Shifting to 'Smart' Manufacturing | Chuang'an Explosion-Proof Selected as a Typical Case of Digital

Recently, Hunan Chuang’an Explosion-proof Electric Co., Ltd. has been successfully selected for the “Hunan Province SME Digital Transformation Typical Cases (2025) List” released by the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Hunan Province, thanks to its digital transformation project centered on “high-quality datasets + efficient industrial AI big data models + fully digital process control.” The project provides an exemplary “Chuang’an Practice” for the digital transformation of mining explosion-proof electrical equipment and even the broader equipment manufacturing industry.

Facing the industry characteristics of mining explosion-proof products—such as multiple varieties, small batches, and a high degree of non-standard customization—traditional management models have long been hampered by issues like data silos, process disconnects, and inefficient collaboration, severely constraining response speed and operational efficiency. As a national-level key “Little Giant” enterprise specializing in niche sectors with cutting-edge technologies, Chuang’an Explosion-proof has made digital transformation its core corporate strategy. Partnering with digital service providers, the company has systematically built an integrated “cloud-edge-device” digital architecture centered on an industrial internet platform, leveraging digital power to tackle industry challenges.

▲ Production Big Data at Chuang’an Explosion-proof

The project deeply integrates cutting-edge technologies such as 5G, the Internet of Things, big data, AI, and digital twins, covering 12 core links across the entire value chain—from R&D and process design to production, supply chain, marketing, and service. It achieves end-to-end digital collaboration and real-time data connectivity from sales orders to R&D, planning to production, and processes to quality control. By establishing an enterprise-level data middle platform and unifying data standards to accumulate high-quality datasets, the company has not only digitalized most business scenarios but also achieved breakthroughs in key performance indicators: order delivery cycles have been shortened by 30%, response efficiency for non-standard orders improved by over 90%, and production planning efficiency increased by 75%.

This transformation has not only systematically addressed the industry challenges of “multiple varieties, small batches, and high customization,” simplifying non-standard operations and enabling precise control over waste across the value chain but has also fundamentally reshaped the company’s operational paradigm. It has built a data asset system covering all business activities with real-time flow, driving management decisions from “experience-driven” to “data-intelligence-driven,” and infusing the enterprise with a continuously evolving digital DNA for high-quality development.

▲ Chuang’an VR Digital Factory

On the innovation front, the company has proactively deployed a VR digital factory platform and vertical applications of AI large models. By building an immersive digital factory and exploring the vertical application of AI large models in core scenarios such as sales, R&D, and supply chain, the company is accelerating its transition from traditional manufacturing to “digital-intelligent” manufacturing.

This recognition as a provincial-level typical case marks a solid step forward in Chuang’an Explosion-proof’s digital transformation journey. Moving forward, the company will continue to deepen the integration of digital technologies with the real economy, collaborate with industrial ecosystems to build high-quality industrial data spaces, and strive to become a leader and enabler of digital transformation in the mining explosion-proof sector.