The history of human development is a history of scientific and technological change. Every technological change will bring about a great improvement in productivity. Steam engine liberates human hands; electricity brings sustained power to production and makes large-scale production possible; computers lead human beings from the era of mechanization and electrification to the era of automation. In the 21st century, with the development of Internet technology, a new round of industrial revolution is ready to start. Germany proposed industrial 4.0, the United States proposed industrial internet, and China also proposed “Made in China 2025”. Although different countries have different plans for industrial development in the Internet era, we can see the essence of all the plans: intellectualization.

With the rapid development of cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence technology and the steady advancement of “Made in China 2025” strategy, the coal industry has entered a critical period of integration, intelligent production and intelligent construction. Coal preparation is an important part of coal production, if the coal preparation industry can not achieve intellectualization, then the intellectualization of coal industry can not be fully realized. Detong Electric Co., Ltd. of Dadi Group, as a powerful and responsible coal preparation electrical automation enterprise, is unwilling to rest on its laurels, keep an eye on the development trend, passionately innovate, pursue excellence, and fully forge the intelligent R&D center, sounding the charge to the intelligent coal preparation.

R&D Center: Forge ahead

If we use one sentence to describe R&D center, there is no word more vivid than “the future is bright, the road is tortuous”. From a horizontal perspective, coal preparation industry is like the separatist regime, especially in the era of intellectualization, the winners will surely take all the food. Therefore, the competition between industries is not only the competition of product quality, but also the race of time.  From the vertical perspective, the intelligent coal preparation system belongs to the technological development of new fields, and there is no case for reference, the Chinese literature of new technology is also quite limited. Despite the difficulties and obstacles ahead, Detong people strive to achieve their dreams and constantly overcome difficulties one after another on the road of intellectualization. They are keen to innovate and forge ahead, turn their dreams into reality, create value for the company and set a model for corporate culture.

Product Group: Customer First

If software development is compared to a river, then demand is like water. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Comparing with the development of service software, the development of iCMES requires not only technical personnel to be familiar with computer knowledge, but also to have a deep understanding of coal preparation process. The product team members of software development closely combined coal preparation technology with computer technology. Guided by the principle of “One center, Two improvements”, they continue to learn the basic knowledge of coal preparation, learn from industry experts, think from the customer’s point of view, think about others, think about others’ ideas, and devote themselves to creating a set of high-quality fist products with efficiency and efficiency.

In-depth thinking, open-minded consulting, the team divided the coal preparation process which is difficult to understand by the layman, into a number of easy-to-understand PDR documents according to different modules, different functions, laying the foundation for subsequent development.

UI Group: Ingenuity and Wisdom

Good products require not only practical functions, but also attractive appearance. How to turn a traditional management program into a product with Internet flavor has always been a question for UI groups LIU Xueli, QIAO Yina and YAN Xin to think about. As small as an icon, as large as a page, every line, every pixel, are committed to harmony with its design background, so as to make refined works. Graphic symbols are dull, and have been aesthetically tired for a long time. But after thorough discussion and careful analysis, a set of concise and beautiful iCMES design manuscripts emerged, bringing together people’s wisdom scheme and inspiration intuition of artistic design, and rendering a layer of intellectualized atmosphere for the traditional industrial and mining industry. In addition to completing the design of software development, they also actively undertake other design tasks of the company, such as brochures, PPT and all other work to display the corporate image, where there is a need to beautify, where there is their epitome of wisdom. In their view, design is not only a work, but also a burst of inspiration, and it is a icing on the cake for the traditional coal preparation industry.

Front-end Group: Beautiful Scenery Reproduction

If the design of product group and art group is to make “appearance” of the software product and make it visible to customers, then the work of front-end group is to make “action” of the product. UI design is the image guidance of internal development, the front-end group’s page development is the real display and the most direct and vivid link with the users. How to make the program run smoothly on different devices, how to make the design document restore most authentically on different devices, and how to make users get the best experience are the goals that the front-end group is pursuing. As the pivotal link of the project, the front-end group not only completes the design and restoration of UI group, but also completes the data rendering of the back-end group. At the same time, it also considers the adaptation of different devices. With the development of technology and the arrival of intellectualization, the industrial and mining industry will once again leap forward. In the future, intellectualized products will continue to emerge. There is no end point on the way of tracking the frontier technology, only endless starting point.

Back-end Group: Concentrating on Research

The soul of a software lies in whether its function meets the needs of users. The work of the back-end group is to make the product “dynamic” by operating a large amount of data, to satisfy the different needs of users, and to accomplish the tasks of users quickly and simply. Compared with all kinds of APPs and some common web applications based on the principle of improving user experience on the market, iCMES, as a software for industry and mining industry, its main selling point lies in “taking production as the center, aiming at improving management efficiency and enterprise benefit”. Therefore, the development of iCMES intelligent coal preparation management software is not only to achieve the management of “people” also to manage the “things” in the production process, which means that the development engineers need a large number of data to operate and process. With dedication to technology, continuous learning and research, back-end team engineers overcame the first difficulty of iCMES on time: data-suite development. In addition, back-end engineers actively cooperate with departments to test and accept mobile terminals and outsourcing results.

Project Commissioning Team: Charge Ahead

“Enterprise thrives while employee thrives, enterprise prosperous while employee abundant”. Project commissioning engineers who have been on the front line all the year round know this well. Even if the front line environment is worse and the conditions are harder, this belief will always be kept in mind. When traveling on business, the engineer knows that he represents the company, his attitude decides the company’s image and his technology reflects the company’s professional level. It is the attitude of commissioning engineer to be able to bear hardships and strive for the most professional, mature and meticulous technical services to the owners. Only in this way can we win the reputation of the company and set a benchmark in the industry.

Software Development Department: Warm Dedication

If the working attitude determines the effectiveness of the department, then every bit of daily life reflects the team cohesion, the two complement each other, indispensable to each other. In daily life, every member of the software development department not only works conscientiously and diligently, but also actively lends a helping hand to other colleagues when they are in trouble, unites and cooperates with each other. SHI Xiaokang, ZHANG Hao and ZHANG Teng worked hard for the establishment of the new office area in the dog days, getting up early and returning late; and ZHANG Hao worried about lunch and the computer configuration of his new colleagues. FU Wanrong dedicated her own light bulb to solve the lighting problem in the office area... There are many moving stories like this. Every member of the software development department always strives for his own dream and for the company’s intelligent development of the company.

Although the R&D center was established only one year ago, with the support of the company’s leaders, the development team has united and worked hard, and has achieved some results, laying a solid foundation for intelligent construction.

Ii is believe that in the near future, Detong Electric Intelligent Products of Dadi Group will surely take the lead in the battle of intelligent coal preparation industry.

                                 Kang Zhe

R & D Center, Tianjin Detong Electric Co., Ltd.

Dadi Engineering Development Group