With AI "quality inspectors" on the job, it understands the benefits better than anyone else.

Having been rooted in Guangshui for over two decades, Hubei Haoyuan Plastics Co., Ltd. started as a small glass products factory and has transformed itself into a professional player in both pharmaceutical packaging and sanitation products! The real turning point was a chance encounter in 2022—meeting the PhD team from the University of Science and Technology of China at Anhui Keyi. AI "quality inspectors" were put to work directly, and AI calculated the return on investment better than anyone else!

3 million!

A complete overhaul of the production line.

Starting with an investment of 2 million yuan to establish a pharmaceutical glass factory in 1998, and then establishing Hubei Haoyuan Plastics Co., Ltd. in 2003, Hubei Haoyuan Plastics Co., Ltd. has never been content with the status quo. General Manager Zuo Shaopeng has made several trips to Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places to study and learn, and invested 3 million yuan to introduce 5 fully automatic injection molding machines, completely upgrading the production line.

This decisive investment allowed Hubei Haoyuan Plastics to completely abandon glass products and successfully transform into the production of pharmaceutical plastic bottles. Subsequently, they further expanded their operations, launching multiple product lines including oral solid/liquid medicine bottles and packaging for traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. Currently, they possess over 100 high-end machines, including fully automated injection blow molding machines and intelligent injection molding machines!

However, while production capacity skyrocketed, old problems also arose: slow manual quality inspection and numerous missed inspections became bottlenecks to development.

2022

USTC PhD unlocks new ways to use AI for quality inspection

In 2022, Zuo Shaopeng, general manager of Hubei Haoyuan Plastics, attended a Traditional Chinese Medicine exchange conference in Qingdao and happened to meet a team of PhDs from the University of Science and Technology of China at Anhui Keyi.

This exchange directly opened up new ideas: using AI algorithms to replace the human brain and industrial cameras to replace the human eye for industrial visual inspection!

After returning to the factory, he led his team to conduct in-depth research and repeated demonstrations, and made a bold decision to introduce four AI artificial intelligence visual inspection devices in batches, completely changing the traditional human eye quality inspection method.

Three accounts settled!

AI "quality inspector" is on duty, with excellent cost performance

The initial investment of four devices is no small sum for a company. But once the AI ​​"quality inspector" was deployed, its effectiveness was immediately apparent, revealing three key facts:

Quality Account：

High-definition cameras capture images in real time, and deep learning algorithms make precise judgments, identifying black spots, dirt, deformation, and printing defects, with an error rate far exceeding that of manual methods!

Cost Account：

One machine replaces multiple quality inspection stations, saving manpower and improving efficiency. The longer it is used, the more cost-effective it becomes, saving nearly one million yuan in labor costs every year!

Reputation Account:

With stable quality, major partners have also joined forces! They have now partnered with large enterprises such as Hunan Zoomlion, China Ordnance Equipment Group, and China Yuanda Group!

Starting with 2 million RMB in 1998, and transforming to 3 million RMB in 2003 to break through the bottleneck; from introducing 4 AI vision inspection devices in 2022 to now having more than ten AI vision inspection devices, Hubei Haoyuan Plastics has made precise and timely investments at every step.

This time, with an AI "quality inspector" in charge, it has the most thorough understanding of this development strategy!