The rapid development of internal combustion engine manufacturing and the establishment of a complete manufacturing system

"After the 11th Five-Year Plan Period, China became a major manufacturing country for internal combustion engines, and through deep-level reforms and adjustments, it has begun to enter the development phase of quantitative development." A few days ago, Xing Min, executive vice chairman of the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association, was interviewed by the reporter. Said.

Structural adjustment has achieved initial results

Xing Min concluded that in the field of automotive engines, a manufacturing system dominated by automobile manufacturers has been formed, and commercial vehicles have formed a manufacturing system that combines both automobile manufacturing plants and specialized internal combustion engine production plants; diesel engines for non-road mobile machinery have formed The manufacturing system consisting mainly of internal-combustion engine manufacturing companies; motorcycle engines and general-purpose small gasoline engines form a regional industrial cluster manufacturing system; ships, railway locomotives and other special-purpose internal combustion engines have formed their own sound and complete manufacturing systems.

In addition to industrial restructuring, product structure has also undergone great changes. The whole industry is aiming at various regulations for energy conservation and emission reduction that have been introduced by the country, and has independently developed and developed a large number of automobiles, motorcycles, construction machinery, agricultural machinery, ships, railway diesel locomotives, internal combustion power generation equipment, and oil drilling rigs. A new generation of advanced engine products matched with defense equipment.

The product structure is more reasonable, and the product quality, especially the reliability level, has been greatly improved, and the technical performance and emission levels have been significantly improved. In the field of diesel engines for small-displacement passenger vehicles, the company targets the requirements of the National IV emission standards. The products have laid a solid foundation for the market demand during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period and the development of the automobile manufacturing industry.

China's internal combustion engine industry started earlier in the product's independent design and R&D. It has a good foundation, and its own domestic brand internal combustion engine and its component product systems are sound. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, under the cooperation mechanism of production, learning and research, the entire industry research institutions actively worked hard. Through independent design and development, and through external cooperation and technology introduction, the technical level and scientific research and development capabilities of internal combustion engine products have been significantly improved. .

In high-tech fields, such as electronic control technology, new combustion technology, supercharged and supercharged intercooling technology, exhaust gas recirculation technology, exhaust gas aftertreatment technology and a series of new technologies for basic components of internal combustion engines, have been widely used in products. Promotion and application. The development and application of various alternative fuel engines have made remarkable progress. Hybrid technology has made some progress through independent development and cooperation with foreign countries. In particular, breakthroughs have been made in the independent research and development of exhaust after-treatment systems and electronically controlled common-rail systems, breaking the monopoly situation in foreign countries.

Combining advanced foreign technologies with domestic realities is the traditional experience of China's internal combustion engine industry. Based on this experience, the fuel system industry has taken a scientific attitude, combined with advanced technologies and rich experience, aimed at the use of the market, developed different types of electronically controlled fuel injection systems, and timely met the requirements of the diesel engine host manufacturing enterprises to achieve emission regulations upgrades in products. The actual demand.

With modern internal combustion engines involving the development trend of many high and new technologies such as electronics, information technology, environmental catalysis, petrochemicals, new materials, and precision manufacturing, the training of personnel with multidisciplinary knowledge is particularly important. 43 universities and colleges with internal combustion engine specialties and large enterprise R&D centers have fostered a basic theoretical research, product research and application research, manufacturing process and enterprise management of internal combustion engine teaching through the cooperation of various modes in the factory. Management engineering team. In particular, large and medium-sized enterprises have established national, provincial, municipal, and enterprise-level technology centers (labs) under the reform of the national scientific research system, and have thus cultivated a number of highly successful projects in product applications and market services. Technical talents.

With respect to the organizational structure of the development of manufacturing companies, some of the vanguard companies have focused on the development of the supporting host industry, and have formed a multi-dimensional form of capital and asset mergers and integration to form a group of enterprises that have formed scale advantages, or have established various forms with supporting OEMs. Strategic alliance. This has created a large number of large enterprises and enterprise groups with high market share, strong market competitiveness, and international reputation. Their emergence led to the convergence of product production, and the production concentration of the industry's products increased significantly. Through joint-stock reform and the establishment of a modern enterprise system, scientific changes have taken place in the internal structure and operating mechanisms of enterprises, and the quality of economic operations has been significantly improved. With the adjustment of product structure, the company has developed a series of product platforms, shortened the research and development cycle, and accelerated the pace of structural adjustment and industry development.

