Li Hongquan, President of Hexagon Measurement Technology (Qingdao) Co., Ltd.
With the improvement of manufacturing technology, coordinate measuring machines have been widely used. How to choose a good three-coordinate measuring machine, we took this question to interview Mr. Li Hongquan, President of Hexagon Measurement Technology (Qingdao) Co., Ltd.
Reporter: First of all, please ask General Li to introduce the situation of Hexagon Company?
Mr. Li: Hexagon Measurement Technology (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. is the only professional manufacturer of world-class CNC coordinate measuring machines in China. It is jointly invested by HEXAGON Group of Sweden and Qingdao Qianshao Precision Machinery Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Aviation Industry Corporation II. Established an international joint venture company. The predecessor of Hexagon was Qingdao Outpost Langpu Measurement Technology Co., Ltd. (Brown & Sharpe Outpost).
The Swedish-based HEXAGON Group is a multinational high-tech manufacturing group whose core businesses include measurement, industrial automation, engineering and chemical industries. HEXAGON Metrology Industry Group has become a world leader in metering with its renowned brands of measuring machines. Through its eight global manufacturing facilities and 29 precision metrology centers, HEXAGON Metrology Industry Group's global R&D, manufacturing, technical service and application support network provides world-class measurement products and after-sales value-added services to customers worldwide.
As the world's most technologically advanced and powerful world-class CNC measuring machine manufacturer, Hexagon has a world-renowned coordinate measuring machine manufacturing company, Brown & Sharpe, USA, SHEFFIELD, DEA, and LEITZ. Sweden's CE JOHANSSAN company is listed as one of the six measuring machine manufacturing bases and is a core member of the HEXAGON Group's metrology industry. For Chinese users, Hexagon can provide a full range of CMM products manufactured by the above professional manufacturers, and equipped with the most advanced CNC system and various functional measurement software to meet the quality assurance and production of the majority of manufacturing customers. Process requirements.
At present, Hexagon's measuring machine products have sold more than 300 units a year, and are growing at a rate of 30%. Customers are widely distributed in key industries such as automobiles, aerospace, molds, machine tools, defense industry and home appliances.
To better serve Chinese customers, Hexagon has precision measurement centers and offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Xi'an and Qingdao. The regionalized service mechanism can respond to customers' technical consultation on measuring machines in the shortest time and provide nearby service and application support for more than 1,600 measuring machine customers in China. "Being the first brand of China's measuring machine service" is the goal that Hexagon is constantly striving for.
On September 23, 2002, the new Hexagon modern plant was completed in Qingdao High-tech Development Zone, which enabled Hexagon to have an annual capacity of 450 measuring machines; two high-standard, 300-square-meter areas The inspection room can realize the temperature environment control of 20 °C ± 0.2 °C, which lays a foundation for the acceptance of high-precision measuring machine; the 300-square-meter measuring machine demonstration and training center is the largest training base for CMM in Asia. With a complete range of measuring machine equipment and more than 10 full-time training application teachers, it can complete demonstrations, technical consultations and trainings involved in pre-sale, in-sale and after-sales phases.
In 2003, Hexagon achieved more than 55% of the measuring machine market share in China, and the order exceeded 300 million yuan, thus firmly occupying the position of the leader in China's measuring machine industry.
Reporter: You have been engaged in the production and research of CMM for a long time. Please talk about the current development direction of CMM.
Mr. Li: The modern meaning of coordinate measuring machine appeared in the United Kingdom in 1956. In less than 50 years, coordinate measurement technology has developed rapidly with the development of modern industrial technology, especially software technology and control technology. It presents the following distinctive technical features: higher precision and better reliability; the promotion and application of high-speed scanning probes and composite probes expands the application field of measuring machines; measuring machines play an important role in reverse engineering; software The combination of performance and CAD has become an important indicator for evaluating measuring machines; product quality, accuracy and repeatability will remain important issues for everyone; deep, localized services have become another distinctive feature of the measuring machine industry.
Reporter: There are many varieties and models of CMMs. How to choose a cost-effective CMM?
