Tieguang Company: "Time-honored Brand" is rejuvenated

In winter, the sturdy northward migration memorial tree at the gate of the company and the landscape stone engraved with the words "Tieling Tieguang" in the factory area are all silently telling the glorious past of this enterprise for decades.

The hum of machinery in the workshop and the heated discussion of R & D personnel in the innovation studio are full of vitality and vitality.

Tieling Tie Guang Instrument Co., Ltd. by the original state-owned medium-sized enterprises-Tieling optical instrument factory restructuring set up. Tieling Optical Instrument Factory was founded in 1956, is the former Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry production instrumentation backbone enterprises.

"We have inherited the profound cultural heritage and brand influence of the old state-owned enterprises for decades, but we can't sleep on the past report card." Xiao Guoming, deputy general manager of the company, said that in recent years, the company has taken technological transformation and scientific and technological innovation as the first driving force for development, and made great efforts to open up the market, so that "time-honored brands" will be full of "new" vitality.

Research and development of new products

"This two-color air bag liquid level gauge is the star product of the company. The strong flushing device inside is our 'magic weapon 'to ensure its stable operation. Do you have any good ideas for improving this strong flushing device?"

"The existing valve can be replaced by a booster valve, which is conducive to operation and maintenance." "The volume of the tank should be increased to facilitate rapid heat dissipation." "It is also a way to use air cooling or water cooling to help." On November 24, several members of the company's Liu Song Innovation Studio gathered together to advise on the transformation and upgrading of existing products.

Liu Song Innovation Studio, established in 2018, closely connects with the actual production and carries out "brainstorming" from time to time. Now it has created tens of millions of yuan in output value and obtained 17 utility model patents, which has become a strong support for the company's scientific and technological innovation.

On the one hand inward tapping potential, on the one hand actively introduce "outside brain". In recent years, Tieguang Company has successively cooperated with Tsinghua University, Northeastern University, Tianjin University and other universities to jointly develop more than 10 new products such as high-pressure and high-temperature level gauges, rack-type boiler flame TV monitoring devices, and some products have filled The domestic gap. While the conversion rate of scientific research achievements in colleges and universities has increased significantly, the market share of the company's products has also increased significantly.

At present, Tieguang Company has obtained 1 national invention patent, 68 utility model patents and 1 computer software copyright.

Open up new markets
 

"The 30 quartz tube level gauges being assembled are products that we order for Sinopec Guangzhou Branch." In the company's assembly workshop, Xiao Guoming pointed to the products where the workers were assembling screws.

                                                                                               Xiao Guoming (left) communicates with workshop workers

Xiao Guoming introduced that as a well-known domestic manufacturer of liquid level meters, industrial monitoring and flow meters, Tieguang Company has become Sinopec, China National Petroleum Corporation, five major national power companies, more than a dozen boiler plants, and more than 30 steel companies. Material procurement member units and high-quality suppliers.

"In the past, our product sales were mainly targeted at major state-owned enterprises and completed projects, and after years of deep cultivation, the market is close to saturation. Today, the company is actively changing its mindset and focusing on instrumentation for large projects under construction such as thermal power generation and petrochemicals." Xiao Guoming introduced that the company has successively provided flame monitoring equipment for the 100MW unit of Huaneng Zhejiang Yuhuan Power Plant, the country's first ultra-supercritical boiler, and provided two-color water level gauges for domestic 600MW units such as Beilun Port and Yuanbaoshan. The products are also exported to the United States, Japan, Thailand, Iran, Bangladesh, Algeria, Syria and other countries.

accumulation of new culture
 

"This is an industry-leading drilling and milling machine introduced by our company. It integrates the two processes of milling and drilling, which effectively improves production efficiency and reduces labor intensity." In the company's machine processing workshop, Xiao Guoming proudly introduced the company's numerical control processing equipment to reporters.

Xiao Guoming introduced that the company has 15 CNC machining equipment and more than 100 mechanical equipment. In addition, industrial TV ultra-precision test bench, water level gauge cold pressure test chamber, thermal test furnace, wind standard verification center, metering center, inspection center, material physical and chemical laboratory and other testing and verification equipment are all available.

"We strictly control the entry of materials into the factory and products out of the factory, and strictly control the quality in the process of processing. Today, in the company, the concept of 'quality is the life of the enterprise' has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people." Xiao Guoming said that in addition, the company insists on the combination of pre-job training for employees and the combination of the old and the new, and the help and help to accelerate the growth of new employees, stimulate the enthusiasm and sense of responsibility of the old employees, and promote quality improvement.

Xiao Guoming said that as a traditional "time-honored brand", Tieling Tieguang has a lot to do on the road of technological innovation and development with enterprises as the main body, market-oriented, and the combination of production, education and research. The company will continue to increase research and development efforts to produce more marketable technology products, polished iron brand.