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Chapter 235 Sample Inquiry
Ms. Zhang said that the quality requirements of aerospace porcelain are higher, the production is more complicated, and the cost will be higher than that of ordinary ceramic varieties, so the final price will be relatively higher.You have to be prepared for this.

Wang Yiyuan asked, is there any requirement for your minimum order quantity?
is required.Ms. Zhang said with a smile, this may not only be our ceramic factory, but all other factories that do production will have this minimum quantity statement.Of course, the more orders you place for a single variety, the cheaper the price will be.

At this time, Wang Yiyuan's understanding of ceramics is only limited to some written and pictures, and he has no intuitive experience and cognition of some basic ceramic professional knowledge and terminology, the complete process of production and firing, etc.

He said to Ms. Zhang, is this good? We would like to visit your production workshop first, so that we can have an intuitive impression of ceramics.Then you will carefully calculate the quotations of these two products for us.As for the quantity, it should be calculated according to the order of the first batch of [-] pieces?

Miss Zhang agreed.She picked up the telephone on the table, made a call, and said a few words in it.After a while, a young girl walked in through the door.

Ms. Zhang ordered the little girl who came in to say, Xiao Lin, these three customers, please take them to the workshop and the exhibition hall to visit.

Wang Yiyuan understood that this girl named Xiao Lin might be a role similar to a business assistant in this company.

Xiao Lin smiled at Wang Yiyuan and the others, made a gesture of invitation, and said, the three please come with me.

On the way, Wang Yiyuan said to Xiao Lin, "Ms. Lin, the three of us don't know much about ceramics. We are basically illiterate. We have never been in contact with a ceramics factory before, so I trouble you to introduce the details later." A little bit, the production process in the workshop can also let us see more.

Kobayashi thought for a while and said, OK, no problem.Since this is the case, then we will follow the approximate production process of bone china and look backward from the beginning to the end.

The forming workshop where the group went first.This is also the first time Wang Yiyuan has officially seen the bone china production workshop.

The molding workshop is very large, and many workers are busy doing their jobs.However, Wang Yiyuan and the others soon discovered that at least a quarter of the machines were parked there, all of which were covered with white plastic sheets, and they must have not been used for a while.

Through Kobayashi's explanation, Wang Yiyuan finally understood how the process of bone china from clay to blank was formed.

There are basically three main ways of forming ceramics.The first is machine roll forming. Through a special roll forming machine, the mud that has been configured is pressed into various shapes required in the model.This method is mainly used for ceramics with regular patterns, for example, common rice bowls and plates for eating and serving dishes.

The second is that for some irregular shapes, which are commonly known as special-shaped parts, high-pressure grouting or manual grouting is generally used.It is to make clay into mud first, and then pour it into the pre-designed plaster model. The plaster can absorb the suspended matter in the mud to the inner wall, so it is finally formed, such as spoons, spoons and other varieties.

Both methods are suitable for large-scale mass production.In addition, the factory still retains a relatively original production method, which is pure handmade.However, this method obviously cannot meet the requirements of modern mass production, and can only be produced with a small number of personalized needs.

The next step is to visit the bisque firing workshop.As soon as they entered the workshop, the three of them were shocked by the large-scale workshop in front of them and the spectacular modern production scene.

I saw eight 52-meter and 48-meter-long fully automatic gas-fired tunnel kilns arranged neatly, with one end coming out and the other coming out. Or unload the blank that has been fired.In several tunnel kilns, the whirring sound of natural gas burning is mixed with the sound of high-power fans that expel heat and exhaust gas, and the deafening sound seems to be roaring right next to your ears.

The last thing I saw was the workshop of baking flowers.The workshop is also very grand and spacious, with four 38-meter and 46-meter fully automatic gas-fired roller kilns.The decal workers are lined up in a tight and orderly manner.There are quite a few workers packing boxes at the back of the workshop.

After watching the workshop, the three went to visit the exhibition hall on the first floor of the office.The exhibition hall is about [-] square meters, and the exhibits are dazzling, each with its own characteristics.Under the well-designed lighting, the bone china on display is magnificent, and each of them is particularly wonderful.

According to Kobayashi's introduction, the company's main products include five series of more than 2000 varieties for hotels, hotel porcelain, gift Chinese and Western tableware, tea sets, coffee sets, and art porcelain.In particular, she said that our company's annual production capacity is almost 2000 million pieces, and it is currently the largest bone china professional production factory in the world.

The three of them couldn't help admiring again.Wang Yiyuan asked Xiaolin, which aspects are the quality of this bone china mainly referring to?
Xiaolin smiled and said, we generally summarize the characteristics of bone china into four sentences, "thin as paper, white as jade, bright as a mirror, and sound like a chime", as long as these four points are met, it is a qualified bone china. Quality porcelain.

She said that as for good bone china, there is another more important indicator, which is the bone carbon content and carefully selected raw materials.Generally speaking, good bone china requires a bone carbon content of 40.00% or more.

After about an hour, the three returned to Ms. Zhang's office.

The quotations for the two waist plates have come out. Ms. Zhang gave Wang Yiyuan the quotation and said, this is the quotation, please take a look first.However, if it is to be produced, because these two products are special-shaped parts, the mold needs to be re-opened for proofing, and the formal production can only be carried out after you confirm it.

Wang Yiyuan asked, if these two varieties are sampled, how long will it take for the samples to arrive in Shanghai?

Ms. Zhang estimated in her mind, and said, as for the time, counting from now, it will take about ten to fifteen days to open the mold, and at least 20 days from the whole proofing to the finished product, and then express delivery to Shanghai.So it will take about a month and a half for you to see the samples.

Can't go any faster?Wang Yiyuan smiled and said, one and a half months is too long, even if we can wait, the client can't wait too.

Hehe, I'm afraid we can't do anything about it. It's more difficult to make it in advance.Ms. Zhang said with a smile, in fact, what I just said is still relatively ideal, that is to say, there must be no mistakes in the various links in the middle.

She said, but who can guarantee this?You have also seen just now that the plasticity of the ceramic production process is relatively large.

It took Wang Yiyuan such a long time to proof the product, so he was naturally unprepared.He asked anxiously, really can't think of anything?

Ms. Zhang said that a piece of ceramics has to go through many complicated and cumbersome processes from the mud to the finished product. Any error in one of the processes may cause the product to start from scratch.So the one and a half months I just mentioned is actually a relatively fast speed.

(End of this chapter)