Aitao: Looking forward to more companies participate in the Exhibition, competition promotes the development of the industry!

In the era of sintered stone, with the increasing application of sintered stone, problems in back-end processing spring up which have brought many new challenges to processing equipment companies. There is a company establishing the “Sintered Stone Processing R&D Center” as early as two years ago, studying and developing a set of unique solutions for sintered stone processing equipment according to the different characteristics of sintered stone, and this company is Aitao.

On the morning of 2 April, the Uniceramics Expo 2021 Journalists Group formed by mainstream media such as Ceramic Town Weekly, chinachina.net, Taocizixun, Crowd Creation Alliance, Intellectual Alliance, Tencent, etc. has visited Aitao, and interviewed the Chairman, Mr. Ding Jiansheng, and General Manager, Mr. Ding Jianming. Let’s take a look at how Aitao solves the problem of sintered stone processing.

The following is a summary of the dialogue between the Journalists Group and Mr. Ding Jiansheng, Mr. Ding Jianming:

Dedicated to building automatic assembly lines

Ceramic Town Weekly: Could you please give us a briefly introduction to Aitao?

Ding Jianming: Since its establishment, Aitao has been committed to the creation of automatic production lines and mass production. The single-machine operation mode of the traditional assembly line is difficult to meet the requirements of deep processing of ceramics in large quantity. With so many kiln production lines in the country, the demand for subsequent cutting processing is very large. It is difficult to meet the needs of individualization and characterization only from the transformation of the press and abrasive tools.

Aitao has focused on building assembly line production from the beginning. The biggest advantage of our product is that it can realize intelligent and automatic production and has a series of automatic processes. In the past, a production line can achieve 1-2000m2 a day, and now it can meet the demand of 1-20000m2, from automatic loading, automatic alignment, automatic edging, the former process links the later process automatically to achieve automatic production.

Develop equipment according to the type of sintered stone 

Taocizixun: When did Aitao start engaging in sintered stone processing?

Ding Jiansheng: In fact, as early as two or three years ago, we have been in the business of cutting big slab. At that time, it was not called sintered stone, but big slab. About 2-3 years ago, we saw the application of sintered stone abroad, and then we started to develop the technology of related equipment.

Last year, sintered stone became a big hit, and we did not expect that the “sintered stone rush” would come so soon. I personally feel that we are not fully prepared for the equipment. The current processing machines fall far short of customer’s high-quality and mass production requirement, so we are also stepping up the development of a series of solutions for sintered stone processing equipment. 

Tencent: How many sintered stones can be processed a day by using Aitao equipment? 

Ding Jiansheng: It mainly depends on which type of product we are talking about. I think the sintered stone processing equipment will be different in the future, and there will be different production lines for different products. It is not possible to process all products on one production line. The type of equipment required for each product line is different.

At present, Aitao positions in several certain application segments to develop production lines. For example, cabinet production line, which mainly made up by bridge cutter, waterjet, and 45° machines. It is mainly for bathroom cabinets. At the beginning of the bathroom cabinet processing line, workers could only make one or two sets of bathroom cabinets after a longtime. Now, with our production lines, fifty or sixty sets can be easily made in one day. The other example is kitchen door panel production line, which is mainly a flexible production line for sliding cutting and edging.

Of course, there are also composite production lines. In order to meet the different requirement of different application scenarios, we develop specific production lines according to the characteristics of different application scenarios. Therefore, the assembly line is defined for the type of product, which is different from the requirements of traditional ceramics tile processing. As a result, the types of equipment in our current production line will also be different.

chinachina.net: What are the difficulties in the process of sintered stone processing at present?

Ding Jiansheng: One of the difficulties of sintered stone processing is that it is too individualized, and it is difficult to use a fixed and unified standard to keep it constant. Different application scenarios have different processing requirements. To meet the current output requirements for sintered stone processing, it is necessary to combine software and traditional hardware equipment, and integrate the information of the system into the traditional ceramics tile cutting process, so as to develop intelligent and information processing equipment. The cutting process of ceramics is not the same as the whole process of wood and glass, but we can learn from their technology and combine it with the processing of sintered stone.

Competition promotes the development of the industry

Crowd Creation Alliance: What is your opinion on Uniceramics Expo?

Ding Jiansheng: Uniceramics Expo is a professional exhibition with very precise positioning for us. It attracts professional visitors from upstream and downstream of the industry chain, who come to Uniceramics Expo for ceramics plates, equipment and raw materials, and they are also our target customers. We participate in Uniceramics Expo and hope that more customers can learn about our products and find more partners at the Exhibition. The products expo and technology expo will be held at the same time during the Exhibition, which means visitors not only see the ceramics but also find the corresponding processing equipment, which makes Uniceramics Expo and different from other exhibitions. In the current era, it is necessary for multiple companies to participate in the exhibition together. Competition promotes the development of the industry.

From 3-7 June, Aitao will bring new processing equipment such as sintered stone bridge cutting machine, water jet machine to Uniceramics Expo 2021. They warmly hope that they can meet more partners and share business opportunities.

△Group photo of Mr. Ding Jiansheng, Ding Jianming and Uniceramics Expo Journalists Group