Switching cabinets shift from "hardware equipment" to "integrated software and hardware operation system"

Switching cabinets shift from "hardware equipment" to "integrated software and hardware operation system"

Iterative upgrading of the battery swapping cabinet industry: moving from a single hardware device to an integrated intelligent operation system of software and hardware

With the continuous standardized development of the electric two wheeler battery swapping track, the industry's business model is undergoing fundamental changes. In the early stages of industry development, market competition only stayed at the hardware level of battery swapping cabinets, with manufacturers competing for cabinet appearance, warehouse quantity, and basic hardware configuration; With the tightening of fire supervision and the increasing demand for refined operation by operators, the model of simply selling hardware equipment is no longer suitable for the long-term development needs of the market.

1、 The traditional single hardware model and four major shortcomings constrain the long-term operation of the site
In the past, most operators only purchased independent battery swapping cabinet hardware, and the equipment and management system were separated from each other, exposing industry pain points that are difficult to solve in actual operation:

The safety control passive hysteresis transmission cabinet is only equipped with basic leakage and power-off protection hardware, and has no real-time data transmission capability. After battery overcharging, temperature rise in the warehouse, and fire hazards occur, only rider feedback or manual on-site inspections can be relied upon, without early warning, which can easily lead to lithium battery thermal runaway fires and difficult to meet the mandatory requirements of local fire registration and regulatory networking.
The loss of battery assets cannot be controlled. Hardware cabinets cannot record battery charging and discharging cycles, battery cell health data, and battery degradation and bulging problems cannot be identified in advance. Operators can only blindly replace batteries, resulting in high asset loss costs and significantly shortened battery life.
The operation and maintenance costs remain high, and all equipment failures, storage status, and battery replacement data cannot be remotely viewed. Operators must arrange personnel to conduct daily offline inspections. When multiple branches operate synchronously, the labor and transportation operation and maintenance costs continue to rise.

The profit model is single and solidified, relying solely on hardware leasing and battery swapping service fees as a single source of income. It lacks advertising value-added, refined package operation, and multi site data coordination tools, resulting in a long payback period for sites and weak risk resistance.

2、 Industrial core transformation: Integrated software and hardware system, creating a central management center for the entire battery swapping chain
The core logic of the integrated operation system of software and hardware is to make hardware the data collection terminal, and use the self-developed IoT cloud platform as the software control core. The two are linked to achieve digital management of the entire process of security, assets, operation, and maintenance. The Yunku intelligent integrated system is divided into three core components:

1. Compliance and security hardware: integrated system data acquisition base
The entire series of 6-30 compartment battery swapping cabinets from Yunku are no longer just storage cabinets, but intelligent collection terminals that integrate multiple sensors: the whole machine has IP54 outdoor protection, independent fireproof partition compartments, standard water-based automatic fire extinguishing system, and is equipped with battery management modules such as battery core BMS, multi-point temperature and smoke sensors. Real time data on battery voltage, current, temperature, and compartment fire situation is collected and uploaded to the cloud in milliseconds, building a secure defense line from the hardware bottom, fully complying with the mandatory standards for battery swapping fire protection in many parts of China such as Shenzhen and Shanghai.

2. Version 5.0 IoT Cloud Platform: Integrated System Software Control Brain
Our self-developed cloud management platform is the core of software and hardware linkage, connecting data from multiple parties including devices, batteries, riders, operators, and regulators

Intelligent risk control and safety module: equipped with anti overcharging and overheating algorithms, real-time monitoring of battery status, automatic power-off and locking of compartments in case of abnormalities, synchronized push of alarm information to the management backend, and prevention of fire risks from the source;

Battery life cycle management: Automatically record battery charging and discharging cycles, health degradation degree, regularly maintain batteries in a balanced manner, effectively extend battery life by 30%, and reduce battery replacement costs;

Remote centralized operation and maintenance: Real time monitoring of the online status and fault locations of all site equipment across the country through PC and mobile mini programs. The system automatically generates maintenance work orders, achieving proactive predictive operation and maintenance, and reducing offline inspection frequency by 80%;

Multi terminal hierarchical permission management: distinguish between rider user end, site operation end, headquarters management end, and government regulatory end, visualize data grading, export operation reports and security accounts with one click, and easily complete regulatory filing.

3. Digital operation tools: Connect multiple profit channels for the site
The integrated software and hardware system is equipped with a complete operation value-added module, breaking the single charging mode of battery swapping: supporting multiple billing schemes such as on-time, per use, monthly rent, and enterprise group billing, remote publishing of cabinet advertisements, separate revenue statistics, and big data analysis of multi site passenger flow and battery swapping peak, providing data support for operators to optimize site layout and adjust pricing strategies, effectively improving site comprehensive revenue.
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