Changzhou Hongda: Leading The World'S Intelligent Trend

A gentle appearance, a kind smile.

This is the first impression left by Gu Ren, chairman of Changzhou Hongda Technology Group.

Almost everyone who has touched him will be impressed by his thorough understanding of technology and his endless creativity.

For more than 30 years, Gu Ren has been concentrating on the research and breakthroughs in printing and dyeing intellectualization.

At present, Changzhou Hongda has become the pioneer of the pformation of intelligent printing and dyeing products in China. Many technologies have even reached the leading position in the world and have written a new chapter in China's production.

And he has always been innovative in the layout of the new strategy, he will build the first domestic industrial technology research institute, thoroughly hit the last mile of research.

If this idea can be realized, Changzhou macro will lead a new round of world intelligent trend.

Online detection of printing and dyeing = Changzhou Hongda

In 1989, Gu Ren's decision shocked everyone around him.

This year, he resigned the post of 7 years of state-owned enterprises, gave up his dream of national cadre status and "iron rice bowl", and began his own way of starting a business.

Perhaps now, people are not familiar with the practice of "speculation" of state-owned enterprises, and are even used to it.

But in the 80s of last century, Gu Ren's actions were absolutely "epoch-making".

So when he left the unit, the Department concerned did not know how to deal with him.

After his resignation, Gu Ren, based on the market demand at that time, set up a business to solve the actual production problems for the users, and the long-term experience of "climbing the ladder" in the printing and dyeing line laid a solid foundation for the successful development of Changzhou's best selling printing and dyeing intelligent products in the future.

After three years of experience and polish, in 1992, Gu Ren registered his first company, Changzhou Hongda automation equipment factory.

At that time, he wrote down his aspirations and ambitions on the fence of the factory with two lines of characters: Grand technology and world synchronization.

His spirit, courage and vision began to emerge at that time.

He defined the future of the enterprise as "printing and dyeing online detection = Changzhou Hongda".

In 2000, Changzhou Hongda opened the prelude to "intelligent manufacturing".

The hardships of starting a business can only be truly realized by experienced individuals.

Gu Ren said that during the first few years, he and the company have been looking for a way out and have been making a detour.

Fortunately, no matter what difficulties he encountered, he persisted in his self-confidence and strong innovation ability.

In 2003, the alkali concentration on-line detection and automatic alkali adding system of Changzhou mercerizing machine, the on-line measurement and control system of pH value and the on-line measurement and control system of moisture content were successfully developed.

But these products did not enter the rapid development of the market immediately.

Gu Ren recalled that after the successful development of the equipment, he sold only 1 sets in the first year, and he did not sell it in second years or even 1 sets, but this did not waver his determination and confidence in his career.

It was this determination and persistence that finally brought him the dawn.

In 2005, its R & D printing and dyeing online inspection project was awarded the first prize of Hongkong San Ma textile technology. In 2007, the "automatic real-time flower control system of high-speed rotary screen printing machine based on machine vision technology" was awarded the support project of the Ministry of science and technology.

In 2017, the "intelligent image finishing and weft knitting machine" was voted in the first prize of the China Textile Alliance science and Technology Award in textile light 2017.

Unusual electrical "maniac"

The predecessor of the Nantong Textile Engineering Institute was founded by Zhang Jian, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty (now the school has been renamed Nantong University).

Gu Ren spent his college years here, majoring in automation at that time.

His inventions came to prominence early in college.

Just after graduation, he invented the snoring device and won the prize in the whole East China region.

There is no such thing as thousands of miles, no small streams, no rivers.

Gu Ren can do this, and he has a great relationship with electrical love and perseverance.

When he was studying in Nantong, he finished his classes every morning and soaked in the library in the afternoon.

Every time he read out more than 20 books that were similar to the courses he studied, he would find similar courses and read them later.

To his memory, he saw a circuit written by an American, and every sentence was the essence that made him fondle admiringly.

