I am Lao Zhou, an electrical engineer who has worked in the factory for eight years. Recently, when debugging new models, customers always ask the same question: "Why is the price of your factory's automatic packaging machine stronger than that of your peers?" Today I will open the shell of the equipment and show you how the core technologies hidden under the steel plate affect the value of the price of the automatic packaging machine.
01 Servo drive system: The word "stable" is expensive
Last week, I upgraded the equipment for a quick-frozen food factory in Northeast China. Their production supervisor Lao Li stared at the quotation and smacked his lips: "The servo motor accounts for 30% of the price of this automatic packaging machine?" I took him to see the test workshop without saying a word - the equipment driven by ordinary motors shakes like sifting bran when packaging 120 bags per minute, but our servo system can run steadily up to 200 bags.
This money is really not spent in vain! The servo drive system of our factory uses aerospace-grade closed-loop control, which is like installing an "anti-shake gimbal" on the equipment. When helping a dairy company to transform its production line last year, the customer originally thought that the price of the automatic packaging machine was too high, but after half a year of use, it was found that: for the same yogurt cup packaging, the vibration of the equipment was reduced by 70%, and the loss of film materials was reduced by 15%. Their equipment section chief called later and said: "Now the workshop floor is so clean that you can look in the mirror, and the consumables saved have already made up for the price difference."
02 Modular design: It seems expensive, but it actually saves
The customer we received last month was particularly interesting. Mr. Wang compared the quotations of three companies and said: "Your automatic packaging machine is the most expensive, but the number of parts in the manual is the least?" I took him to the assembly workshop and pointed to the modular rack being assembled and explained: "Do you think this looks like Lego blocks? Our heat sealing mechanism and transmission module can be disassembled and assembled independently."
Although this design caused the price of automatic packaging machines to increase by 5%-8% in the early stage, the advantages in the later stage are too obvious. Last year, a pharmaceutical company in Guangdong changed its packaging specifications. Other companies had to shut down for three days for renovation, but our engineers replaced the modules in two hours. What's even more amazing is the plan we made for the seasoning factory at the beginning of the year. The customer used the old rack from five years ago with the new module, saving 40% of the price of the automatic packaging machine, but the production capacity increased by 25%.
03 Heat sealing technology optimization: expensive for a reason
I went to an industry exhibition a while ago, and a colleague said sarcastically: "The price of your heat sealing blade is enough to buy a whole set of equipment from others!" I don't refute this, after all, our factory has really spent a lot of money on heat sealing technology optimization. Take the seventh-generation blade that is being debugged, for example. The surface is plated with aviation titanium alloy, and the temperature fluctuation is controlled at ±1¡æ - it sounds like a difference after the decimal point, but when it was tested for a pet food factory last quarter, their defective rate dropped directly from the industry average of 3% to 0.8%.
Customer Zhang finally settled the account: Although the price of the automatic packaging machine increased by 100,000, 3,000 bags of products were scrapped less per month, and the investment was recovered in two months. More importantly, the life of this constant temperature blade is three times that of ordinary models, and the maintenance costs saved can spread the cost.
04 Hidden Algorithm of Automatic Packaging Machine Price
The new intern Mr. Chen asked me: "Mr. Zhou, if we set the technical parameters so high, can the price of automatic packaging machine compete with that of OEM factories?" I showed him the tracking data of Xinjiang customers: the equipment they purchased three years ago has not changed the main control board so far, and the failure rate is only one-third of the industry average. On the other hand, a low-priced brand has repaired the drive shaft four times in two years, and the maintenance cost plus the loss of production suspension far exceeds the original "discount price".
Our factory's technical route is very clear - using core technology to support the cost-effectiveness of the price of automatic packaging machines. Just like the intelligent lubrication system under development, although it will increase the equipment cost by 2%, it can extend the life of the transmission components by 30%. This account is clearly calculated by smart purchasers.
Yesterday afternoon, when debugging a new model, my apprentice asked me: "Master, now customers are so detailed in technical parameters, are we under a lot of pressure?" I pointed to the first generation machine in the workshop 20 years ago and said: "Look at this old car, it can still be used for students to practice disassembly and assembly. The price of automatic packaging machines will become outdated, but solid technology will always be valuable."
If your shopping list is wavering between the price and performance of automatic packaging machines, welcome to our factory to test the equipment. From the accuracy of the servo system to the flexibility of modular design, we use eight years of practical experience to tell you: the real technology dividend is hidden in every minute and every second of the stable operation of the equipment.
