Shanghai is prosperous

Chapter 248 Mud Factory
The workshop of the mud factory is not big, but it is very neat and clean. There are more than a dozen barrels of mud neatly placed near the door.The boss is in his 60s and looks very friendly. Although he speaks slowly, what he says is easy to understand, and he looks easy to talk to.

The boss is obviously familiar with Mr. Xiao, and he gave Mr. Xiao a big hug when they met.Mr. Xiao introduced that the first business I did in Tangshan was with this boss.

The boss smiled and said that the pressure grouting mud factory usually works in the morning and morning. After the mud is prepared, it is basically a rest in the afternoon, so the workers are not here now.

Wang Yiyuan asked the boss some questions about mud making.The boss gave an introduction one by one, including various ingredients, milling, particle measurement, alkali removal, pressure filtration, and every production process of bone cake. He took the trouble to cooperate with the site and gave a detailed explanation.

The boss even took the calcined bone charcoal from the ox bone and showed it to Wang Yiyuan and the others, and told the mystery of how to identify it from good to bad.He said that the quality of bone charcoal and the content of bone charcoal in the mud are closely related to the final bone china product.

It was the first time for Wang Yiyuan and the three of them to see so many and such large pieces of ashes.These bone ashes are milky white in color, and although they appear to be in one piece, with a little force, they will turn into ashes, fluttering and falling down.

Li Guanglin joked, "I don't know if our human bones are burned to ashes like this?"
All about the same.The boss smiled and said, it's just that the color will be darker than this bone charcoal, which is similar to gray, so it is called ashes.After these beef bones are fired into bone charcoal, they have been processed twice, so the color is milky white.

When Wang Yiyuan saw the large pool on the ground of the workshop, he felt very strange, so he asked, did the workshop use groundwater to dig such a large pool?
The boss laughed and said that our factory does use groundwater, but it is just a well.Tangshan is short of water, and the wells are not three or forty meters deep, so there is no way to get water.As for the pool, it has another purpose.

Mr. Xiao said next to him that in principle, Tangshan is not allowed to dig wells to extract groundwater without permission.Ha ha, but in order to save costs, most factories are also doing this.

The boss said that because the alkali content of the bone char is relatively high, and the acidity and alkalinity required for the grouting mud must be neutral, so we have to reprocess the bone char.This pool is used to remove alkali from bone charcoal. Put the mud into the ground well and wash it with clean water to make the bone charcoal neutral.

After joking for a while, Wang Yiyuan took out a large and a small waist plate from the bag, and asked the boss, if a bucket of mud like this is produced, how many can be produced if these two products are produced? Is there a way to calculate it? ?

The boss took two waist plates and weighed them on the balance beside them.He smiled and said that the ratio of various raw materials of bone china has strict numerical ratios, so there are many weighing instruments in the factory, from large scales to small balances like this.

Wang Yiyuan looked around, and it was indeed the case. There were many weighing instruments, large and small, placed around.

The boss brought over a calculator, rattled over it, and made a calculation in his mind, and told Wang Yiyuan the rough figure.

Wang Yiyuan said with a smile, from the total content of the mud, and then according to the reduction and change of the weight of each process to calculate the quantity of finished products, there should be some method to follow?
The boss said that the water content of the mud, as well as the bone char content in it, have strict requirements for bone china.As for the quantity of finished products, we can calculate according to the rate of finished products and the approximate consumption of each process, so there are indeed traces to follow.

Wang Yiyuan asked the approximate price of a bucket of mud.In this way, the amount of mud used for each waist plate and the approximate price of the raw materials consumed are basically known.

The boss laughed and said, there is a simpler cost calculation method for bone china products, do you know it?

Wang Yiyuan had never heard of it, and all three shook their heads.

Mr. Xiao said from the side that this boss also came from the Five Porcelain Factory.I have been engaged in the production of bone china mud for almost 20 years.An old man who knows everything.

The boss smiled and said, it can only be said to be an approximate algorithm, not very accurate.However, for those who purchase ceramics, through such a calculation, they can basically know the approximate price of each product, so that they will not suffer a disadvantage.

Wang Yiyuan said, then we really have to learn from your old man.

The boss smiled, hehe, learning is out of the question.That's right, our quotation in Tangshan is basically the cost of raw materials multiplied by two.As for the production cost, about [-]% off, of course, it also depends on the specific situation of each factory, the lower one can even be half and half.

Mr. Xiao told Wang Yiyuan that the boss is right. This is actually an open secret of the ceramic production factory, and everyone in this circle knows it.

Wang Yiyuan was surprised by the gap between the quotation and the production cost that the boss said, and asked, is there such a big profit margin in bone china production? No wonder there are so many bone china factories in Tangshan. It turned out to be so profitable.

The boss said that this algorithm is an old algorithm.Over the past few years, the quotation has already come down, and on the other hand, the cost has also increased a lot.

He went on to say, so what I just said, it was an estimate from a long time ago.If it is placed now, the gross profit of the bone china factory can reach 20.00%, which is considered very good.

While chatting vigorously, Mr. Xiao's phone rang, and he went to a corner of the workshop to answer the phone.

After the phone call, Mr. Xiao came over and said, Mr. Wang, I may not be able to accompany you to watch it again today.The store called just now, saying that a large ceramics factory asked us for kiln furniture, and the quantity was relatively large.I have to go back to the storefront now.

A group of people said goodbye.On the way back in the car, Mr. Xiao said, I'm really sorry, I can't take you back to the hotel today.I'll take you to Hebei Bridge, and it will be more convenient for you to go back to the hotel from there.

Wang Yiyuan repeatedly expressed his thanks to Mr. Xiao for his help.He said, originally wanted to invite you to dinner to express our gratitude, but it seems that we can only save it for the next time.

Mr. Xiao asked Wang Yiyuan about his next plan in Tangshan.Wang Yiyuan said, we have been out for many days, and we plan to go back tomorrow.However, since the purchases here have already started, we will come to Tangshan again in the future, and then we will have a good get together.

(End of this chapter)