Change from traditional manufacturing enterprises to technology innovation group

Weichai Innovation and Development Conference

"Innovation is the soul of Weichai." This statement of the National People's Congress and Tan Xuguang, chairman of Shandong Heavy Industry Weichai Group, has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of every Weichai employee. It is because of innovation that Weichai has embarked on the road of transformation and upgrading; innovation has driven Weichai to implement strategic deployment around "supply-side reforms," ​​and achieved a "V"-type reversal after a downturn in the market.

Entering the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", Weichai went very "grounded." Focusing on the goal of “creating the most cost-competitive, most core technologically competitive, most quality-competitive products, persisting in innovation-driven and challenging the world’s first” scientific and technological innovation goals, Tan Xuguang puts forward five strategic ideas: to create the world's best Products, to the high-end; to create the industry's top R & D centers, to become the leader in advanced technology; to create a superior technology management system, the release of the vitality of institutional mechanisms; to create an open and cooperative innovation model, integration of global resources for my own use; to create a gathering place for talent, establish a fire According to legend, the echelon team.

In mid-January 2017, Weichai’s full-scale operations “had 100 days of production and sales of 180,000 units” - to seize the opportunity of recent market development, it took 100 days to make the company’s domestic engine sales reach 180,000 units. The annual budget indicators lay a solid foundation. Tan Xuguang pointed out that one of the market orders cannot be lost; the production order cannot be disordered; the product quality cannot be reduced; the safety production is not relaxed; the clerk’s passion cannot be reduced, and the enterprise’s glory must be recreated.

Supply-side reform cannot be separated from the demand side

"Structural reform on the supply side is a long-term strategy. It cannot be accomplished in one or two years. Weichai's structure adjustment has been carried out for 10 years before it has risen in a contrarian direction today." During this year's national "two sessions," Tan Xuguang Said in an interview with the media.

Only manufacturing companies can improve their innovation capabilities and upgrade their product quality. Tan Xuguang believes that structural reforms on the supply side do not simply pressure capacity, and supply-side reforms must not be separated from the demand side, but must be driven and led by upgrading on the demand side.

Weichai WP13 engine

Weichai, which focuses on the production of heavy-duty diesel engines, has implemented supply-side reforms to promote the industrial structure toward the mid-to-high end and to transform itself into a technologically-innovative company, which has greatly reduced the number of engine inventory, improved the company's operating efficiency, and reduced operating costs. This year, more than 40,000 heavy-duty engines were sold in a single month, an increase of more than 100% year-on-year, and a beautiful “V” type reversal was achieved.

Weichai's international influence is also continuously improving. The Group successfully embarked on an internationalized road of resource integration, aimed at the international market, seized the opportunities brought by the international economic development, boldly implemented the integration of overseas resources, and continued to expand the market scale. At present, the Weichai Group’s overseas operating revenue accounts for more than 40% of its total revenue. Now, Weichai has to rely on the country's major opportunity to implement the “One Belt and One Road” strategy, innovate global cooperation methods, accelerate technological output, and develop more capacity cooperation. Strengthen brand promotion in the international market, establish an international brand image, and continuously improve the international influence of the Weichai brand.

Explain "innovation" with practical actions

Over the years, Weichai's technological innovation work has been advancing with each passing day and has made brilliant achievements. It has created a number of important scientific and technological achievements that lead the development of the industry. It has harvested a number of major patents and honors in key technology fields, and has emerged a number of respectable scientific and technological innovations. By.

Tan Xuguang summed up the four major achievements in Weichai's technological innovation over the past decade: gradually built the full range of green power product platforms with the most competitive advantages, formed a leading domestic and world-class technology research and development capability, and introduced and trained one. Supporting a high-level, capable, and passionate scientific and technological talent team has yielded a number of scientific and technological innovations that have led the industry's development and have significant impact.

As the “provider of the domestic engine industry”, Weichai has built the industry's only national key laboratory for the reliability of internal combustion engines, which can meet the research needs of reliability, critical component reliability, and reliability prediction and evaluation of ICE engines. The current best-selling WP13 engine is the masterpiece that this laboratory produces. The first domestic 13-liter engine launched in 2015 led the Chinese heavy-duty truck industry to upgrade to 500+ high-powered vehicles, ranking the front of the high-powered tractor market.

