Prof. Chen Fan from the industry and South China University of Technology pointed out that the core of the development of the ceramics industry lies in the advancement of technical equipment. China's technological equipment must be improved. The essence is to rely on independent innovation, and technological production to achieve full localization, in order to effectively benefit the entire industrial chain. "In the past, many sets of equipment were mainly based on the introduction of foreign products, and now they are gradually becoming localized, achieving independence and modernization." Chen Fan said with relief.

         Technology promotion must break through the three difficulties

       At the forum, the problems and breakthrough strategies are encountered in the development, and application and promotion of domestic inkjet printing equipment have become a major focus of discussion. Chen Fan pointed out that the main obstacles are ink, nozzles and automatic control systems.

       In this regard, Shenzhen Run Tianzhi Image Technology Co.,Ltd sales manager Zhu Weiran expressed the same opinion. He admits that China does not have its own production of nozzles, which is the biggest problem encountered in the use of inkjet technology. Luo Qing believes that the high price of inkjet equipment has become a major factor for small and medium-sized ceramic enterprises to stop. He pointed out: "The two levels of product quality and price of ceramic enterprises are very different, and low-end products are tens of yuan, high-end. The products are several thousand yuan. For small and medium-sized ceramic enterprises, they do not have enough ability to purchase equipment of 3 million yuan or 4 million yuan, which also brings thinking to high value-added equipment technology."

     The cutting-edge equipment and technical content, high-end imported accessories are destined to the relatively high price of inkjet equipment, making it difficult to promote in ceramic enterprises, and also make inkjet tiles positioned in the middle and high-end market from the beginning.

    Technology application is good prospects

       The invention of inkjet technology has brought new blood to the production of ceramic technology, breaking the traditional mode of rigid production and rigid consumption in the ceramic tile industry. In this regard, Li Xuezhi, assistant general manager of Gold Asia Ceramics Marketing, said that the application of tile inkjet printing technology, which makes customized personalized products possible, will become a strong driving force in the ceramic market. After solving the application problem of inkjet equipment, the design of ceramic tiles It becomes a core competency and another important issue.

Professor Chen Fan is very optimistic about the promotion of inkjet technology to the development of ceramic equipment technology. He explained that inkjet technology is a means to solve the problem of Chinese ceramic decoration technology. The application focuses on the breakthrough of hardware, and the application of decoration technology can solve the problems of energy saving, waste utilization, low-quality pigment utilization and so on.

       Secondly, as a country that produces 7 billion square meters of ceramic tiles per year, it is a great progress to use 2 billion square meters of inkjet technology. The level of development of ceramic equipment technology is gradually improving, and the level of decorative technology is also promoting the quality of products.

       Production automation helps to save energy.

       When talking about how the ceramic industry adapts to the trend of energy saving, green emission and low carbon, representatives of enterprises including Keda Electromechanical, Kexinda Technology Co., Ltd and Ou Shennuo Ceramics all said that they are doing research and development of energy saving technology. Zheng Shulong, senior engineer and deputy general manager of Ou Shennuo, believes that ceramic production is an industry with high energy consumption, high pollution, high intensity and high labor. It is developing in two directions, one is thin direction and the other is light direction. .

       Zheng Shulong also talked about the degree of automation in the ceramic industry. He said that in addition to energy conservation and environmental protection, another gap between China and Italy and Spain lies in the level of automation of the industry, and there is still a gap in the automation level of product production. At present, the degree of automation of general enterprises is relatively low, and the output of more than one billion yuan requires two thousand to three thousand or more labor.

       "Full automation is conducive to industrial scale and mass production, and enhance the competitiveness of ceramic enterprises. Maintaining large-scale production can reduce the production area and reduce the cost of human resources, and make the equipment more automated and energy-saving." Zheng Shulong said.