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Although power from the casting there is still a considerable gap between us, but through this exhibition we can see that the foundry industry in China and strengthen the clues and exciting!” Recently held in Shanghai 2008 China International Expo on casting, China Machinery Industry Special Adviser to the Federation, honorary president of China Foundry Association of Deputy Lu Yansun, told reporters he has spoken the perception of the show.
According to reports, at the same time held the 9th China International casting, forging and industrial furnaces exhibitions, the 2008 China International Casting the 11th China International Fair and Exhibition metallurgical industry, nearly 30 countries and regions thousand exhibitors Exhibitors, the area of nearly 60,000 square meters, nearly 10,000 pieces of exhibits, attracted 62 countries and regions in the professional audiences and buyers. China Machinery Industry Federation executive vice president of China Foundry Association, chairman of JIA Cheng-ping said that the current scale of the exhibition, the exhibition record levels since the new record. It reflects the prosperity of China’s foundry market, also demonstrated the continuous progress of China foundry industry of the track.
Progress into the most obvious casting bright spot
According to show excellent casting named head of the Expert Group, China Foundry Association executive vice president and secretary-general Zhang Bo, the fair number of exhibitors of casting products several times more than previous sessions, Shen Ping declare the outstanding casting reached 200 Variety. 15 experts selected from the 56 outstanding items, many of them fill the gaps and reach a world-class level of casting, this session has become the largest exhibition of highlights.
Group share in the limited liability company’s pavilion, the fair’s two largest castings, weighing 43 tons and 37 tons of 1 million kilowatts of supercritical steam turbine pressure in the cylinder, super ductile iron castings to attract a large number of visitors Eyes. Peng, chairman of the company who told reporters that this is their self-made, and have reached the advanced level abroad.
This power station to casting, casting machine, engine castings, compressor castings products of the four major professional casting enterprises, casting this year’s production will reach 45,000 tons, of which 60 per cent of the exports. Mr Fan said that enterprises in the development process to deal with the fierce market competition, it is necessary to absorb the energy, materials, the rising cost pressures, we must develop, produce high value-added products. To that end, sharing always adhere to independent innovation, the annual investment in research and development costs accounted for sales income of 5% to 8%. The enterprise also has been the ultimate return: Many world-renowned machine tool enterprises in the share purchase castings; domestic enterprises in the Three Gorges hydropower generating units to the three turbine blades, have shared, and they cast iron gas turbine, Steel Castings Taoshu the annual delivery of more of the world’s market share of 55 percent to 60 percent. The next step is shared by three to five years to build a world-class R & D center, and further promote enterprises in technological innovation. In strive to casting output, sales revenue reached 1.2 billion to 1.5 billion yuan, while profit margins have remained at double-digit levels.
Deputy Lu Yansun, as reporters arrived in Shanghai honorary chairman of Acer Power Plant Equipment Co., Ltd. Zhuduan the booth, executive vice president of the company went up to Yu Liang Jun, proudly pointing to the front of high-pressure gas turbine Menfa Shell said: “You give us the task completed.” According to reports, in March 2007, Deputy Lu Yansun, during an inspection tour to Hong Gang: China’s 1 million kilowatts Ultra-supercritical steam turbine casting is still the bottleneck, the dependence on imports, not only for the highest bid and Difficult to protect cargo, constraining the development of China’s power station equipment that can be added Wang Gang test. Acer result of using its steel castings developed more than 50 years of experience in power plant, after one year of efforts, finally have been fruitful, and reached a world standard. Yu Liang-jun said that the import substitution, a set of such a large number of domestic savings casting Exchange. And the number of good economic balance, its significance is difficult to measure the number, the first to break the foreign monopoly, and the other is in the process of independent innovation fostered a contingent of technical personnel, this is the most valuable asset. Wang Gang will be the next step based on market demand and further increase production.
In addition to supporting the large-scale power station equipment casting a prominent progress, from the exhibition can also see that in the automotive industry driven by the rapid development of China’s automotive castings also achieved gratifying results. As demonstrated at the FAW Foundry’s next-generation engine block, cylinder head, a high-strength thin wall castings, its thickness only 2.5 ~ 3.0 mm, one-time recognition by Volkswagen, Shanghai Volkswagen supply 210,000 / year . Chongqing Qingling Casting Co., Ltd. demonstrated their common-rail-to medium-sized commercial vehicle engines independently developed the key block castings, cylinder head, to meet the EU Ⅳ, Europe Ⅴ emissions requirements. The company General Manager Wu Ji-Qing to the press, now Qingling annual overseas export market of the engine block, cylinder head castings reach tens of thousands of sets, but also through years of “quality climbing”, the casting of non-performing rate of increase lower than 1500ppm, their goal is to control the following in 500 ppm.
Casting around products, foundry casting equipment and materials business enterprises in the exhibition have also introduced the latest achievements. As many world-renowned casting equipment vendors not only display the advanced equipment, but also to provide users with the relevant software used in the system batteries, casting, casting processes, such as cleaning up the industrial robot in the show is also popular concern. One industry expert told reporters that the huge China market to attract, the number of foreign exhibitors casting equipment enterprises have been set up and build factories in China.
