Sea and land ring forging: the story behind the national award

Recently, good news came from the National Science and Technology Awards Conference held in Beijing. Zhangjiagang Zhonghuan Hailu Special Forging Co., Ltd. participated in the completion of the “Key Technology and Equipment Project for Ring Parts Precision Rolling” and won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. From a little-known forging company to winning a national science and technology award in one fell swoop, how did Hailuhuanhuan, a native Zhangjiagang private enterprise break its cocoon and become a butterfly, and create a technological legend? Please listen to “The Story Behind the National Award” written by Zhang Guang’s chief reporter Zhou Suofeng.

Listener friends, when the reporter asked Wu Junsan, chairman of Zhangjiagang Zhonghuan Hailu Special Forging Co., Ltd. to talk about his feelings after winning the national award, he humbly replied that this award is more of an incentive for the future development of the company. In fact, three years ago, the company’s chairman Wu Junsan was still an entrepreneur who didn’t even know the concept of technological innovation.

Wu Junsan: “The concept of technological innovation itself is relatively weak. At the beginning, our company relied on some imitations and simulations to do things. There are no theoretical and technical theories to do, it seems to be something that is made. Not too ideal.”

In 2009, Hailu Ring Forging tried to develop new products for special-shaped ring forgings, but due to weak scientific research and substandard production technology, new products could not be launched. As a result, companies have begun to consider using foreign brains and foreign intelligence to cooperate with universities and research institutes. Wu Junsan: “We led a team from the town and went to Wuhan University of Technology with us to sign the contract. First, we made a simulation test-level software for 8m special-shaped ring forgings. His simulation can come out. The above has been detailed enough to help you formulate the next process.”

This cooperation made Wu Junsan feel the power of technology. Soon he cooperated with Wuhan University of Technology to set up a large ring forging R&D center. The first project jointly developed by the two parties helped the enterprise win the second prize of national scientific and technological progress in one fell swoop.

Live broadcast: Friends of the audience, I am now in the production workshop of Hailu Huan Forging. The name of the project that won the National Science and Technology Award this time is called the key technology and equipment project of precision rolling of ring parts. The products produced by this project It was made in this workshop. Although the name of the project sounds very convoluted, its product is very intuitive. It is a large ring forging with a diameter of 9 meters. On the surface, it is only slightly better than ordinary ring forgings. It’s a bit bigger, but in fact it has a very high technical content and is widely used. Dai Yutong, deputy technical general manager of Zhangjiagang Zhonghuan Hailu Special Forging Co., Ltd.: After we adopt this ring rolling technology, this large forging has been widely promoted in offshore wind power, petrochemical industries and offshore oil refining industries.

After the project reaches production capacity, it will increase sales for the company by more than 80 million annually. The company’s chairman Wu Junsan said that this technological breakthrough is only the beginning of the company’s technological innovation. “At the national level, the government subsidizes some of the financial subsidies for some of our development products. We use all of them for development. We don’t leave it in the factory as a profit. We give all this money back to innovation.”

Up to now, Hailu Huanhuan has cooperated with Wuhan University of Technology to complete the development and application of 15 production-university-research projects. With the improvement of production technology, the company’s efficiency is also increasing at a rate of over 30% per year. In 2012, the company’s sales target is to exceed 800 million yuan, and it is ready to go public.

Wu Junsan, Chairman of Zhangjiagang Zhonghuan Hailu Special Forging Co., Ltd.: “The biggest problem that small and medium-sized enterprises are facing now is the weak technology content. To compete with large enterprises and state-owned enterprises, you must develop technology.”

Technological innovation depends on perseverance. From a traditional small and medium-sized enterprise to an upstart in technology research and development, what we see is the development concept of Hailuhuanhuan forging technology first, technology first, and perseverance. How to achieve technological leapfrogging and industrial breakthrough is a question that every enterprise needs to think about. The success of Hailu Huanhuan proves that industry-university-research cooperation is not only the patent of enterprises above designated size, but also the only way for small and medium-sized enterprises to transform and develop and develop in innovation.