The year 2014 can be said to be a clear year for the internal combustion engine industry. Throughout the year, although the internal combustion engine industry withstood the downward pressure and fell slightly, the industry as a whole operated smoothly. Specific to the two major categories of gasoline engine and diesel engine, the difference is obvious. The gasoline engine became stable and stable during the year, and the decline of the diesel engine is very obvious.
China National Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association's "National Internal Combustion Engine Sales Monthly Report" shows that in November 2014, the total sales volume of internal combustion engines in the country was 4.983 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 4.43%. From January to November, the accumulated sales volume was 54.925 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 1.71%; January-November. Accumulated a total of 185,476,800 kilowatts, an increase of 7.72%. Looking at the type of fuel, diesel engine sales from January to November totaled 7,503,400 units, a year-on-year decrease of 11.39%; gasoline engine sales from January to November totaled 4,785,500 units, a year-on-year decrease of 0.10%.
From the perspective of the supporting market of internal combustion engines, except for the cumulative growth of passenger vehicles and garden machinery, all other markets have shown a downward trend. The cumulative sales volume of passenger cars used in internal combustion engines was 15,600,600 units, an increase of 7.93% year-on-year; the cumulative sales volume of garden machinery used in internal combustion engines was 8,852,400 units, an increase of 1.23% over the same period last year. The decline was more pronounced for construction machinery and marine internal combustion engines. The cumulative sales of internal combustion engines for construction machinery were 552,200 units, a year-on-year decrease of 13.40%; the cumulative sales volume of marine internal-combustion engines was 53,300 units, a year-on-year decrease of 13.34%; and the cumulative sales of motorcycle internal combustion engines were 222.8948 million units. The year-on-year decrease was 4.64%; the cumulative sales volume of internal combustion engines for generator sets was 2,781,600 units, a year-on-year decrease of 6.66%; the cumulative sales volume of agricultural machinery used in internal combustion engines was 5,302,100 units, a year-on-year decrease of 7.85%; and the cumulative sales volume of commercial vehicle internal-combustion engines was 3,322,400 units, a year-on-year decrease of 8.78%.
Environmental protection is concerned
At the recently concluded annual meeting of the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association's 2014 statistical work conference and situation analysis seminar, Ni Hong, Director of the New Vehicle Reporting Office of the Motor Vehicle Sewage Disposal Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection stated that in the face of increasingly serious environmental problems, The tests and challenges to production companies also affect the sustainable development of the company.
Xing Min, executive vice president and secretary-general of the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association, once pointed out that accelerating the research and development of energy-saving technologies and industrialization, accelerating the diversification of alternative energy sources, and accelerating the development of the remanufacturing industry are the development of the energy-saving and emission reduction of the internal combustion engine industry. Ideas.
At present, there are still some outstanding problems in China's internal combustion engine products, such as the lower level of comprehensive energy efficiency, the lower proportion of advanced energy-saving products, the development of alternative fuel internal combustion engine products is still in its infancy, and the green manufacturing and remanufacturing base of internal combustion engines are weak.
"The next step in China's efforts to promote energy-saving and emission-reduction of internal combustion engines must be based on China's energy security, climate change, and improving the competitiveness of the internal combustion engine industry, with a view to reducing the consumption of energy resources and reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and reducing overall fuel consumption. Objectives: Give play to the main role of the enterprise, focus on breakthroughs, accelerate the research and development of industrial energy-saving technologies for internal combustion engines, and promote the development of the remanufacturing industry. Xing Min has his own views on these issues.
At present, energy conservation and environmental protection, which are often talked about in the industry, should be developed from multiple dimensions. This refers to improving the energy efficiency of internal combustion engines, reducing energy consumption in the production process, developing alternative energy sources, and improving laws and regulations. While completing energy-saving and emission-reduction, the comprehensive strength of the industry's own scientific research capabilities and technical level will also be greatly enhanced.
