In the dusty glass room, the turning and milling compound flexible system is running.With the traditional mold factory repeated clamping, debugging the scene is different from the joint robot in the silo to capture the material into the processing center, automatic detection and finished product output at the same time ...
This is the Guangdong Star of Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Star of precision') 'smart factory' prototype.
'We are building an overall data network, from research and development to manufacturing, logistics and other aspects of the whole data docking.' Star Alliance, general manager of Jiang Xiaoping said.
In February this year, the new plant put into use, Star Alliance precision introduction of a number of new equipment, build intelligent factory.
From the hand workshop started, focus on PET blowing mold, injection mold, cap mold R & D and manufacturing, 'warrior broken wrist' type of technological innovation, it successfully transformed into a national high-tech enterprises.
Today, the '24-year-old' Star Alliance precision is not only the blower mold in this area of the leading, but also occupy the domestic high-end blowing mold market share of nearly 50% market share, control of the domestic market price of blowing mold. The most difficult to bite the bones, "said the Japanese market, Star Alliance precision occupies a place; in the industry, it established the first access to CNAS accredited testing center laboratory, access to a number of world beverage giants recognized.
Small orders brewing big move from 'master said the final' to the whole process of data
'From 2003 onwards, we are the international beverage brand full range of blowing mold global supplier.' Jiang Xiaoping said that this result is not easy, everything from a small order behind the 'transformation storm' talking about.
Mold manufacturing market competition.As the other equipment manufacturing industry, in China, blowing mold industry core technology has experienced a difficult process of localization in the Star Precision, the core technology localization is the starting point of the transition in 1998, a From an international beverage brand of small quantities of trial orders, opened the Star of precision transformation.
For the cost control, large-scale entry into the Chinese market and other multiple considerations, the late nineties of the last century, the international beverage brands began to contact with the Chinese mold enterprises, when the price of imported blow mold is two to three times the domestic mold, they hope Find partners in China, for its many Chinese factories to provide data traceability and performance of the same mold products.For Star Precision, which means that enterprises from the mold design source, and then to the processing, product improvement, the client, all To achieve numerical control, data.
However, including the Star Precision, including the vast majority of Chinese enterprises did not have this ability. 'A master with a few apprentice, two or three manuscript drawings to do the design', which is 20 years ago Star of precision production Model, but also the Chinese mold industry, the most common business status.Today, in the industry this model still exists.
'This model has cultivated a lot of mold industry all-round talent, but it is difficult to produce a modern enterprise requirements of the consistency of products.' Jiang Xiaoping said that this model depends on the experience even to some extent 'look mood' So even with the same master, its different periods of manufacturing mold products, the shape may also vary widely, 'a mold a kind.' The Star Alliance precision to do is to use the whole process of data to achieve 'exactly the same'.
Now it seems that Star Alliance precision only made two 'ordinary things': First, the formation of a design department, to recruit college graduates to train, engaged in computer programming design; Second, the manual processing to CNC machine tools.
Can be in 1998, CNC equipment is far less known today, this transformation is like 'Arabian Nights,' with Jiang Xiaoping said, is a 'broken wrist of the transformation of the storm'.
From the preform production line transformation began, and gradually to the cap and other production lines to promote, Star Alliance precision to break the original way of personal contracting, the design and production separation, the production process to achieve the process of data docking between the production mode and management structure changes, So Star Alliance sophisticated into the 'new production world', opened the door of the international beverage brands.
To enter the high-end market won the 'most difficult to bite the bones'
The beverage packaging industry is the most widely used area for PET bottles, and Coca-Cola is the first company to use a PET bottle to pack a refreshing drink, with a 1.5-liter PET bottle replacing a 1-liter glass bottle, raising retail sales by 27%.
Become a global supplier of beverage brand giants a full range of blowing molds, laid the Star in the global high-end packaging beverage PET bottle blowing mold market industry status.This status, not only from the 'warrior broken wrist' type of technological change, but also from Its grasp of the direction of the market in the process of technological innovation, it reluctantly give up the low-end market, to enter the high-end market.
'Jiang Xiaoping said, until seven or eight years ago, this market is still the world's mold enterprises in the world, and Star Alliance Although the accumulation of precision technology, But still not meet each other's requirements.
2010, the opportunity to break the ice. Mold product development cycle is too long common problem, so that 'closed' Japan's high-end packaging beverage market has a gap in the completion of CNC management reform, start flexible management, fine management on the basis of, Star Alliance precision further improve the R & D strength, successfully in two years after the knockout of the Japanese high-end packaging beverage market door.
Jiang Xiao-ping cited an example of the problem of precision molds, according to the requirements, 1500 ml bottle can only have three drops of water capacity deviation, preform, blowing mold manufacturing process of metal processing precision need to strictly control. Japanese customers to every business, the first thing is to detect the accuracy of metal molds, if negligent, it is directly affected orders.
'To do high-end market business, we must down to earth, for us, it is a practice.' Jiang Xiaoping said. Today's Star of precision, the development of bottle-type, preform mold 2000 variety, with more than 20 inventions and utility models patent.
Set up the overall data network to build intelligent factories and global bottle library
In February this year, bid farewell to the old factory in Guicheng Xia North, Star Alliance moved into a new 350 million yuan to build a new factory in the plant relocation at the same time, the company out of a number of backward equipment, from Switzerland, Germany, Japan and other countries The introduction of a large number of the world's top new equipment industry.
'Jiang Xiaoping said, Star Precision is the formation of internal equipment within the enterprise LAN, to build the overall data network to achieve from research and development to manufacturing, logistics and other aspects of the whole data docking; at the same time, , A global bottle library is also being set up, it will be the form of the database for the beverage production enterprises to provide new reference for research and development.
Technology research and development, market development, hardware facilities, continuous investment, so Star Precision, whether in product accuracy, or in research and development capabilities have come to the international leader in the domestic blow molding molds and other subdivision areas, it has mastered the product Pricing at home and abroad, the price of other suppliers are to Star of precision prices as the standard, adjust the sales strategy.
And in its other products - preform mold R & D applications, Star Alliance precision is also becoming the industry leader.Jiang Xiaoping to a capacity of 600 ml plastic bottle production example.He said that after the improvement of the preform mold, The use of this bottle of plastic has been reduced from the past 26 grams to 17 grams of this research and development results in the industry had a shock to speed up the entire industry research and development process.
Today, the world's largest flexible packaging suppliers of preform mold procurement from the Star of precision, and Star of precision production of preform mold in the domestic high-end market share has reached 35%.