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Chapter 247 Origin of Bone China
When Liu Chunhua calculated the price, Wang Yiyuan and the others inspected it carefully in the small factory.

Wang Yiyuan said with emotion that he never imagined that bone china, known as the king of porcelain, was once a symbol of power and status, and the only high-grade porcelain in the world, was produced in such a small factory. .It would be incredible if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes.

Wang Liping smiled and said, yes.It's just that the contrast between this high-end porcelain and the environment of its production site is really unexpected.

Mr. Xiao said disapprovingly, otherwise, what do you think will happen? Are they all places as tall as Changda?
He said, to be honest, making bone china in Tangshan is just a way for the local people to make a living, just like we rely on our own ability to work in other places, it is a reason.Since it is a job for making a living, if it is too complicated and difficult, is it still called making a living?Of course, it is the easiest to start with, the simpler the better.

Li Guanglin also said that the production of bone china is indeed simple.I don't think the production process is complicated. The raw materials, such as mud and models, are bought ready-made, and there is no technical content at all.

Wang Yiyuan is familiar with the production process and management of the factory.He has always believed that as long as it is a production factory, some basic things are actually similar and can be integrated.

For example, although the production of ceramics seems to be very different from printing, in fact, in essence, the two still have a lot in common.It's the same feeling as when Wang Yiyuan first arrived in Shanghai and went to the Taihu company for workshop training.

Wang Yiyuan said, hehe, it is relatively simple, it is just processing of supplied materials, experience and manual proficiency may be more important.He asked, Da Li, you specialize in electricity-related things, so take a look at this electric kiln, what do you think, is it complicated?
Li Guanglin walked around the electric kiln several times, looked at the front, back, left, right, left, right, and right one by one, then opened the control box hanging on the wall, and carefully looked at the structure inside for a while.

He said that as far as the electric kiln itself is concerned, it is not very complicated. The control system is a temperature controller plus a probe, plus some circuit breakers, controllers, etc., which is relatively simple.It's just that how it was fired is impossible to see, and it may have to be practiced.

Mr. Xiao laughed and said, hehe, brother, you are not asked to produce this electric kiln, but to produce ceramics, okay?Why study so deeply?
He said that the operation of this kind of electric kiln is fool-like, and the programs inside are pre-set, and when the time comes, just press the button.When the ceramic inside is ready, it will automatically cut off the power and turn off the flame automatically.

Wang Yiyuan suddenly thought of some ideas, and he said to Mr. Xiao, Mr. Xiao, this time we visited a lot of ceramic factories. There are only two things, one is the mud factory, and the other is the flower paper factory. read.Do your good work to the end, find two more factories, let's go and have a look together?

Wang Liping said, yes, so that we have a complete understanding of the ins and outs of this bone china.

Seeing that Mr. Xiao was still a little hesitant, he knew that it might be because he was busy, and he had already delayed him too much time, so Wang Yiyuan continued, "Mr. Xiao, thanks to your great help these days, I don't think Tangshan eats skewers. There are a lot of them, look good, I will invite you to eat skewers tonight.

Mr. Xiao said straightforwardly, haha, just for your barbecue, I will send you to see these factories again, no problem.

At this time, Liu Chunhua had already calculated the price of the small waist plate.Wang Yiyuan looked at the price and said with a smile, if it is about fifteen cents cheaper, I can accept it.

Liu Chunhua seemed a little embarrassed, and said, it's over, and we won't be able to produce any lower.Although the conditions are a bit rough, we still have expenses.Look at these raw materials, they are all bought, we just do some processing, and only earn a little processing fee.

Wang Yiyuan smiled and said, hehe, we have seen so many factories, and we still have a certain understanding of the price.You can't price that much more than others, can you?

Liu Chunhua still clings to the price and is unwilling to let go.Wang Yiyuan said, in this way, I will increase the one thousand you ordered to two thousand, so you should be able to do it, right?

After another round of bargaining, the price was reduced by [-] cents. As for the time for proofing, it was also limited to one month.In the end, Wang Yiyuan agreed, and he signed a contract with Liu Chunhua to entrust proofing production.

So far, the purpose of Wang Yiyuan's trip to Tangshan is basically completed.Of course, there were some other sample proofings that were originally planned, which were basically mechanical parts. I found several factories to inquire about prices, but after the quotations came out, Wang Yiyuan decided to cancel them first.

The main reason is that Wang Yiyuan felt that the price difference in the middle was not big, and there was not much room for movement, so he wanted to temporarily store these samples in Mr. Xiao's facade. As for whether to make samples or produce them, he would discuss with Mr. Liu after returning. Make another decision.

After leaving the ceramics factory, Mr. Xiao drove Wang Yiyuan and the others to a mud factory.

This pressure mud factory is simpler, just a small yard.There are not a lot of equipment inside. The more conspicuous ones are just a large ball mill placed in the workshop and a large pool dug on the ground.

Here, after the boss's introduction, it was the first time that Wang Yiyuan really knew the reason why this kind of ceramic is called bone china, and it was also the first time he saw real bone charcoal.

It turns out that bone china was first produced in the UK by British and other bone china. It was invented around 1800 and has a history of more than 200 years. For more than 200 years, bone china has gradually developed into a world ceramic treasure through the hands of generations of famous craftsmen.

The main components of bone china are tricalcium phosphate, Longyan soil, Yusi soil, raw sand, quartz, feldspar, etc. The higher the content of tricalcium phosphate, the better the quality of bone china.

In nature, there are not many sources of tricalcium phosphate, so the bone char of herbivores is chosen as the source of tricalcium phosphate.Bone charcoal, which is calcined from bovine bones, is currently the most widely used and the best choice.

The English name of bone china is BONE CHINA, and the authoritative translation should be "bone china".And when China first started, it was directly translated bone china.People felt that the word "gray" was not "elegant", so it was later renamed bone china, or simply called bone china.

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