China is the world’s largest producer of tires and rubber products, and has the largest rubber consumption in the world for more than ten consecutive years. China’s tires and other rubber products account for about 40% of the world’s output and exports. The annual output value of the rubber industry has exceeded one trillion yuan. Quality enhancement and cleaner production have always been important research and development directions for improving the level of China's rubber manufacturing industry. This year, relevant people submitted a proposal on encouraging the construction of large-scale rubber mixing centers.

    He said that the mixing/mixing process is the first process in the processing of polymer materials such as rubber, and one of the most critical processes. The ultimate goal of rubber mixing is to uniformly disperse fillers, various compounding agents and vulcanizing agents in the rubber matrix to ensure that the quality of each batch of rubber produced is consistent and has uniform and stable rubber properties. The quality of the rubber compound directly affects the processing of subsequent procedures and the quality and life of the final product. In the production process of rubber products, the mixing process is the process that consumes the most energy, accounting for more than 40% of the energy consumption of the entire production process. Therefore, for tires and other rubber products processing industries, one of the keys and important points to improve production efficiency and product quality, and realize energy saving and emission reduction lies in the innovation and improvement of the mixing process.

    In his research, he found that in order to meet the new round of industrial transformation, some tire companies have established smart manufacturing centers, and started to implement the standardization and standardization of smart manufacturing from the four aspects of project management, system development, comprehensive management and business planning. Continue to promote the transformation and transformation of product design, technology, equipment, production, management, service and value chain by promoting business intelligence and factory intelligence. However, looking at the industrial 4.0 configuration of various enterprises, the intelligence and automation of the mixing center is the lowest in the entire factory, and there is still a lot of research and development work to be done.

    Although the number of enterprises is increasing, the scale of design is uneven and there is a lack of effective guidance and planning. He believes that the construction of a rubber mixing center of a certain scale can be the development direction of some developed rubber industries. “At present, there are many but small rubber compounding companies. Although they can solve the regional demand, from the industry perspective, the degree of homogeneity is relatively high, and detailed investigation and guidance from the industry association or the national level is yet to be given.”

    "A specialized rubber mixing center is conducive to the implementation of new technologies. For example, wet mixing, tandem mixing, continuous mixing, rubber gear pump filtration, low-temperature primary technology, etc. can all gradually work in the rubber mixing center. The enterprise has been demonstrated and implemented because the average production enterprise does not have the energy to make new technological transformations, which is conducive to the production of high-quality rubber compounds." He said that green, intelligent, unmanned, digital, energy-saving and environmentally friendly The development trend of intelligent rubber mixing center.

    He suggested that a wide range of industry-university-research alliances should be established, using the intellectual resources of universities, the capital investment of the industry, and the scientific research results of R&D institutions to form an organic alliance with complementary advantages; in large-scale mixing centers, polymer equipment and equipment can be effectively coordinated. The adjustment and feedback of polymer processing technology and polymer formulation technology can effectively avoid information isolation caused by manufacturing companies and production companies due to confidentiality reasons. Equipment manufacturers can provide guidance on processing technology to promote the best polymer formulation technology. Industrialization effect.

    From the perspective of industry strategy, through the introduction of high-end technical talents, complete integrated environmental protection equipment and professional rubber mixing equipment and system environmental protection automatic weighing and feeding system, the construction of a large-scale rubber mixing center can more effectively serve China Rubber Industry, it is hoped that relevant associations and other competent authorities will give preferential support to the professional rubber compound production industry to facilitate the promotion and application of new materials, new processes, and new equipment to improve the quality and efficiency of the rubber product industry, so as to realize the sustainable development of the rubber industry.