Casting has 39 production of domestic and foreign manufacturers on display a variety of Sand, sand core binder, the original sand, paint and liquid metal filter, various ferroalloy, riser material, Shotblast materials, the exhibition area of 1620m2, the Jinan-quan Group Co., Ltd. of which the size of the booth, product exhibitions as many as the most堪称the fair, showing the casting material production enterprises in China’s strength.
According to professor of Qinghua University, China Foundry Association and vice president of Tien-Yu Huang, the Jinan-quan is the world’s largest supplier of casting material. At present, the company’s products occupy casting material of similar products of domestic market share of more than one-third and exported to Europe, America, Southeast Asia, more than 50 countries and regions, which Furan Resin annual sales of nearly 100,000 tons, ranking first in the world 1.
Energy-saving emission reduction targets of the new foundry industry
The show left the deepest impression is that reporters, come to every booth, every interviewer will be referred to the “energy-saving emission reduction,” “green cast” of the topic. China Foundry Association, chairman of JIA Cheng-ping pointed out that casting equipment manufacturing industry is the basis of industry, revitalize the equipment manufacturing industry is an important guarantee for one, but also heavy pollution, high energy consumption of one of the industries. How to promote energy-saving industry-wide emission reduction and building a resource-saving, environment-friendly enterprises casting before us is important and urgent issue.
Grace Steel Power Plant Equipment Co., Ltd. Zhuduan the panels on Yinzhao enterprises large picture factory environment, tree-yin, beautiful and clean, completely changed the people of the traditional casting enterprises Zangluan Chai impression.
Yu Liang-jun told reporters that three years ago, the Acer steel or black smoke everywhere, You Zangyou chaos of a traditional casting business outlook. After rectification of Today, Acer has become a garden-like steel enterprises. Environmental protection equipment investment in fixed assets of enterprises accounted for 30 percent more than a year of environmental protection equipment maintenance costs are around 1.5 million. Smoke all the recovery, the noise dropped to below national standards, also part of sludge recycling. Enterprises not only through the ISO9000, ISO14000, also received ohsas18000 occupational health and safety certification. Enterprises in the energy-saving emission reduction on the achievements of the United Nations also attract industrial organizations and Brazil, India and other overseas counterparts to have visited. Yu Liang Jun clearly remember one engage in a cast of 60 Japanese enterprises to visit the elderly, sheds tears, he sighed with emotion casting enterprises can have such beautiful and clean environment. Yu Liang Jun proud to say that we factory environment is a world-class. This has also allowed the staff enhanced self-confidence, improve their quality. Clean and beautiful environment have become the best advertising business, orders to pour.
In addition to the production process of environmental protection, energy saving technology is more and more attention to the area of renewable energy has become a hot investment casting enterprises.
Jiangyin Jixin Machinery Co., Ltd. has set its sight on the beginning of construction of wind power castings, from the 2005 production with an annual output of 10,000 tons, to 2006’s 20,000 tons in 2007, the 40,000 tons this year will reach 100,000 Tons of output. The company chairman package with the company displayed at the huge wind turbine wheel group, told reporters that the largest companies can now do two-megawatt wind power unit of the wheel, but to achieve the mass production. Preparation is now 2.5 MW and 3 MW. If this production to 100,000 tons, we will be the world’s wind power industry casting well-deserved lead.
Regional construction industry focused on the development of the next step
Zhang Bo told reporters, according to incomplete statistics, at present, the foundry industry has hundreds of industrial clustering, the collective appearance at the show by including Shanghai, Tianjin, Shandong, Zhejiang, Henan, Liaoning, Botou, Anhui Ningguo, more than 10 local outreach mission, the number and scale over the past shows that the Chinese foundry industry’s regional construction boom. China has just received a plaque cast iron base of the 18 cast iron enterprises are also the first joint exhibition. They said that they will take this opportunity to focus on the needs of casting enterprises, enhance research and development capabilities, improve product quality, while the full implementation of national energy consumption and environmental emissions reduction policies, to serve for casting enterprises.
According to the Secretary-General Zhu Botou Casting Association, the Association for the lead in local organizations, Botou exhibitors have seven enterprises, businesses reflect the good effect, has reached more than 60 cooperation intention. In addition, Botou City vice mayor also led to the local Bureau, Bureau of Commerce and other relevant departments in charge of the 13 people, more than 100 local business representatives will visit to learn.
He said that Botou is the history of our country’s three major foundry town, has 1,300 years of history, there are currently more than 700 casting enterprises, is the local pillar industries. Botou the past to produce export-based art castings, is now being machine tools, automobile and other machinery castings transfer. I wish the Secretary-General said that the next step they will cast Concorde in China with the help of industry experts properly formulate medium and long-term development plan, adjust the product structure, increase the share of high-end products, companies will also integrate and eliminate backward and further enhance concentration , The leading backbone enterprises bigger and stronger. Hope that the near future Botou casting with a new look to show people.