The secret behind the nylon ball valve
A few days ago I read "Today Yuhuan", see the October 8, 2007 line reads: "In 1982, with Sand Casting Process-based enterprises run by the village clerk hose, from the introduction of a foreign trade company in Qingdao ball processing of samples and a single small business … … from the beginning the primary copper valves production. " In fact, the beginning of any construction experience, as he had exposed in 1981 that Japanese businessmen Yuhuan first hand from the copper ball sample, to see there were only 3 million orders, plus a few people you have a word, I have a phrase, racing to develop brass ball valve, the old He chose to give up quietly. He did not want the old unintentional positive outcomes, the original partner of the production of copper valves a few friends, a few years effort, have earned at least the first bucket of gold Dangdang. To the "1997 Asian financial crisis", plumbing valve industry valve developed countries to China to seize the great opportunity to produce and promote the rapid expansion of business scale. Subsequently the valve industry in Yuhuan snowball and the old lie that period, quietly diverted, to start the valve mold.
Initiation of the development of the idea of ??nylon valve
Short 20 years.
Since 2005, copper prices soared, profits slipped to the bottom line of copper valves below the valve to reduce weight by some enterprises to maintain their livelihood, their last legs … … He built the early years of playing with the valves dealings, knowing against the soaring price of copper The fundamental way out is to find a suitable alternative materials, other people also looking for alternative materials, ceramics, plastics, stainless steel, ductile iron valves have on stage, a Changba, one was underway. There was an episode, about a Truman who tried plastic and other materials, I find that difficult to take the color of ceramics, low cost and environmentally friendly features, developed a ceramic faucet, he hoped to sell himself as a creative rather than labor. However, he found after estimating, ceramic valve copper valve less than 10% of copper, while the older nylon valves developed what is not, cheaper than the price of copper valves, large diameter valves to nylon several times cheaper than copper valves and valve body with nylon disposable injection molding, the valve ball, stem made of stainless steel with high mechanical strength, long life, it can withstand temperature -40 ℃, high temperature 150 ℃; Nylon is a natural plant extract from castor oil as raw material, raw materials readily available, light weight, is a natural, clean materials. He repeated the old price of nylon, processing characteristics, thinking: Why can I not play to their strengths, develop nylon valve? If successfully developed, I will not speak aside, the price of materials, processing of copper valves just need a set of hot forging, surface treatment, car assembly lines and other internal and external thread and can be omitted Yi Gai, processing costs alone account for about the cost of copper valves two percent.
Development of nylon valve, the first step is the development of nylon valve molds, a nylon valves, mainly by the body, stem, the ball valve, seals and other components composed of so many components to an injection molding in the cavity? How to set ejection bodies torn polyhedral body? How to control the injection temperature segment? How to make the interaction between components to meet the design requirements? How old constantly thinking, constantly testing, constantly recording the test parameters, full of mind are , product shrinkage, and then failed test, test and then failed, scrapped a mold and a … … a successful pilot valve specifications , followed by another standard, then the accumulation of experiences, data, development of the mold for the next one to pave the way, seems to be a vicious circle sets a vicious circle seems to be endless, since 2004, the old He used to mold development costs over a hundred million.
He lost the early construction of the original glossy black hair with wisps of cream silk, children and his wife tried to persuade him: Where do step by step what count, take into their own earned is hardly worth the effort, and lose to lose, and do not need so much effort; Furthermore, the facade of their own six or seven million annual rent housing, enough food to eat enough. However, the beginning of any building is a person refuses to admit defeat, and good Tiandaochouqin, what has been the successful development of the old seven or eight nylon valve products, the factory has achieved a balanced budget.
Carefully woven network of patent protection
He built out the first 20 years of mold, mold he knew Yuhuan Huangyan than not, Cixi, in Yuhuan processing mold, can not earn a lot of money, only to have their own intellectual property products in the market invincible. To this end, the old what March 2, 2005 declared a copper core plastic faucet (Patent No.: ZL200520008122.1), 2006 年 8 月 9 日 how to apply the old nylon ball patent (patent number: ZL200620134426.7), the has actually reviewed by patent, invention patent in 2008 will be. How old do not dig into the valve industry in the copper pot of gold, should the patent into practical productive forces, the middle of funds, equipment, market development and so on obstacles to go beyond the past, like the hurdler as a barrier to go beyond one, He is the old capital, is the biggest obstacle. Fortunately, the old Ho popular, among friends and relatives have a good reputation, he said, I spotted the prospect of nylon ball well, who co-invest in this product, make everyone cents, a loss borne by me. He says so, but we do, in the shares of the agreement he had signed a so relatives and friends to earn non-pay agreement. Which he and several relatives and co-financing of over one million RMB, run from the "River Plastic Co., Ltd. Yuhuan ring." However, this year, has not "sell themselves" The time has, as a patented product, or not conceal it, the product is not sold out; and if not around the promotion, customers will not find home to discuss business. The results accidentally, what to the old "nylon ball" on the outside with a little fame, a few colleagues and old boss had questioned how the site, also sent to find a job where the name to the old factory, trying to pry the ball nylon valve production process. Informed of the situation, thank-old Ho closed altogether, dismissed with products manufactured two private persons, production of the product to the country. Yuhuan said there are six manufacturers are in the development of nylon ball, but a year later, the market of other manufacturers of nylon ball can not see even a shadow, we can see the difficulty of the production of nylon ball is not small.
Customer acceptance is the greatest aspiration
Although the initial construction of the factory where the formation of the 150,000 monthly nylon valve production capacity, but what does not meet the old, or would like to expand the production scale, because the current number of large customers during the pilot phase, Once the trial period, will be a large number of order to take the time does not ship, would not trouble? How old be prepared, the total number of like-minded big manufacturers looking for co-production of nylon ball for marketing products developed by itself the entire global village. He said the old, we should engage in the cause of great mind to be large, to be open. Once a person engaged in marketing, planning how old nylon ball, a management company in Guangdong found aluminum tubes for its support, agreement was written, because the problem has not proposed a good rebate, so the space where the rebate points, where the old man had intended to give you a few points like, not what the agreement is written in the old rebate points more than expected. After chatting about it, the old He smiled: "wealth accumulation were scattered, financial scattered people together, I will give someone else a few points does not matter, as long as the customer acceptance is like, profit-sharing appears to be a disadvantage to others, in fact, does not suffer."
With the beginning of any construction of enduring spirit of entrepreneurial innovation, with the beginning of Benedict Cheng Ho believe in building the human attitude, who can predict one or two years later, whether the "China Valve," the half of the country are nylon ball valve, or one-half of worldwide nylon ball over home use? However, forecasters do not care what was built in the early to say anything; he only cares about him with every step must be strong and vibrant.
Yuhuan valve clearance is gathering in Hong Kong, the "China Valve," the steel arched door in here, when passing, my heart is always rising wave of subtle sense of grandeur: should This stands a triumphal arch, the Arc de Triumphed puzzle is to use the rock-solid granite, inscribed with the valve industry elite, no doubt, where the beginning of its construction "nylon ball" should be named on it – this is revealed in this article Hidden in the "nylon ball" behind the secret.
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