Mr. Li: We believe that the choice of CMM should start from two aspects of product and technical service support. From the product level, the requirements are as follows:
(1) High reliability products that meet modern design techniques.
(2) High precision, high efficiency and high quality.
(3) Has powerful software measurement functions.
(4) Must have CAD data input and output platform.
(5) Ability to adapt to more demanding environments, production site measurements.
From the perspective of technical service support, we believe that customers should consider the capabilities of suppliers in the following aspects when purchasing:
(1) Timely and reliable technical service support and spare parts support.
(2) Professional and efficient training and technical application team.
(3) World-renowned brands and the latest technology.
(4) World-class localization research and development, manufacturing institutions and the company's long-term comprehensive development strength.
(5) Has a large customer base and user recognition.
Reporter: The coordinate measuring machine has developed rapidly in recent years. Many companies have purchased a three-coordinate measuring instrument. How to use the coordinate measuring instrument correctly?
Mr. Li: There are many factors involved in the correct use of measuring machines. For enterprises, after selecting high-quality measuring machine products and qualified measuring machine suppliers, whether they can use the measuring machine should be effective, including personnel, environment and planning. And many other factors.
First of all, the measuring machine manufacturers generally provide technical training on the coordinate measuring machine. The measuring machine operating technicians who are trained should have certain measurement knowledge, master computer knowledge and have certain English ability. At the same time, the operator should also be willing to study and measure. technology. As the saying goes, "Masters lead the door, practice depends on the individual", whether the correct use of the measuring machine, the effective use of the measuring machine should be largely determined by human factors.
At the same time, the measuring machine is a high-precision equipment. In most cases, air bearing is used. Therefore, the measuring machine should have a relatively clean environment to avoid working in the environment of dust, oil and strong vibration. The air should be used for water filtration and oil filtration to avoid the use of the measuring machine due to the unclean air. In the course of use, it is necessary to strictly abide by the relevant operating specifications, and do the opening, shutting down and cleaning work.
The measuring machine is a high-precision, high-efficiency and versatile testing equipment. It not only plays an important role in quality control and final product inspection, but also provides various means and methods for improving design, process and process control levels. Therefore, our measurement technicians should not be constrained by passive measurement and verification, but should actively feedback and apply measurement data to various fields of modern manufacturing, so as to maximize the effective use of measurement equipment.
Reporter: How does your company maintain its leading position in the CMM and how to improve its competitiveness?
Mr. Li: The experience of the company for more than ten years of development proves that “every step ahead of others†is the key to our success today. We have seized the opportunity of the market and achieved the absolute leading position in the current CMM market. status. But at the same time, we are constantly innovating and thinking about the future market competition and challenges.
The first is to fully integrate into the international multinational group. It is not to let the group feel that you cannot do without it, but to make the group feel inseparable from you; with our professional ability and with the help of the Group's good technical background and international experience, we believe that it can be in China. Achieve greater success.
At the same time, all employees and core management teams are required to meet the requirements of internationalization. This is the basis for the fundamental transformation and the necessary and sufficient conditions, and extensively introduce talents that are in line with international standards, and change the attitude of employees to work from "What do you want me to do from the company? Transforming into what I do for the company."
We have recently invested a large part of our efforts in improving the existing measurement machining and manufacturing processes, and improving the entire manufacturing process from order forecasting, parts procurement, factory inspection, parts/machine storage, storage, and financial management. The management, the introduction of foreign brothers factory mass production mature management experience, to achieve data sharing, material sharing and resource sharing between the brother factories in the group.
We also vigorously promote the company's regionalization, thereby enhancing our customer service capabilities. On the one hand, we have expanded our service level by strengthening training, establishing a CRM system, and launching an online customer service website. At the same time, we have enriched a large number of local measuring machine technicians to regional offices to improve the response speed of customer needs.
“Shaping the future of measurement†is the constant goal of our company, and our measures and means of response will be closely related to this goal. Therefore, we will strive to achieve our goals based on our world-class measurement products and technologies, first-class measurement professionals and rich measurement industry experience.
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