The magical idea becomes reality Wang Huiqun captures the problem of degradable tableware

Can corn be made into a degradable fast food lunch box? The magical idea became reality in Wang Huiqun's hands. Wang Huiqun, born in 1971, was the general manager of Shantou Qijia Machinery Factory Co., Ltd. In the same game with top professionals, it was this non-Caoban-born person who took the lead in independently attacking the world's environmental issues of using cornstarch to produce degradable tableware in large quantities at low cost, causing a stir in the domestic and international industries. In July this year, this achievement won the second prize of Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.

With long-distance trains, the discarded fast food boxes on both sides of the tracks are shocking. According to incomplete statistics, China has to produce 20 billion white pollution fast food boxes each year. These white foam lunch boxes have caused serious damage to humans and the natural environment. They are said to be "white pollution." Our country has officially announced that by 2005, the use of foam plastic products is prohibited. Wang Huiqun saw the unlimited business opportunities.

In 1997, when Wang Huiqun decided to develop a biodegradable product, his family, friends, and company employees were puzzled. The automatic high-speed plastic blister has become famous in China, and the business is doing a good job. Why not go for something degradable? ? What's more, this project is a huge investment and the future is uncertain! An industry authority in Shanghai once advised him that the current technology is not yet mature. You still have to wait!

Wang Huiqun could not stop him from seeing things. However, on hand, he had only a few simple reports on degradable materials. He could not find more detailed technical literature, and there was no ready-made equipment or formula for reference. Internationally, one of the main directions of degradable tableware is to use corn starch as a base material. However, it is not easy to change from the principle to industrialization. Wang Huiqun also learned that a well-known high correction in Xi'an was responsible for the research of the national “863” project. However, the highest starch content they obtained in the experiment was only 45%, and to achieve pollution-free degradation, the starch content was at least 65%. the above. In addition, according to the production model of this research group, the raw material cost is nearly 8,000 yuan per ton, and the cost is too high to promote large-scale production.

"The direction is no problem, the key is to formulate a high content of starch and control the moisture content of the product forming process, which requires the organic combination of machinery and equipment and chemical formula. Experts stuck, is not able to find a breakthrough in the combination of the two We must not repeat the old ways of the experts!” After full analysis, Wang Huiqun, a mechanical fancier, has been bold in his own way since childhood. Since that day, Wang Huiqun has made headlong into the development of new topics. At 7:00 in the morning, Wang Huiqun came to the factory and closed the door to study and experiment. The bookcase was filled with books on macromolecular chemistry, microbiology, and other books. He learned from the basics and took one step after another.

After nearly a year of knowledge accumulation, Wang Huiqun began the substantive production test. He immediately set the starting point at a level of at least 65% starch. The practice is the best teacher, and the experts of the colleges and universities can not use 4 kinds of additives, but try several more. One method does not work. Try several more. In the technological process, the twin-screw device that dynamically controls the starch moisture is the most crucial, but it is not produced in China. Germany and Japan do not have matching products. The relevant experts of a university in Shanghai are still researching and reforming the imported products. Wang Huiqun simply starts from the beginning and it is independent. It is produced. In two years, he spent more than 2 million yuan. After numerous small trials, R&D entered the pilot stage and Wang Huiqun’s heart was suspended. “The pieces that came out were pieced together and heated and broken like a sieve!” With the “achievements” of several hundred days and nights, Wang Huiqun suddenly cools to the soles of his feet.

"We must not waste half the way. As long as we do better today than yesterday, we should have an opportunity. As long as we persist, we will succeed tomorrow!" Wang Huiqun kept cheering for himself. During that time, he ate in the design studio. When he was tired, he slept near the machine and lost nearly 20 pounds. After many days of hard thinking, Wang Huiqun suddenly realized that the formulation of the base material and the arrangement of the key components of the equipment were not perfect, and the cooperation between the two did not reach the best combination. The difficulties are solved at one go. In October of that year, fast-food cutlery products with water resistance, heat resistance, acid and alkali resistance, high smoothness, good strength, and strong plasticity finally came out. Not only the cost approaching white foam products, but also the starch content of up to 70%. Tested by the testing agency designated by the Canadian government, the degradation performance of tableware fully meets the requirements of international environmental standards. In December, the first set of "Jijia" brand starch degradation material extruded sheet units filled domestic and international blanks was delivered on schedule! All the products produced by the production line are exported to Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other countries and regions. An authoritative organization in Hong Kong assessed: The intangible assets of this design can reach several hundred million yuan.