Xing Min said that after the realization of becoming a large-scale internal-combustion engine manufacturer during the “11th Five-Year Plan” period, it can be predicted that in the near future, China will surely build a diversified capital, multi-level products, advanced advanced technologies, equipment and management modernization. New internal combustion engine industrial system.

Nine problems hinder the development of the industry

“Although China has become a global power producer, but in the transition stage of China's national economy, many supporting policies, socialized guarantee systems, and structural contradictions that restrict the development of the internal combustion engine industry have not yet been resolved.” The “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” achievement of the internal combustion engine industry Afterwards, Xing Min spoke up and said, “From the industry point of view, the current outstanding issues are low scale benefits, lack of group advantages and brand awareness, lack of core technology, and no competitive advantage at the high-tech level.”

He summed up the nine major problems in the industry. First, the overall scale of the internal combustion engine industry is not outstanding, but the output is large but the efficiency is not high. The manufacturing system is uneven and the overall level is not high.

Second, the brand awareness of the product is not high, and the competitiveness of the international market is weak.

The third is that the capacity for independent innovation is not strong, and the high-tech level lacks competitive advantages. Some core technologies still rely on foreign countries. Due to insufficient investment in scientific research and development, coupled with the incompleteness of the transformation mechanism of scientific and technological achievements, the industry’s ability in technological innovation has long been in a weak position, and the core technology has been controlled by others. The ability to develop advanced technology software for internal combustion engines is lagging behind. The research and development of high-tech machine and component products are too dependent on foreign countries and restrict the development of new products.

Fourth, the phenomenon of low-level redundant construction is still serious, and the situation of irrational competition in the industry has not been fundamentally changed. Due to the trend of interest, capital market diversification, regional GDP growth and other factors, the phenomenon of repeatedly launching projects and repeatedly launching similar products with poor performance in horizontal areas is very serious in some areas, undermining the harmonious development of the supply and demand market and hindering the industry. The normal development and progress have also hindered the development and competition of China's internal combustion engine products and their supporting machines in the international market.

Fifth, serious missing and backward testing technologies and equipment. For a long time, China's internal combustion engine industry in teaching, scientific research, manufacturing, technical calibration, testing and other aspects, testing technology and test equipment relying on foreign phenomena is very serious, almost to the point where it is blank. The vast majority of key testing equipment and instruments need to be imported to resolve, which seriously hampers the improvement of independent innovation capabilities and the development of new products.

Sixth, in the internal combustion engine R&D and industrialization manufacturing chain, there is still a threshold and inconsistency in the cooperative relationship between the host and the components.

Seventh, the issue of cognitive and policy support for the use of alternative fuels for internal combustion engines to promote the diversification of the industry still leads to insufficient efforts to expand the scope of research and limited scope of experimental research. The shortage of research funding has not been alleviated.

Eighth, the sustainable development of the internal combustion engine industry faces a nascent imbalance. The support given by the state in traditional energy power plants (internal combustion engines) and new energy sources is seriously out of balance. New energy industry as a national emerging strategic industry should give strong support. However, as an internal combustion engine product that consumes over 60% of China's oil energy, it will continue to serve as the core driving force for various types of mobile machinery supporting the country’s economic construction and meeting market demands for a long time to come. Its dominant position should not be shaken. In particular, the important social responsibilities undertaken in the national energy conservation and emission reduction policy should continue to be given strong support. However, the current support for the internal combustion engine industry is obviously too small for national policies, investment, and research and development funds, as well as taxation.

Nine, as an intermediate product, is embarrassed in terms of policy. On the one hand, the internal combustion engine, as an intermediate product, faces the upstream raw material supply and supporting mainframes. The development support that can be obtained in various national support policies is always marginal. On the other hand, because of the characteristics of energy consumption and emission pollution, various types of technical regulations, quality management, and other mandatory binding policies directly impose very stringent requirements. This situation has caused the internal combustion engine industry to bear heavy Social responsibility but it does not enjoy the necessary policy support. It is expected that this situation will be improved during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period to meet the advance development requirements of the internal combustion engine industry.