After graduation, he rearranged all the electrical and circuit books, and borrowed many books from the library to further consolidate his electrical theory knowledge.

Solid foundation has made it possible to invent and innovate in the future.

His love for invention is almost obsessed with the investment in scientific research.

In the third year of his graduation, he recalled the salary of more than 100 yuan a month, but he bought an oscilloscope with his salary of 1 years, and used it in 1988 to get his first patent, a multimeter with memory.

Gu Ren's electrical ability had already appeared in his first job.

After graduation, he went to work in Changzhou textile equipment factory. At that time, some Swiss Graff equipment was introduced.

In the early days of installation, he had studied the whole equipment thoroughly. The circuit diagram of the equipment had already been installed in his mind, and he could easily describe the dynamic process and response curve of the equipment.

During the Spring Festival holiday, when the machine returned to work, there was a malfunction. Many experts tried all kinds of methods, but still couldn't get the equipment to start properly.

It will take a long time for foreign technicians to issue visas, which will bring great economic losses to enterprises.

The factory director knows the strength of Gu Ren and holds the idea of trying it out so that he can see if he can solve the problem.

Gu Ren recalls that when he entered the workshop, he saw 7 or 8 people in white coats wearing a pile of thick drawings, standing beside the machine and showing a confused look.

He circled around the equipment and squatted down to examine the equipment carefully, and found that the problem was in the electrical system.

He adjusted the line in 1 or 2 minutes, then confidently said to the director, "let's try the car driver. There should be no problem."

Everyone began to doubt the attitude, started the equipment, the miracle appeared, after debugging the equipment has started steadily, the problem was so easy to be solved by him.

Talent + diligence + daring = invention

The invention is Gu Ren's hobby, even to the point of almost infatuation.

He not only read a lot of books about inventions and creation, but also developed an innovative thinking.

The opening way of a door will arouse his curiosity and thinking, and a new phenomenon can arouse his reverie.

At present, the company mainly has 38 kinds of patented products, and there are many achievements in product development and market pformation every year.

These are the results of his technical accumulation and practice over the years.

When asked about the reasons for the pformation of the company's achievements in recent years, he said that these achievements depend on talent and diligence, and also study and exercise their own thinking methods. Depending on the book of invention, the logic of invention is different from other logic, which requires a lot of training and foundation.

Gu Ren's courage is great, which also provides a source of power for his continuous innovation.

In 80s, printing and dyeing equipment was mainly made of cotton products.

At that time, device drivers used public power.

When a 641 dyeing machine drives, it is usually a lot of people who drive a car to open one day or half a day.

Gu Ren recalled that shortly after the company was founded, a list of 641 printing and dyeing equipment was put in place.

The agreement stipulates that after the completion of the pformation, the inspection will be carried out directly.

This list was the first time that he had carried out the on-site equipment pformation. Gu Ren won the order with confidence and pride from the young people.

But the company has just been established, the talent team has not yet been established and perfected. The people he brought with him at that time had zero electrical knowledge, and he didn't even know buttons and switches.

On the way to the client unit, he now trains some basic knowledge of his employees.

Gu Ren recalls, when the other side cut the line and pulled the switch, he was still nervous, but there was no way out. He could only push his head.

In order to successfully complete this project, Gu Ren sleeps in the workshop every day for 5 days and 5 nights. He sleeps when he is tired and wakes up and opens his eyes.

Finally, he successfully completed the contract.

Foreign countries may not necessarily be advanced.

Inspiration comes from practice.

Product oriented and problem oriented is the way for Gu Ren to run enterprises.

Many of his product development also comes from solving the needs of the production site.

He said that the original idea of making the whole flower technology product came from the demand of cotton spinning and dyeing enterprises.

He introduced that in batik printing process, the batik dyed fabric will be deformed after washing by water, and how to set the two color printing once is a difficult problem commonly encountered by batik dyeing enterprises.

