The workshop was still cool at six in the morning. I arrived at work half an hour earlier as usual, but saw a circle of people around the No. 3 assembly line. Xiao Liu from the technical department held up his mobile phone, and a short video was playing on the screen in a loop - a silver-shell packaging machine smoothly swallowed and spit out cargo boxes, and the robotic arm flipped, sealed, and stacked in one go. The comment area was full of messages such as "ask for the brand" and "ask for the working principle".
"Isn't this the PLY-2800 we upgraded last month?" When I blurted out, my fingertips unconsciously touched the temperature control panel of the efficient packaging machine next to me. The metal feels moist with morning dew, but the green indicator light on the operating table seems to be ignited by the cheers in the video, exuding an inexplicable freshness.
When technical details meet traffic passwords
The most eye-catching thing in the video is the details of this efficient packaging machine processing special-shaped packaging boxes: the arc fitting process that traditional equipment needs to be manually adjusted, but the flexible film pressing device of PLY-2800 can automatically adapt through real-time scanning. The camera deliberately magnified this process - the film wrapped around the uneven cosmetic gift box like flowing water, and there was not even a half-millimeter wrinkle at the edge. No wonder some netizens joked: "This machine is much better than my skill in applying mobile phone film."
In fact, the development of this set of automated processes is far more bumpy than what the camera shows. Last fall, we worked on the delayed supply of imported sensors for two months, and finally created a dual-signal verification system with local suppliers. Now looking at the "silky operation" that was crazily liked in the short video, I feel the relief of an old mother watching her child go on stage to receive an award.
Chemical reaction from the comment area to the assembly line
During lunch break, I saw more derivative content: a Turkish customer posted a video comparing the PLY-2800 with its old production line, with "incredible" exclamations in the background; a college student even used Lego blocks to imitate a scaled-down robotic arm, which received 120,000 likes and @ed our official website account. Zhang from the marketing department rushed into the workshop with a notebook: "Quick! Make a series of highlights of the Double Eleven customized packaging process!"
I suddenly realized that these fragmented short videos are like probes, which visualize the technical soul hidden in the steel body. In the past, explaining the parameter table to customers for three hours was not as good as a fifteen-second demonstration of the automated process. When the rhythm of the machine's operation is matched with the magical card music, even the old man Li, who has worked in the factory for 20 years, muttered: "This shot, our efficient packaging machine is really exciting."
The production revolution hidden behind the traffic
Before leaving get off work, I passed by the test workshop and caught a glimpse of the R&D team installing a multi-angle shooting bracket for the new model - it is said that it will be built into the equipment shell. Nowadays, the design of industrial equipment should not only consider practicality, but also reserve "lens language". I remember that in the popular video this morning, there was a detail comment with 80,000 likes: "The close-up of the moment of cutting the sealing tape is extremely comfortable to watch, and it is recommended to be included in the ASMR category." When I locked the locker, I smiled at the banner on the wall that read "Pioneer Team for Production Collaborative Optimization". When I followed the master to tighten the screws ten years ago, who would have thought that one day our efficient packaging opportunities would be in the same frame with lipstick reviews and cute pet videos in short videos? But this may be the romance of industrial people in the new era: let the roar of the machine penetrate the screen, and quietly sow a seed at the moment when the thumb slides.
