＂Made in Luoyang＂ HONB Bearing Breaks International monopoly
- 2019/12/19 9:42:38
''In the field of high-precision special bearings(YRT roatry table bearing and crossed roller bearing), Hongyuan Bearing (HONB) occupies 80% of the domestic market and 50% of its products are exported to 18 countries and regions".Zhou Shuzhou, general manager of Hongyuan Bearing, said that the rotation accuracy of their production bearings is two micrometers, equivalent to 1/30 of the diameter of a hair wire.
There is a busy scene in the production workshop of Luoyang Hongyuan Bearing Co., Ltd. (referred to as Hongyuan Bearing) in Matun Town, Mengjin County. The machine is booming, and new and bright precision YRT rotary table bearings and crossed roller bearings of different sizes are freshly released and will be sent to Europe.
Where does this confidence come from? Time goes back to 2007. At that time, YRT rotary table bearings, which were widely used in the industrial field, were basically monopolized by INA in Germany.
YRT rotary table bearings are used in high-end machine tools that process high-precision parts, with high accuracy requirements and high market thresholds. Zhou Shuzhou and his team realized that if they could develop a product with similar performance to INA, they would have the initiative in the market.
"Technological innovation can enable enterprises to stand on the pyramid in the industry." Zhou Shuzhou said that it is the general trend that industrial robots replace manual labor to participate in manufacturing. As one of the core components of industrial robots, the harmonic reducer bearings applied to robot joints have been seized by almost all the markets in Japan, Germany and other countries, but these companies' products are expensive and the supply cycle is long.
Facing new market opportunities, in early 2010, Hongyuan Bearing strategically focused on the research and development of industrial robot bearings, and has invested nearly 40 million yuan in technology research and development and market development. After numerous improvements and innovations, Hongyuan Bearing now has a full set of core technologies and production processes for R & D and production of robot bearings. Some of the product performance indicators are higher than international standards. A number of technical and technological levels are internationally leading, accounting for 90% of domestic harmonics Reducer bearing market.
In recent years, enterprises have established bearing testing centers and bearing experimental centers with complete quality control systems; invested more than 50 million yuan for product technology upgrades and intelligent transformation of production lines, and implemented "machine replacement" for key positions, greatly improving production efficiency.
"We will continue to make efforts in the field of precision bearings, and continue to do more." Zhou Shuzhou said that in the next step, Hongyuan Bearing will rely on the informationization and automation of the manufacturing process to improve production levels, and gradually build digital workshops and smart factories, Expand market share. Strive to achieve sales revenue of 250 million yuan in 2022, and sales revenue of 500 million yuan in 2025, build an intelligent manufacturing model, and further expand domestic and overseas market share. (Reporter of Luo Bing Daily, Li Bing, Correspondent, Kong Zhao, Yang Xuenan).