Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun made an announcement on Weibo revealing that the new generation smartphone production factory located in Changping, Beijing will soon become operational. The CEO also released a video further introducing the factory.
The factory can also maintain itself with micron-level dust removal
The new factory will be a “dark factory” that can operate 24 hours a day without people. Additionally, the machines in the factory can cooperate with each other. The factory can also create a dust-free environment all by itself with micron-level dust removal.
The production quality of the factory will be controlled by self-developed intelligent machines. It is claimed that the production process can manufacture one smartphone unit every second. According to the promotional video, the smart factory is just a small step for Xiaomi to explore the future, which has just begun.
Xiaomi has reportedly invested 2.4 billion yuan in the development of the new production process. The new factory in Changping occupies a construction area of 81,000 square meters. It has also been certified as a “national smart manufacturing benchmark enterprise” with an annual production capacity of 10 million flagship smartphones. This factory will handle the production of the upcoming foldable phones – Xiaomi MIX Fold 4 and Xiaomi MIX Filp.
However, Xiaomi has been using automation in its production process for quite a while at this point. Xiaomi’s smart factory in Yizhuang, Beijing was completed and ready for production as early as 2019. According to a previous report, the production of the company’s first book-style foldable, the Xiaomi Mix Fold, was handled completely by the first phase smart factory located in Yizhuang, Beijing.
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