In recent years, new kitchenware made of heat-resistant ceramics has become popular among consumers. Jiangxi Kangshu Ceramics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Kangshu Ceramics"), located in Lichuan County Industrial Park, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, has focused on the R&D and manufacturing of heat-resistant ceramic kitchenware for more than 20 years. In 2019, it was rated as a national high-tech enterprise.
Walking into the Kangshu Ceramics production workshop, the newly launched fully automatic CNC roll forming production line, automatic glazing machine, CNC engraving machine and other intelligent equipment are running at high speed.
“After two high-temperature firings of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius, a porcelain glaze-sealed pot body is formed. The resulting porcelain pot product is resistant to high temperatures and is not easy to explode.” In the compact workshop, Yan Aikui, deputy general manager of Kangshu Ceramics, introduced, Compared with traditional casseroles and stew pots, the heat-resistant porcelain pot developed by the company not only allows food to be heated more evenly, but also retains the nutritional value of food to the greatest extent.
In recent years, the price of spodumene, the core raw material of heat-resistant porcelain pots, has continued to rise, and the market supply is insufficient. Yi Jing, director of Lichuan County Ceramics Industry Development Service Center, said that in order to solve the problem of high raw material prices, Kangshu Ceramics introduced professional teams in the ceramic field such as the National Daily and Architectural Ceramics Engineering Technology Research Center to tackle raw material issues. The company uses fused quartz and high-aluminum clay to make and sinter new ceramic cookware composites of mullite and fused quartz, reducing the amount of spodumene used and achieving mass production of "lithium-free" heat-resistant ceramics for the market.
“If we want to strengthen our advantage in the heat-resistant ceramics market, we must take the lead in technological upgrading and transformation.” Yan Aikui introduced that the company has taken the initiative in terms of kiln technology, raw material formula technology and molding technology, and has passed 5 In the first phase of the project renovation, foreign CNC automatic production lines were introduced to build a 76-meter-wide prefabricated environmentally friendly and energy-saving gas tunnel kiln. The use of isothermal high-speed burners solved problems such as the temperature difference between the upper and lower tunnel kilns and reduced the kiln's firing energy consumption by nearly 20%. Dramatically reduce air pollution. The company uses CNC technology to improve the standardization and standardization of the production process, and the product yield and quality have been greatly improved. At present, the production line can produce more than 80,000 pieces of ceramic products per day under full load.
In another factory of Kangshu Ceramics, Yan Aikui showed reporters the isostatic pressing equipment. "The isostatic pressing equipment independently developed by the company can not only produce special-shaped heat-resistant porcelain clay pot products, but also apply heat-resistant ceramics as materials to more products." Yan Aikui said that the company continues to introduce professional talents to develop new ceramics with high heat resistance The research on thermal and magnetic conductive material formula technology and the transformation of results have enabled traditional porcelain pots to be used for smokeless cooking on induction cookers, broadening product application scenarios. Currently, such products are being produced in small batches and put on the market.
"In addition to technological transformation, the company's marketing model is also being comprehensively upgraded." Li Xiaobin, the company's sales manager, said that the company has established business cooperation relationships with large supermarket chains and hotels in many cities and regions across the country, and its product sales network spreads all over the country. .On the basis of stabilizing the traditional sales market, it also vigorously expands domestic and overseas e-commerce. In 2023, the company's operating income will be approximately 420 million yuan. Yan Aikui said that the company will work hard in technological innovation, transformation and market development, continue to launch high-quality products, and further polish Lichuan's business card as "China's Ceramic Pot Capital". (Economic Daily reporter Lai Yongfeng)