Remanufactured as hot
According to Ge Hong, the deputy secretary-general of the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association and the secretary general of the internal combustion engine remanufacturing industry alliance, the members of the internal combustion engine remanufacturing industry alliance now have 100,000 remanufactured complete machines, 180,000 boosters, and generators and starters. 1.3 million units, annual production capacity of 500,000 pumps, fuel pumps, and oil pumps. The technology and equipment systems involved in the remanufacturing of internal combustion engines are also increasingly perfect. At the same time, Ge Hong also stated that the industry should focus on the remanufacturing of products such as internal combustion engines, superchargers, and fuel pumps to accelerate the remanufacturing work in automobiles, ships, construction machinery, agricultural machinery, and railway locomotives.
According to estimates, there are more than 30 kinds of remanufactured products related to internal combustion engines. The key components such as the cylinder block and cylinder head of a failed internal combustion engine, as well as the main components such as supercharger and generator, are mostly local failures. Through key technologies such as remanufacturing such as forming and repair, the shape and material of the main body can be changed. Recover its size, accuracy and performance in case. Compared with the traditional waste metal recycling and disposal methods, remanufacturing can recover about 70% of the added value of the failed products. Compared with the original manufacturing, remanufacturing can save 80% of energy consumption, save more than 70% of materials, and reduce manufacturing costs. 30% to 50% can also increase 3 to 5 times the number of jobs.
The rapid development of remanufacturing industry, as a unique emerging industry, has become an important part of the manufacturing and service industries. Gao Yunhu, director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that with the rapid growth in China's internal combustion engine production and holdings, the base and technical conditions for remanufacturing resources are also maturing. Promoting the development of remanufacturing in the internal combustion engine industry will help promote energy conservation and emission reduction, foster new economic growth points, accelerate the development of recycling economy and build a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society.
Repair technology is the key to distinguishing the remanufacturing industry from other maintenance industries, but initial investment in various repair technologies requires large amounts of capital. At this stage, the profit rate in the remanufacturing industry is too low, and most companies are in a state of support or loss. Ge Hong said that the government should expand the scope of subsidy for "old-for-new" and financially also need to increase support to guide and encourage low-interest credit or interest-free funds into the remanufacturing industry. She also suggested that the government should introduce a VAT rebate policy for the remanufacturing enterprises' circulation, and gradually restore value-added tax according to the development status of remanufacturers.
Ge Hong also stated that "The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will further accelerate the research, development, innovation and promotion of internal combustion engine energy-saving and emission reduction technologies. It will promote the scale and standardization of the internal combustion engine remanufacturing industry, improve relevant standards systems, and promote the formation of a cyclic production and consumption model for the internal combustion engine industry. Cultivate the remanufactured industrial market and comprehensively improve the comprehensive competitiveness of China's internal combustion engine industry.
New energy prospects
The National Development and Reform Commission has issued a solicitation draft for the “Provisional Regulations on Investment Projects and Production Access Management for Newly-built Pure Electric Passenger Vehicles†(hereinafter referred to as “Regulationsâ€).
According to the "Regulations," new construction companies can only produce pure electric cars and other electric cars (including extended-range electric passenger cars), and they cannot produce any automobile products that use internal combustion engines as their driving force. Industry insiders pointed out that after the qualification of electric vehicle production is released, the industry is expected to introduce more non-automotive manufacturers.
Adopting active policy measures to support the development of electric vehicles will help reduce the use cost of electric vehicles and play an active role in encouraging consumers to purchase and use electric vehicles and promote the promotion and application of electric vehicles. New energy automobile policies are intensively introduced, including the purchase tax for new energy vehicles, the purchase plan for new energy buses, and the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Popularization and Application of New Energy Vehicles. Each local government gradually implements the promotion policy for new energy vehicles, plus charging facilities. Continuous improvement, and the continuous listing of new models, the pace of industrialization of new energy vehicles will continue to accelerate, and the development prospects will be even broader.
Xing Min proposed on behalf of China National Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association that relevant government departments should actively study and formulate incentivized policies for the advance emission regulations for internal combustion engine products, encourage tax incentives for enterprises to have higher enthusiasm in taking initiative to fulfill their social responsibilities; High-energy-consuming and high-emission products are forced to be phased out by adopting policy measures to accelerate the increase in the proportion of advanced low-energy and low-emission internal combustion engine products and the proportion of social reserves.