Innovation comes from research and development. In order to maintain its leading position in the industry, Weichai Group has always maintained a high investment in research and development. In the past 10 years, it has invested more than 15 billion yuan, and its annual R&D accounted for more than 5% of sales revenue. Not only that, Weichai has also established R&D centers in the United States, France, Germany, and Italy, forming a global collaborative R&D innovation landscape.

In August 2016, the Weichai Truck Powertrain State Specialized Public Creation Space became one of the first 17 state-level demonstration units dedicated to creating creative space. In accordance with the concept of "mainly based on me and innovation through linkage," Weichai has not only established a large, cooperative, open, and win-win R&D system with outstanding scientific research institutes and consulting institutions worldwide, but has also led the establishment of the International Reliability Alliance for Internal Combustion Engine Reliability. In addition, more than 60 parts and components suppliers with research and development capabilities have established a "product research and development community" and signed strategic cooperation agreements with more than a dozen famous universities such as Tianjin University. Through the cooperation of production, research, and research, they collaborated to solve the common key issues of the powertrain. Technology to improve Weichai's product quality and overall product quality.

New product upgrades tap market potential

At the multi-technology conference held at the beginning of this year, Weichai and its partners from all over the country analyzed the development trend of the industry, communicated the competitive advantage and service changes of Weichai products, and laid the foundation for further strengthening cooperation.

In terms of passenger car power, Weichai has a full range of passenger car power products with displacements from 2.1L to 12L and powers from 60kW to 338kW. It fully meets various emission standards such as the State V, Euro VI, etc., and can be widely matched with school buses larger than 5 meters. VAN/passenger, group, tourism, bus, hybrid, special car, etc. Relying on strong research and development capabilities and national key laboratory platforms, Weichai has made significant improvements and enhancements around the light weight, economy, reliability, and NVH performance of the full range of products, achieving remarkable results.

In respect of heavy truck power, reliable and durable is the core demand of the user. Weichai continues to improve the reliability and durability of the engine, improve attendance, and minimize operating costs for users. The WP9H/WP10H of the new product H platform is a new-generation diesel engine newly developed by Weichai and possessing internationally advanced technology. At the beginning of design, it puts the reliability of the product first.

Relying on the State Key Laboratory of Weichai Engine Reliability, which represents the highest level of reliability in research and development of Chinese internal combustion engines, Weichai's R&D engineers determine the overall development reliability and life target value based on market demand and user usage, and design and develop products. It was verified that the cumulative number of bench verification tests exceeded 45,000 hours; 300 total vehicles and road durability tests totaled more than 50 million kilometers, eventually achieving a B10 life of 1.8 million kilometers/30,000 hours, setting the highest standards for high-speed heavy-duty engines.

In terms of light diesel engines, Weichai's latest launch of the new WP3N series, the "Power" series, has attracted high attention since its debut in three months. As a new generation of light-duty diesel engines with completely independent intellectual property rights, WP3N's high-reliability design has a B10 life of 800,000 kilometers, a power of 118 kW, and a torque of 450 N·m.

Weichai WP3N new engine

For the diesel engine business "respective name"

For a long time, diesel vehicle exhaust pollution has been criticized, especially heavy-duty diesel engines are considered by some industry professionals as one of the sources of air pollution. For such misunderstandings, as a product of diesel engine companies that cover card passenger cars, construction machinery, ship power generation, and agricultural equipment, Weichai used actual actions to “respect” the diesel engine companies.

National related policies have put forward strict requirements on the direction and progress of diesel engine technology upgrades and emission upgrades. The future fuel consumption regulations for heavy-duty commercial vehicles will be further tightened, and it is expected that by 2025, the consumption of heavy-duty vehicles in China will drop by 20% to 30%. For many years, Weichai has been committed to low-carbon emission technology research and development, and has adopted low-carbon technologies such as high-pressure common-rail injection, high-efficiency pressurization, and advanced low-power intelligent accessories, resulting in continuous reduction of engine fuel consumption.

Weichai is also actively exploring the technical route of 50% thermal efficiency of the engine to provide technical reserves for meeting the lower carbon emission regulations in the future. In addition, Weichai has closely followed the pace of the country's development of new energy vehicles, using its advantages in the gold industry chain to develop a hybrid powertrain system, and actively exploring low-carbon, low-emission technologies. According to data provided by Weichai, its engine market has more than 3.5 million units. Calculating 100,000 kilometers per year for each commercial vehicle, it can save 2.9 million tons of diesel in one year.

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