor production, the introduction of predictive analytics technology for the transition from "repair according to the regulations" to "repair by condition." The New Employment Model project involves the creation of an exchange of competencies and services that ensure increased labor productivity.
The strategy, among other things, includes the transition to digital public administration. This refers to the provision of state support services using the infrastructure of digital platforms, as well as the creation of intersectoral data models (data networks for use by enterprises and IT companies).
By January 1, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will form at least 550 digital passports of backbone industrial enterprises, by the end of 2024 - at least 9 thousand. Until May 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, together with the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Antimonopoly Service, will establish the conditions for admitting foreign engineering software when making purchases (bans, restrictions, quotas, preferences when buying domestic software). Until that time, changes will already be made to regulatory legal acts regarding the establishment of admission conditions.
According to the document, by 2024 the strategy will lead to indicators of 30% (by 2030 - 50%) of highly qualified workers employed in industry who receive orders using digital platforms (marketplaces). Also, the cost of servicing high-tech products will be reduced by 25% and the time of forced downtime of production facilities will be reduced by 45%. The timing of the launch of high-tech products on the market and the 1.5 payback period for investments in Russian industrial enterprises will be reduced by 30% times. By 2030, industrial production will produce at least 70% of high-tech products, and the efficiency of equipment will double and 2.5 times reduce the costs of enterprises for the development and withdrawal of products.
The Government of the Russian Federation will control the implementation of the strategy on the basis of the report of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the document says.
Among the risks, the Ministry of Industry and Trade highlights, for example, social ones, which include the preservation of harmful industries, injuries, hidden unemployment and the outflow of personnel from Russian enterprises to foreign ones. In addition, the ministry notes a high level of interregional differences in the development of infrastructure, human resources, the quality of state institutions, which can reduce the overall effect of the measures taken to stimulate the digital transformation of industry.
There are also economic risks due to the "unsatisfactory current financial position of a significant part of industrial companies" (low profitability or unprofitability of current production), a high financial burden on companies (almost all companies currently have significant loan portfolios), the difficulty of returning credits due to long payback periods and the lack of free working capital for the implementation of digital transformation programs.
Taking into account the fact that the degree of depreciation of fixed assets in the manufacturing industries is about 60%, there is a high probability of man-made accidents and environmental damage, as well as the emergence of additional costs when creating new and technical re-equipment of old industries, the document says.
The manufacturing industry includes ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, chemical and petrochemical industries, mechanical engineering and metalworking, forestry, woodworking and pulp and paper industries, glass and porcelain and faience industries, food and microbiological industries, medical, as well as printing industries. The share of the Russian market in any of the key classes of systems does not exceed 30% - this is an extremely low indicator for solving such problems as ensuring the transformation of industry through the introduction of domestic software products, the document says. The problems of industrial enterprises in the implementation of functions for digital design include complete or partial import dependence, difficulties with the interaction of enterprises in terms of integration due to different data formats, non-compliance of software with the necessary level of information security, the Ministry of Industry and [5].
2020: The head of Rosatom proposed to create a national industrial platform based on Russian technologies
On September 23, 2020, the head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, proposed that Rosatom and Rostec create a national industrial platform in Russia.
| | We have an initiative. We would like to think about a national industrial platform with the coordination of the Ministry of Digital Development. About a serious such, complex, formed on Russian technologies, tool that allows to solve the main problems of all industrial enterprises in the horizon of the next five years in all aspects. This is the work of smart sensors, and the processing of big data, and artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics. This is a multiple reduction in production costs, "said Alexey Likhachev. | |
He also expressed confidence that both Rostec and Rosatom have such competencies that "can, as a mosaic, fold this platform." According to Likhachev, its creation is a serious, complex task and, "in a sense, as the first atomic project."
| | As when the whole country created the nuclear security system of the Soviet Union, today the whole country must look into the future and create a digital security system, primarily industry - well, of course, the military-industrial complex. The task is extremely ambitious. We, in principle, are ready for it, - said Alexey Likhachev. | |
Map of developers of solutions for digitalization of industrial enterprises
The TAdviser analytical center, together with the Skolkovo Foundation and the Ai-Teko Innovation Center, have created a map of companies developing solutions for the digitalization of industrial enterprises. Read more here.
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2023:7 main directions of digital transformation of machine tools are named
In October 2023, the Institute for Statistical Research and Knowledge Economics of the Higher School of Economics published a study in which it listed the seven main areas of digital transformation of machine tools. According to experts, some trends reflect scenarios for the implementation of advanced digital solutions in industry, others are related to practices to improve the functionality and efficiency of certain types of equipment for solving production problems. There are directions, for example, robotic devices that are at the junction of technologies and types of equipment, combining the characteristics of both, the report says.
Experts attribute the advantage of digitalization of the industry to the production of more functional equipment, automation of processes (together with a decrease in the influence of the human factor), an increase in the quality of products and the speed of their production, as well as a reduction in operating costs.
The researchers called the automation of production processes and the introduction of intelligent systems the main direction of digital transformation of machine tools. It is the core of the digital transformation of industry; in the context of machine tools, it implies the transfer of control over operations from a person to automated systems. The final stage in the development of the direction is deserted production, where operators are assigned mainly process control functions.
The second direction is peripheral computing, which, according to analysts, helps to reduce the amount of information supplied to the machine and bypass capacity restrictions. Support for intelligent systems requires powerful processors to handle large amounts of data.
Industrial robots, which are also mentioned in the study, simplify the maintenance of machines, replace their functions, assist in the execution of production tasks (supply parts for processing, replace work tools, etc.).
