Nowadays, many products have some special requirements during production. Some general-purpose equipment cannot meet the requirements of these products. In order to improve production efficiency, non-standard automation equipment can achieve these special requirements according to actual production needs. Now many companies produce products. At that time, the proportion of non-standard automation equipment is also increasing.The cost of non-standard automation equipment is relatively high, and it takes a long time to see the effect. However, because the profits obtained are relatively high, and the research value is relatively high, many manufacturers use this type of equipment.The main reasons why the recycling cycle of non-standard automation equipment is so long are as follows:1. The investment cost of automation non-standard equipment is relatively highThere are manpower investment, time investment and other material costs, manufacturing and scientific research costs, and so on.2. A relatively high level of technology is requiredIt is difficult to design machines for some products, and certain technical capabilities are required. Some materials also stipulate specificity. However, if parts of the equipment are to be changed, the materials used will also change, which will increase the production cost.3. The stability of the equipment is subject to the actual application of the productA complete equipment starts from R&D and manufacturing to its later successful assembly. In this process, it will definitely encounter many difficulties. It must be used in practice to ensure that the equipment can operate stably and reliably.Therefore, the cost of non-standard automation equipment must be invested before it can be profitable. However, sometimes there will be a lot of investment, and the return is not very high, because the cost of the later assembly and manufacturing of the equipment is difficult to recover in the short term. At this time, the various industries in the enterprise should be allowed to develop complementary, so that the follow-up industries can continue to develop.

The globalization of economy has intensified the market competition, and the intelligent, flexible and unmanned manufacturing industry has become a development trend, and the industrial automation industry has gained a broad space for development. In recent years, Germany has put forward the "Industry 4.0" plan, the United States has put forward the "National Manufacturing Innovation Network", Japan has put forward the "Innovative Industrial Structure Plan", and China has also put forward the "Made in China 2025" development plan. Their common ground is to make full use of the Internet of things, 5G communications, robots, artificial intelligence and other technical means to improve the intelligent and unmanned degree of manufacturing. Industrial automation products are an important premise and guarantee for modern factories to achieve scale, high efficiency, precision, intelligence and safe production. They are widely used and have a good development prospect. According to the Research data of Zion Market Research, the global industrial automation Market has reached 207.17 billion dollars in 2017. Due to the gradual maturity and commercial application of the Internet of Things, 5G technology and artificial intelligence technology, The global industrial automation market is expected to reach us $321.93 billion by 2024, with a compound annual growth rate of about 6.5%. The market for industrial automation services reached $42.1 billion in 2018 And is expected to reach $70.6 billion by 2024, with a compound annual growth rate of about 9%, according to Research And Markets. At present, the world's major industrial automation industry manufacturers include ABB, Siemens, General Electric, Schneider, Yaskawa, FANUC, Mitsubishi, Fuji Electric and so on. As an important part of high-end equipment, industrial automation control system is an important prerequisite and guarantee for modern industrial production to achieve scale, efficiency, precision, intelligence and safety.

According to the data of Markets and Markets, from 2010 to 2020, the scale of the global machine vision market has been on the rise. In 2020, the global machine vision market reached 10.7 billion US dollars, with a compound growth rate of 14.48% in the past five years. The first application of machine vision comes from the development of "robot". In the 1970s, the appearance of CCD image sensor and the replacement of silicon target camera by CCD camera is an important turning point in the development of machine vision. In the 1980s, the rapid progress of CPU, DSP and other image processing hardware technology provided the basic conditions for the rapid development of machine vision. Since the 20th century, the global machine vision industry started rapid growth, European and American enterprises in the global machine vision industry in a leading position.   According to Markets and Markets, Europe has the largest market share in machine vision globally, accounting for 36.4%. Next is North America, with a global share of 29.3%. With the growth of the Asia-Pacific region, where countries such as China, Japan, India and South Korea have some of the largest manufacturing facilities, automation of the manufacturing process has been regarded as a top priority, accounting for 25.3% of the global market share; South America, the Middle East and Africa accounted for 9.1 percent. Although the market share of Asia-Pacific and other regions has increased under the attention of the country, the current global machine vision industry is still dominated by European and American enterprises.   Since 2010, with the development of automation technology and the continuous innovation of industrial robot technology, the global demand for industrial robots has significantly accelerated. According to the latest report released by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), the number of robot installations worldwide increased gradually from 2012 to 2018, although there were some in 2019

In recent years, due to the increase of production costs, labor costs have been rising every year, industrial automation will play an important role in the future of enterprises. The disadvantages of artificial production are as follows: 1. Demographic dividend fades, and labor costs increase year by year. 2. There are many factors affecting personnel status, and the fluctuation of personnel thread is large. There are difficulties in management. 3. High work intensity, long time production operation is easy to make people tired, low efficiency. 4. Artificial operation is poor stability, production efficiency is unstable, and the rate of defective products is high. 5. Simple and repetitive, monotonous work makes people easily bored, tired and distracted, resulting in major safety risks for personnel and equipment. 6. High comprehensive energy consumption and production cost. 7. High noise and metal dust pollution are harmful to human health, and it is difficult to recruit workers. Industrial robots make everything possible. Industrial automation has the following advantages over manual work:  1. Fast investment return, payback period of 1-2 years. 2. Reduce operators, reduce labor costs, improve production environment and optimize management. 3. Controllable output expectation, stable delivery date, guaranteed product quality and improved enterprise reputation. 4. Industrial robots can operate 24 hours without interruption, can produce with high strength and high efficiency, not affected by human factors, and high utilization rate of equipment. 5. Industrial robots, eliminate manual operation safety risks, avoid unnecessary production accidents. 6. Strict standardized operation, high process stability, stable productivity. 7. Enhance the strength and image of the enterprise and become more competitive in the market.