Instrumentation Opportunities and Development Prospects

Nowadays, smart meters have become the new direction of the instrumentation industry, and are also an important force to seize high-end, cutting-edge product markets. Some products have reached the international level. In addition, the strong market demand for domestic smart meters is a driving force for the development of smart meter technology. China's instrumentation industry is large in scale and strong in overall strength, but it has a 10-15 year gap with the developed countries as a whole, and it is still relatively weak in high-precision products.

Smart meters have a good development atmosphere, environment and prospects in China. Emerging industries such as wind power, nuclear power, internet of things, smart grids, high-speed railways and rail transit have brought tremendous development space and market opportunities for smart meters. The continuous development of smart meters also promotes the development of energy-saving, low-carbon economy, new energy and other industries in China, while also narrowing the gap between imported instruments (ultrasonic flow meters, pressure transmitters, etc.) . This gap is mainly reflected in the technical level of the product and the engineering application technology of the product. The core components of China's smart meters (import process control instruments) mostly use foreign products or technologies, have weak independent research and development capabilities, and have poor integration capabilities. The gap in reliability, high performance, and high availability is large. The actual application of the project is not widely used and the application technology is not enough. The specific application technology for various industries and products has a greater gap with foreign countries.

Under the guidance of the macro-environment and policies, although there is a big gap between China's smart metering technology and foreign advanced technologies, this gap is gradually decreasing. In the field of high-end products also began to make breakthroughs, such as ultrasonic flow meters, pressure transmitters, radar level gauges, etc.; and in the relevant international standards for smart meters, China has also achieved a series of results are in line with international standards. Such as pressure transmitters for wind power, nuclear power, ultrasonic flowmeters for large pipe flow measurements, etc. To make the smart metering industry more advanced, it is necessary to invest more power and support in the technical level. Whether it is the training of talents or the investment in production equipment, it will open up new horizons for smart meters and have stronger competitive chips. , I believe in the near future, smart instrument industry will have a better platform and solid technical strength.