The next trend is related to additive technologies of high-speed production. They significantly increase the productivity and multifunctionality of the machines. Another area is deep learning. Such algorithms are widely used in industry in general and in machine tools in particular. However, there is a significant reserve for the introduction of advanced digital technologies (primarily based on AI, big data, etc.), capable of detecting hidden dependencies in data, predicting production parameters, and supporting automatic decision-making.
Experts called laser equipment the penultimate key direction of digital transformation of machine tools. It makes it possible to perform more and more complex and high-precision operations, which is especially important for microelectronics. For example, automatic adjustment of laser beam speed and diameter to cut materials reduces power consumption.
Finally, the Institute for Statistical Research and Knowledge Economics of the Higher School of Economics highlights such a direction as equipment with numerical program control. Such machines have greater flexibility and speed of reconfiguration compared to ordinary equipment. Among their advantages are the automation of individual production processes, the ability to release various parts, the production parameters of which are set in programs, etc. A new direction is the implementation of augmented reality applications for reading information about production drawings, assembly and other documentation in 3D format. This can speed up the tuning of the machine by an average of a minute.[6]
2020: Trends and effects of digital applications in industry
The Institute for Statistical Research economies and Knowledge HSE has identified on the basis of analysis big data the most significant digital technologies already used or implemented in the world and. The the Russian industries institute announced this on August 11, 2021.
In the industry, digital technologies are used at all stages of the life cycle - from concept idea, design, production and operation to service and disposal. Reliance on "digital" provides businesses with significant competitive advantages, especially in the face of uncertainty. Digital technologies played a critical role in 2020, when the most robotic, automated and ready for joint remote work of the enterprise coped with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opening the top 15 industrial robots (No. 1) help reduce labor costs, keep the quality of products at a stable level, and increase the technological flexibility of production. In the Russian industry, robots are most used in the automotive industry, in chemical and petrochemical enterprises.
In the field of artificial intelligence (AI) (No. 2), a leap has been made in recent years from the use of semi-autonomous robotic manipulators on flexible production lines to the control of autonomous vehicles moving in workshops and between workshops. In the future, increasingly advanced AI technologies will fully automate production processes and optimize the work of not only individual enterprises, but entire industries.
In situations in which it is either dangerous or impossible or ineffective to use human resources (for example, to work in hard-to-reach places, in conditions of permafrost or increased radiation, in harmful chemical industries), machine learning technologies are increasingly used (No. 3). They are also relied on when, as arrays of data on the state of industrial equipment accumulate, people are unable to predict its residual life and critical malfunctions, prevent sudden failure and perform maintenance for the state.
For adaptive control of robot operations, solutions based on computer (machine) vision (No. 11) are used. For example, the Philips razor factory (Netherlands) looks like an unlit room with 128 robots installed, the work of which is monitored by only nine employees. Computer vision also helps to monitor personnel actions in terms of compliance with safety requirements. Technologies for automatic fixation and processing of mobile and stationary objects using computer tools are already capable of determining in real time by video or photo image where a person and his body parts (head, arms, legs) are located, and assessing the correctness of wearing overalls (gloves and helmets), and in the near future will bring the work of enterprises to a qualitatively different level.
Multiplies the production efficiency and significantly reduces the payback period of projects implementation industrial internet of things (No. 13). Arrays (big data No. 8), obtained, in particular, from wireless devices with protocol support, IP including, sensors, and smartphones tablets other devices, are used in a wide range of applications. The main ones are market forecasting, product improvement, optimization marketing and sales. Supply chain tracking based on (No. 7), blockchain (No. 12) smart contracts and other electronic transactions, as well as marketplaces, contribute to increased industrial cooperation. Thanks to the study of user experience based on data wearable devices from the enterprise, they move from "repair according to the regulations" to "repair according to the state" and in general develop the service business model "goods as a service" (No. 10).
Designers, manufacturers and engineers use digital prototyping (# 4) to design products and visualize the entire manufacturing process. VR testing (No. 9) allows you to reduce the time and cost of product development, test and improve product quality. So, thanks to the introduction of digital tests of aircraft at virtual training grounds, PJSC UAC managed to almost halve the number of flights for debugging onboard systems.
Enterprises often combine developments of various technological directions. For example, for the accelerated creation and launch of products and services, systems based on "digital twins" (No. 14) of production processes are used, including elements of AI, the Internet of Things, sensorics (5) and wireless communication technologies (No. 6). During operation, such systems help optimize the operation of enterprises, minimize failures and shutdowns; according to OECD estimates, they can predict the response of equipment to loads with an accuracy of 95% and reduce the cost of servicing complex industrial complexes by 5-10%. The annual growth of the "digital twins" market from 2020 to 2026, according to MarketsandMarkets, will be about 60%. Another clear example of combining digital technologies is smart factories (No. 15), fully automated (robotic) production, in which the control of all processes in real time and taking into account constantly changing conditions is ensured by a combination of IoT technologies, Big Data analysis and information systems for managing production and business processes.
Notes
- ↑ Strategic Development and National Projects Council Meeting
- ↑ of Industrial I&C in the Russian Federation: risks, problems and solutions. View of industrial companies.
- ↑ Subsidizing digital platforms for industry moves from development to implementation
- ↑ The government has allocated additional funding for the equipment of video recorders of hazardous production facilities
- ↑ Trade came up with 5 areas of digital transformation of the manufacturing industry in Russia
- ↑ Top 7 directions of digital transformation of machine tools
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