The Internet of Everything elaborates on the vertical landing of the instrumentation industry under 5G in 2021

[ Hot Focus on Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] 2021 is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the year of accelerated development of network technology
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The "14th Five-Year Plan" will "accelerate digital development and build a digital China" as a separate chapter
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5G technology forges a "technical society", maintains a sense of social balance, connects thousands of households, and improves the formation of the digital economy era
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5G officially entered the commercial era in 2019, accelerated development in 2020, and then basically covered in 2021, forming a stable network
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From rooting and sprouting to vertical landing, after exploration and iteration, the amount of 5G and industry integration has exploded, especially for the instrumentation industry
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5G will link instrumentation equipment to the network domain, ushering in a substantial increase in remote control, data storage and other aspects
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Next, this article will review the changes and derivatives of the instrumentation industry under 5G in 2021 from the aspects of market status, enterprise dynamics, industry fields, and new instruments
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Market Situation: Changes in Supply and Demand
 

On July 13, 2021, ten departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly issued the "5G Application "Sailing" Action Plan (2021-2023), which aims to achieve a new development of breakthroughs in the depth and breadth of 5G applications within three years.
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Policy orientation stimulates the enthusiasm for the development of the instrumentation industry
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From the perspective of the auxiliary 5G instrument market, on the one hand, as an important instrument involving the realization of 5G action links and application scenarios, the demand for sensors has steadily increased
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In 2021, the sensor market will reach 295.
18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.
6%
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On the other hand, 5G needs to undergo signal processing, and the chip is the key, and it needs to be tested by precise instruments such as semiconductor detectors before mass production
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This market reaction drives the development of the semiconductor testing instrument industry
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Semiconductor testing instruments increased from 7.
4 billion yuan in 2016 to 18.
5 billion yuan in 2020, with a compound annual growth rate of 25.
74%
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It is predicted that the market size of China's semiconductor testing equipment will reach 21.
2 billion yuan in 2021
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　　From the perspective of the 5G smart instrument market in 2021, products with 5G networking capabilities are highly favored
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In 2021, the number of smart meter tenders in China will reach 109.
46 million, and the output of smart water meters will reach 36.
16 million; smart laser rangefinders and smart ultrasonic thickness gauges continue to emerge
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Many instrument manufacturers have begun to tilt towards intelligence
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Intelligence becomes the "spokesperson" of the demand-side market, and the supply-side market changes accordingly
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　　Enterprise Momentum: Top-level Design Changes, New Roads for Derivative Industries
 

　　The access of instrument manufacturers to the network is not only a network connection in the general sense, but also a 5G network authority that accommodates high-density, low-latency, and high-speed
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This kind of authority is generally achieved by purchasing public operation rights and maintaining private 5G networks with its own spectrum
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　　Large instrument companies may install private 5G networks based on their own infrastructure and use dedicated spectrum, managed by in-house teams or outsourced to mobile operators
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Small and medium-sized instrument companies are more likely to lease network equipment from public mobile network operators, outsource network management services and sublease spectrum private networks, so that companies, especially manufacturing companies, are no longer restricted.
In factories, ports or campuses, wired networks can be reduced and increased.
Internet speed
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By strengthening the 5G infrastructure, instrumentation enterprises have turned to intelligent enterprises, and their products have been upgraded to intelligent
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Strengthen the top-level design and deployment of 5G, promote integration into the instrumentation industry, and promote the rapid development of instrument manufacturing enterprises
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　　In addition to the way of network application, in 2021, a group of instrumentation companies focusing on testing network technology will stand out
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Instrument manufacturers from the initial integration of technology, to the later test whether the technology has passed the test
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For example, Diankesi has comprehensively launched six series of data network testers including from terminal to base station, from centimeter wave to millimeter wave, from R&D test to production line test, from wireless network to core network, with handheld, portable , desktop and other structural forms, covering the 5G network testing and inspection system, and domestic testing instruments fully empower the development of the 5G industry
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Another example is that Chuangyuan Instruments competes for the wireless communication test stage.
In August 2021, the National Science and Technology Major Project (03 Special) project "5G large-scale antenna channel simulator development and verification" and "millimeter wave 5G analyzer development".

