He and his team are rooted in the production line, and a process improvement saves the company 6 million yuan a year
2024-08-26
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Changsha Evening News Changsha on Palm August 24 (Changsha Evening News All-Media Reporter Zhu Hua Intern Kang Liziyu) Wearing a safety helmet, leaning over the complex mold, Wen Zhiang reached out to touch the surface of the mold, feeling its unique texture and temperature, and his sharp eyes wandered between every corner and every line of the mold, observing its subtle and complex internal structure... In the world's largest single aluminum wheel production, manufacturing and R&D base-CITIC Dicastal Southern Intelligent Manufacturing Base, young mold engineer Wen Zhiang is thinking about how to improve the mold, where the roar of the machine and the sparks of emerging creativity are intertwined. In the five years since he joined the company, he has led the team to reach new heights in design, R&D, and technical research, and has won many honors such as the Youth May Fourth Medal of Wangcheng Economic Development Zone, Changsha Dicastal's "First Prize for Development Contribution Project", and Changsha Dicastal's "First Prize for Innovation and Improvement Project".
Improved process saves the company more than 6 million yuan per year
In the production workshop, Wen Zhiang carefully observes the molds on the production line. Even small changes in temperature and shape cannot escape his keen eyes. His long-term involvement in the production line has enabled him to constantly discover and summarize problems and put forward many improvement measures, which has won him many commendations from the company.
In the past, in wheel hub production, the mold was mainly cooled by air cooling, which required a high-power blower, high power consumption and high noise. Can water cooling replace air cooling? In order to overcome this problem, Wen Zhiang led a group of post-90s engineers to launch a two-year technical breakthrough and developed a new water-cooled mold, which was used on the production line. This not only achieved energy conservation and environmental protection, but also further reduced production costs, saving the company more than 6 million yuan a year.
Wen Zhiang was not satisfied with this. During a mold inspection, he found that when the mold was cooled down, the casting cooled unevenly due to differences in heat conduction efficiency, which could affect production stability.
"This defect must be improved!" Wen Zhiang made up his mind and fell into deep thinking again, while eating, exercising, sleeping... until he found inspiration when using a common daily necessity. Wen Zhiang re-optimized the pipeline layout inside the mold to ensure that the cooling medium can flow evenly through each key area of the mold, greatly improving the cooling effect.
Today, the new water-cooled mold has been fully promoted and applied in the production line, and is at the advanced level in the industry, making great contributions to the company's cost reduction and efficiency improvement, improving the on-site production environment and the company's green production. This technological innovation earned Wen Zhiang and his team the Changsha Deka "First Prize for Development Contribution Project".
Transformed from an "i-person" to a "gold medal lecturer"
"I have been curious about machinery and manufacturing since I was a child, and I like to disassemble and assemble various items. After entering university, I chose mechanical design and automation as my major, hoping to turn this love into a career." During his university years, Wen Zhiang interned in mold design and development in Dongguan. After graduating in 2019, he successfully joined Changsha Deka Technology Co., Ltd.
"When I first started working, I was also a 'self-centered' person. I didn't like to participate in activities and wasn't good at expressing myself. During a training session at the company, I gradually opened up to others with the encouragement of my teacher." Wen Zhiang said, "When you are young, you should be brave enough to try and take challenges. Don't be afraid of trial and error."
Based on this belief, he went deep into the front line to grasp the mold situation in a timely manner. Through self-study and practice, he gradually mastered professional skills such as mold structure design, 3D modeling, mold programming, simulation analysis, etc., and applied theoretical knowledge to practical operations, constantly trying to break through himself. Now he has become the technical leader of the mold technology department engineer group, and has won the Changsha Decast "Innovation Improvement Project First Prize" for many consecutive years.
"Every attempt is an exploration of my potential, and every challenge allows me to understand my interests more clearly and find my place." It is this spirit of courage to explore that made him stand out in the company's topic speech event in 2022 and won the honor of "Gold Medal Lecturer". He not only popularized the professional knowledge of mold design for his colleagues, but also exercised his own professional qualities.
As a newcomer in the workplace, he also has his own unique philosophy: "We do not advocate overtime work. Generally, we complete our work within eight hours. We also have our own entertainment and life after work. The combination of work and rest can make life better."
It is reported that Changsha Dicastal Technology Co., Ltd. was established in November 2016. It mainly produces high-end aluminum alloy wheels. It is the Southern Intelligent Manufacturing Base of CITIC Dicastal. The annual production capacity of the base is 12 million high-end aluminum alloy wheels. It is the world's largest single wheel production base. The average age of employees is 30 years old. It has successively developed casting water cooling technology, multiple color matching processes, color transparent paint and other new technologies. It is the most core competitive scientific and technological innovation base in the wheel industry.
