Xiaomi creates a factory of the future where robots produce smartphones at a speed of 1 gadget per second
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has announced that a new generation factory designed to produce smartphones will soon start operating. It is located in Changping, Beijing.
The new factory will be a “dark factory” that will be able to operate 24 hours a day without people. In addition, machines in the factory can cooperate with each other. The factory can also create a dust-free environment itself by removing dust at the micron level.
The quality of production at the plant will be controlled by intelligent machines of our own design. It is claimed that the automated production process will allow to produce one smartphone every second. Theoretically, if the factory is able to operate uninterruptedly around the clock all year round, its production capacity will be 31.5 million smartphones per year.
Xiaomi has invested 2.4 billion yuan (about $330 million) in the development of a new production process. The new plant in Changping covers a construction area of 81,000 square meters. It was certified as a “national intelligent manufacturing enterprise” with an annual production capacity of 10 million flagship smartphones. This factory will produce future folding phones – Xiaomi MIX Fold 4 and Xiaomi MIX Filp.
According to the commercial, the smart factory is just a small step for Xiaomi in exploring the future, which has just begun.
