2025-12-30
Views: 3I personally think that this year's Bologna Exhibition has made a relatively big breakthrough in terms of equipment. After visiting the exhibition, I feel that stamping presses may be eliminated by the market in the next 5 to 10 years.
At the exhibition, the roller press gave me a deep impression. The biggest feature of the roller press displayed is that the requirements for powder exhaust are completely canceled. It will not have problems such as dust and uneven cloth like the traditional press. The other is micro-powder. The fabric and cloth of the ordinary press are thicker, the fabric of the drum press is very thin, and the pressure of the other drum press is small, so its energy consumption is also small. For example, for large-scale products, if it is a traditional press, 1.2 meters and 1.8 meters The product requires a press of more than 7800. If it is a new type of drum press, the pressure only needs 300 to 600. A potential market that drum presses will bring is the thin plate ceramic market. The use of thin plate products may change the entire decorative pattern, and even future decorative hydraulic workers are not needed, so they will be replaced by others, such as woodworking, because thin plates are used like wooden boards, very thin, and the biggest feature of this press is that they are thin, can be as thin as 2 mm and thick as 20 mm. At present, domestic thin plates are all small thin plates, and large thin plates, or thin bricks, cannot be made. The foreign sheet technology can achieve a width of 1.5 meters and an unlimited length. Obviously, if the domestic equipment is not updated, the product will not be broken through. As far as I know, at present, there is no company in China that has a pressure function to make products exceeding 2 meters.
Inkjet machines can do everything, but they still have defects. Because red ink is more expensive, many businesses and consumers cannot accept expensive prices at present, while organic materials have a lot of space, and after using organic materials, the energy has been greatly reduced. For example, we made a thin plate, and made a UV inkjet on the thin plate. The effect of the inkjet is like a photo, that is, you can inkjet whatever color you need. Then, some colors of inkjet technology cannot be achieved. For example, after UV inkjet painting, a layer of photoprotective resin is laid on the surface of the product, so the effect is very smooth and the gloss is also very high, which can reach more than 110 degrees., looks like glass-ceramics, but the actual surface is a layer of resin, which can be said to reach the ultimate state for interior wall decoration. At this Bologna fair, I saw several companies. There is such a model. Since the ceramics themselves are opaque and opaque, if we make thin plates to 2 mm, they will be opaque, and the entire decorative effect will be different. If we install a light box on the opposite side of the ceramics, then a hazy decorative effect light will be displayed. Therefore, ceramics may work in this direction. Of course, the mainstream will not change. Our consumer groups are mainly those with low prices, so the cost will be relatively high. Therefore, it will take some time for customers to form a large demand for these products..
Other equipment highlights are presses, some equipment that do not require spray towers, and directly make powder from raw materials. In fact, these equipment have long been researched by universities and factories in China. Therefore, there will be no demand for quantity at present, and the impact on us will not be great.
After observation by Bologna Exhibition, it is found that tiles are expected to be light and thin, which may also be a trend of future development. Others are that there are many varieties of products. Another trend that cannot be ignored is organic and inorganic products, which are so-called composite materials, such as ceramic resin composite materials. Since I am a professional in microspar, we will make some adjustments. Then, I may work hard on products such as thin plates and glass-ceramics, which also echoes the country's demand for energy saving and consumption reduction and industrial development trends. In fact, ceramics are resource-consuming products. Nowadays, resources are becoming more and more exhausted, and energy saving and consumption reduction is an inevitable trend.
The biggest harvest of this Italian wind trip is that it is obvious that the gap between us, as a big ceramic country, and Italy, Spain and other ceramic powers is mainly reflected in the production of thin plate ceramics, especially drum presses. If we want to make a breakthrough in this regard, it may take at least three to five years in China. Therefore, after visiting the exhibition, I came back and invited some corresponding equipment manufacturers to discuss this issue together, which may soon break through the research in this area.
Another feeling is that in the ceramic industry, our country has begun to gradually change from a big ceramic country to a powerful ceramic country. The biggest manifestation is that foreign employees are generally older. Most of the employees of enterprises are over 40 years old, and fewer are under 40 years old. For example, I have observed the age of employees in several factories. Among the factories I have seen, only two people are under the age of 40. From this aspect, it reflects that these ceramic powers are gradually losing competitiveness. Maybe in a few years, our country It may surpass it in the fields of technology and product production. Another perception is that only one Eagle brand company is allowed to participate in the Bologna Ceramics Exhibition. Up to now, we have 3 companies participating in the exhibition. Then, we believe that more companies may participate in the exhibition in the next few years, including our company. booth. However, it is also participating in some other important foreign exhibitions, and has achieved good results. For this kind of high-end participation, I believe that more Chinese companies will participate in and pay attention to it.
It can also be said that a few years later, the production space of foreign enterprises has gradually become narrow and the market has become more and more difficult. For example, I visited a ceramic enterprise, which has a daily output of 4,000 square meters. The products made are mainly large-scale, and there is only one kiln in the production line, but the inventory of the products of this enterprise has been hoarded for half a year. Therefore, I hope that Chinese enterprises will truly change from bigger to stronger. Instead of winning with ultra-low prices and low-end technological competition like the previous private throwing factories, they should improve their technology, including color and other aspects. I think we are just around the corner to catch up with these foreign enterprises and technological surpassing.