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Technology encourages industrial upgrading
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　　New trends in the field: traditional industries take new steps
 

　　The coverage of new technologies is ultimately based on the adaptability and development of traditional industries
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5G is aimed at traditional key fields such as industrial manufacturing, petrochemical energy, instrument manufacturing, transportation and logistics, electric power, and medical care, clarifying standards, opening up industry agreement standards, and promoting the implementation of new technologies in key industries
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　　The "smart factory" overturns the traditional operation and maintenance of the factory and expands the production space
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Compared with instrument manufacturers, it is very difficult to collect terminal data to realize remote monitoring of equipment status in a large factory area and a complex environment
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5G's "low latency" allows important data to be transmitted back in time to ensure the continuity of key detection processes; "high speed" avoids "disconnection" of machines and equipment due to communication interference; "large bandwidth" enables video data to be uploaded to The cloud performs unified processing; "pan-connected" can cover hundreds or thousands of devices
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At the same time, 5G "smart manufacturing scenarios" applications such as equipment predictive maintenance and intelligent inspection have been successively invested to help instrument manufacturers achieve cost savings and efficiency improvements, and provide support for flexible manufacturing in factories
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　　As a new type of medical treatment that has recently emerged, 5G medical care uses advanced Internet of Things technology to bridge the gap between patients and medical personnel, medical institutions, and medical equipment, and help medical construction to a higher level
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In September 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Health Commission jointly issued the "Notice on the Announcement of 5G+ Medical and Health Application Pilot Projects", identifying 987 5G+ medical and health application pilot projects
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Products such as 5G medical robots, 5G ambulances, and 5G medical equipment have been successively developed, and remote medical consultations and surgeries have been continuously realized
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At present, more than 600 hospitals across the country have deployed 5G indoor digital networks
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A group of hospitals represented by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital use 5G technology to carry out cloud visits, and use 5G technology to connect with more than 5,000 hospitals across the country to carry out telemedicine
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Previously, the China-Japan Friendship Hospital carried out 5G remote consultation, and experts effectively improved the treatment efficiency through remote consultation, remote imaging and ultrasound
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　　"5G energy mining" promotes the upgrading of the coal mining industry, realizes the "less human and unmanned" operation process in the coal mine, and fundamentally solves the problem that the traditional network technology cannot meet the harsh underground environment, mobile production, and a large number of equipment and sensors.
production characteristics
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In November 2021, the coverage of the 5G network in the stope of the East Open-pit Coal Mine and the production of the first unattended drilling rig were put into trial operation, which improved the open-pit mining technology, technology and modernization level of China's coal industry
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The "smart mine" includes two control centers above and below ground
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On the coal mining work surface, coal mine equipment systems such as intelligent inspection robots, coal mine robots, automatic driving, and fully mechanized mining equipment can obtain high-speed 5G network connections, enabling underground voice, video, and data to be carried on one network, and various intelligent operations.
One network transmission of system information
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In addition, multiple high-definition cameras are also deployed on the working face to transmit the site environment information completely to the management center, so that the staff can remotely control various equipment in the management center
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　　Instrument technology potential: competition for real-time accurate expansion of storage data
 

　　From terminals to base stations, from centimeter waves to millimeter waves, from wireless networks to core networks, and from handheld, portable, wireless and other structural forms, the scientific instrumentation industry is racing ahead, competing for the wireless and intelligent inspection and testing stage
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　　The combination of 5G and testing instruments is widely used in typical application scenarios such as product quality inspection, equipment failure detection, unmanned intelligent inspection, remote equipment control, equipment collaborative operation, and on-site auxiliary assembly to avoid operational logic errors
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For example, Northern Tiantu has launched a 5G-connected drone for agriculture, forestry and plant protection
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Based on the 5G modem, the drone can monitor the consumption of pesticides and fertilizers in real time, which not only saves more than 20% of pesticide use and more than 90% of water consumption per year, but also allows managers to use the huge The server unit analyzes the monitoring data, improves the safety and operation efficiency of plant protection work, and takes the road of precision agriculture and forestry
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　　In addition, "5G+ monitoring instruments" are very common in environmental monitoring, which can respond more quickly to changes in environmental factors such as precipitation, temperature and light, and can monitor, adjust and analyze energy demand in real time
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For example, 5G water quality sampling equipment can collect water area information, automatically draw water quality distribution maps, and generate sampling reports and test reports
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The equipment changes the traditional water ecological environment monitoring and supervision modes such as hydrological measurement, water quality sampling monitoring, hidden pipe detection and environmental law enforcement patrols
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　　Medical equipment is the main front for 5G instruments
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For example, the Weise 5G blood glucose meter realizes 5G wireless transmission, which greatly improves the stability of the blood glucose meter during data transmission with significant advantages such as massive connections, ultra-wide coverage, and lower power consumption
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　　Looking at the 5G road of the instrumentation industry in 2021, a clear idea has been written: to promote the high-quality development of the industry with intelligent construction
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After the good news and results, what instrument manufacturers need to think about is how to expand from 1 to 100 after the industry goes from 0 to 1
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　　Original title: The Internet of Everything elaborates on the vertical landing of the instrumentation industry under 5G in 2021