In practice, Gu Ren discovered that batik dyeing enterprises needed a technology to ensure that the two printing of the rotary screen did not deform.

The whole product development starts here.

At the beginning of the study, many enterprises considered his technology useless.

But when the product is researched, the effect of the enterprise is far beyond the original expectations and requirements.

Gu Ren said, at that time, I suddenly felt that the domestic wax printing enterprises needed us, and we found that the market was really big.

Inspired by batik's online testing thinking, Gu Ren started the research and development of his whole flower and weft system.

He remembered that many people could not understand the concept of the whole flower just now.

Many people say that you have not made a market! But Gu is convinced that he will be able to use his keen perspective and rich experience. 10 years later, facts confirmed his original judgement.

This product is not only useful, but also has become a rigid demand for enterprises.

A customer fixed the product and was anxious to rush him to deliver within 20 days.

Gu Ren said that the whole flower weft knitting machine was recognized by the market in 2017, and this recognition became even more evident in 2018.

Customers used to think that foreign technology was so advanced that they did not have this machine. What did you do for it? In the face of such doubt, Gu Ren's answer was, "I don't think foreigners are the most advanced machines."

He thinks European technology is right.

Demand is lacking in understanding, so they do not develop these devices.

Facts have proved that Gu Ren's insistence is right and that China's manufacturing can also lead internationally.

The leading technology will eventually be recognized by customers. Jiangsu Lian FA has tasted the sweetness after using the whole flower equipment and bought 9 machines.

The last mile of research and production

Changzhou Hong Da Chang District is located in the core area of Changzhou high tech Development Zone.

Gu Ren pointed to the land on the left side of the factory gate and told him that a large piece of land that had not been occupied by the factory. He was going to set up a Research Institute here.

In 2015, as the country put forward the strategy of "made in China 2025", intelligent manufacturing suddenly became very popular.

Gu Ren found that there are some problems in the development of domestic intellectualization. First, many enterprises are manufacturing enterprises. They encounter electrical technical difficulties in the process of intellectualization. They can not solve them. Second, although some universities and research institutes are doing research on intelligent applications, their research is out of touch with practice and can not fully meet the current market demand.

In the process of intelligent manufacturing, how can we help enterprises upgrade and promote the pformation of achievements in universities and research institutes? Gu Ren thinks that this is what Changzhou Hongda Research Institute should do.

He said that the cost of R & D personnel is too high for many enterprises to afford.

It's a bit like playing football, and many people pass the ball, but in the end, the winner is the number of goals.

The final result of intelligent manufacturing technology is the number of shots.

Now, in the field of intelligent manufacturing, many enterprises are dribbling, passing a lot of shots, and finally shooting is not allowed to enter, so their pformation of intelligent results is not ideal. However, Changzhou has the strength and skills of "shooting". Therefore, Gu Ren's plan is to build a grand research Institute for the last mile of research and production.

In the planning of Gu Ren, his Changzhou Intelligent Equipment Industry Development Research Institute will be a professional research and Development Institute specializing in textile printing and dyeing intelligent and automatic equipment technology, and will focus on the development of technology and products in the field of textile printing and dyeing with international competitiveness.

Intelligent equipment to enhance the national textile and dyeing industry intelligent, automation, information technology level.

Gu Ren said that the docking of industry, University and research is the most urgent need for the country, and its contribution to the country is also enormous.

He said that the great research institute should concentrate on the talented technical personnel and do what they are best at.

He said that after the research institute is done, he will organize a group of R & D personnel to make more contributions to China's manufacturing 2025 and play a greater role in boosting China's scientific and technological progress.

He said that the grand Institute will expand rapidly, and we will not sell products, but sell technology, which is our core competitiveness.

In a sense, printing and dyeing intelligent products are only one of the application cases.

We look forward to the early realization of his wish. We also look forward to his new enterprise development model as another new model of intelligent manufacturing, and become a new peak and trend of industrial intelligent manufacturing in the world.