On the morning of April 10, 2020, the Hay Think team entered the production base of CZAT Composite Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
In the center of the plant of more than 7000 square meters, a production line with yellow hot-press curing tanks is running; the large-capacity cold storage in the southwest of the plant is next to the dust-free workshop on the west, and carbon fiber prepreg stored at minus 18 degrees Celsius It can directly enter the dust-free workshop with constant temperature and humidity, and is cut into various required shapes by an automatic cutting machine. The carbon fiber prepreg and the like are sealed on the mold with a vacuum bag by manual paving or automatic equipment, and then placed in a hot press The thermosetting process in the tank becomes the required carbon fiber and composite products.
"We participated in the R & D, design and mass production of the C919 improved vertical tail and horizontal tail. We are now in full swing to carry out various factory certifications, as well as equipment preparation, mold calibration and other production preparations. We will start trial production next month. "CZAT marketing director Cao Jing took the reporter to visit the high-end carbon fiber composite material production workshop, and introduced their key project progress.
The core business targeted by CZAT is aviation-grade carbon fiber composite structural parts, which mainly provides integrated design and manufacturing services for composite materials to customers such as COMAC, Airbus, and Boeing. In addition, it will also develop domestic industrial carbon fiber composite material markets such as rail transit and new energy vehicles, participate in undertaking major national engineering tasks, and aim to become the world's leading manufacturer of lightweight materials.
In order to quickly seize the market, CZAT took a route of introduction, digestion and reabsorption. In May 2018, it acquired wholly-owned German carbon fiber technology company that produces aviation carbon fiber composite materials. New production facilities. The Chinese production base will serve as CZAT's aviation carbon fiber composite material delivery center. The first phase of the project has invested more than 30 million US dollars and a construction area of 11,000 square meters. It has been officially put into production. In addition, CZAT is also building a Sino-German joint carbon fiber engineering technology center , And participated in the construction of carbon fiber and composite material testing and certification platform in Binkai District International Enterprise Port.
Zhang Jinhua, chairman of CZAT, introduced that carbon fiber composite materials are different from traditional metal materials. It requires high product design, molding and integration of technology, and strictly controls the production process. Through the introduction of German advanced carbon fiber technology, the carbon fiber composite material technology and R & D design level were rapidly improved to form its own collective innovation ability. "Now the mainstream international models-Airbus 320, 350, are using CZAT composite materials, but We will eventually achieve the goal of serving national major projects through local manufacturing. "
The fast-growing CZAT not only participated in the design and production of C919 vertical and horizontal tails, but also won two joint R & D contracts of COMAC CR929 and a lead supplier agreement. The company plans to invest a total of 1.5 billion yuan, with an initial investment of 700 million yuan. The total investment this year will be more than 320 million yuan.