Specifically, he suggested that in order to actively promote the automotive industry to actively install advanced low-energy, low-emission internal combustion engine products, it should introduce a financial direct subsidy policy that implements the reduction of vehicle purchase tax for the above-mentioned products, in order to encourage automobile companies and internal-combustion engine manufacturers. At the same time, consumers are encouraged to purchase low-emission vehicles. At the same time, he also suggested that the national science and technology authorities should include the research, development, and application of key technologies for energy-saving and emission-reduction internal combustion engines and alternative fuel-based internal combustion engines in the national science and technology development plan, giving priority and support to the support for new energy vehicles.
A Century of Good Ideas
For over a century, automobiles have been equipped with one or more windshield wipers. The earliest was a hand operated unit: handle on the inside of the windshield, brush on the outside, with a connector passed through the frame. Soon after, the rubber squeegee replaced the brush. Today we have computerized mechanisms that sense rain, start their process automatically, and clear windshields continuously unassisted, intermittently as chosen, or automatically as needed.
Changes in Weather, Changes in Composition
Progressive change in the design, manufacturing, and production of windshield wipers and wiper systems have been largely uniform, due to standardized changes in technology and little change in the basic elements of weather. Industrialization has released acids into the atmosphere that weren`t there in vast numbers 100 years ago, but synthetic rubber, the use of stainless steel, and galvanizing processes, by and large, have worked well to fend off a significant impact on everyday reliability with only a fair share of incremental cost to the consumer. Still, though, windshield wiper arms and assemblies are not indestructible. By today`s standards a windshield wiper system will be in operation for about 12 years. Consumers will still find a need for after-market arms and assemblies during that period due to mechanical wear and prolonged exposure to the elements.
Electronic Mechanisms, Less Common for Problems
Switches, modules, circuit boards, and motors are the more expensive elements of the windshield wiper system. They fair better, in longevity, than arms, assemblies, and windshield wiper blades- more along the 12 years durability of the vehicles themselves. First off they are shielded from the elements of whether, and don`t require regular maintenance or human physical contact. Secondly, with the exception of motors or actuators, they don`t physically move, but rather passively handle the passage of low voltage electrons. If a motor does fail, more than likely the failure will not be a hardwire issue, but rather something that will signal a need for attention with noise, such as a worn bearing or damaged spline.
Natural and Synthetic Rubber
Since the outbreak of World War I (1914) the demand for rubber products has been instrumental in the growth of industrialization. Shortages due to geopolitical changes in South America and Asia spurred the need for synthetic rubber. By 1943, two years after the start of WWII, petroleum based synthetic rubber surpassed the supply of natural rubber. Windshield wiper blades followed suit, but despite advancements, synthetic or natural, rubber windshield wiper blades continue to succumb to elements of acid rain, fluctuating temperature, and constant friction.
Most Common Windshield Wiper Problems
Dirt, grease, and grime are among the most common problems associated with wiper blades. The good news is, dirt, grease, and grime can be removed by frequent cleaning with alcohol wipes or soap and water. A small amount of petroleum jelly will replenish the natural oils lost under normal conditions. If you don`t expect the blades to do the work of an ice scraper, your blades will surprise you with their longevity, barring unexpected injury do to road hazards and abuse. Make sure to physically remove ice and frozen grime from your windshield and wiper blades prior to running the windshield wipers.
When your wipers leave fine streaks and lines on your windshield, and cleaning the blades has no effect, or when your wipers become noisy as they move across the windshield- check for damage such as rips, bends, and brittleness. If you find the blades are damaged, replace them with refills when available or assemblies from your local automotive retailer.
If the wipers appear to jump along the windshield at high speeds or leave large streaks on your windshield under every day conditions, pull the Windshield Wiper Arm back and inspect the springs and linkage. Sometimes their function can be restored with a lubricant. If not, then, replace the arm or assembly as needed with any one of the fine replacements found in your local retailer. Some retailers will install blades, assemblies, and arms free with your purchase.
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