On November 9, the key equipment required for the “New Energy Auto Parts Production Project” implemented by Zhuzhou Yi’an Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Zhuzhou Yi’an”) in Jinshan Industrial Park, Hetang District, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province has also been completed. Entry smoothly. According to the plan, the project will be put into trial production at the end of this month.
According to the data, Zhuzhou Yi’an is a wholly-owned subsidiary established in Zhuzhou by Zhuzhou SDIC Group in 2018 through the capital market holding Dongguan Yi’an Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Yian Technology”). The company is located in Jinshan Industrial Park, Hetang District, dedicated to the research and development, production and sales of aluminum and magnesium alloy precision structural parts for new energy vehicles and rail transit vehicles. The “New Energy Auto Parts Production Project” that will be put into trial production at the end of this month in Zhuzhou Yi’an is a key project in Zhuzhou City in 2022.
Statistics show that up to now, Zhuzhou Yian has completed the production of nearly 10,000 car navigation screen brackets, and more than 30,000 communication base station shielding covers, completing 85% of the annual production tasks.
According to the data, in recent years, integrated die casting has gradually become a mainstream idea. In 2020, Tesla took the lead in proposing the concept of integrated die-casting, and successively achieved mass production of integrated die-casting parts for the rear floor and front longitudinal beam, and firstly applied it to the manufacture of the Model Y rear floor assembly.
From a process point of view, integrated die-casting breaks the traditional automobile manufacturing process mode. The parts are die-casted at one time, the number is greatly reduced, and a large number of complex connection processes are avoided. With its advantages of high production efficiency and low cost, integrated die-casting provides a new model for the application of automobile lightweight and aluminum alloys, or will subvert the traditional automobile manufacturing process.
It is precisely based on the above advantages that the market of integrated die casting is gradually heating up, and it has become an important way for new energy vehicles to achieve product weight reduction. At present, Xiaopeng Automobile, Weilai, Changan Automobile, Gaohe Automobile, etc. are all exploring the mode of integrated die casting.
GF Securities judged that the integrated die-casting model can not only reduce the weight of the body, but also greatly reduce the cost of vehicle manufacturing, and the manufacturing cost of a single vehicle can be reduced by about 31%. Because of this, this field is also attracting more and more parts companies to invest in it. It is predicted that from the perspective of volume, the sales of new energy vehicles will continue to grow rapidly, and the application of large integrated die castings in body and chassis structural parts will continue to expand, and its penetration rate will further increase. It is estimated that by 2025, the scale of the integrated die-casting market will reach 99.5 billion yuan.
As an “old gun” in the industry, Yi’an Technology naturally does not want to lag behind in the field of integrated die casting. The company has long been committed to the research and development of new lightweight materials and lightweight processes for new energy vehicles. It is one of the earliest companies in the world to deploy large-scale aluminum and magnesium alloy die-casting equipment. It has great advantages in the integrated molding of large parts of new energy vehicles. For this reason, Yi’an Technology not only has a post-doctoral scientific research station with its outstanding R&D strength and industrial application ability, but also has been rated as one of the top 50 die-casting enterprises in China in terms of comprehensive strength. In terms of hardware equipment, Yi’an Technology will also combine the market development and the actual needs of customers’ products, and cooperate with equipment manufacturer Buhler to jointly develop and order 6000T and above tonnage die-casting integrated molding equipment, which can better integrate new energy vehicle parts in the future. Wider application of automotive die-casting products.
Earlier, Yi’an Technology said in an investigation that the main part of the company’s 6100T die-casting machine has been installed, and there are peripheral supporting equipment to be installed. After the entire die-casting island is installed, trial production will begin.
According to the data, automobile manufacturers are potential customers of Yi’an Technology’s integrated die-casting business. The company’s auto parts business has established cooperative relationships with well-known customers such as Tesla, CATL, Geely, TKP, HBA, Faurecia, and mainland China. In foreign countries, the focus is on negotiating and cooperating with agents in Germany, Georgia, Turkey and other countries, and promoting product application in various ways.
Previously, Yi’an Technology told investors that the company’s liquid metal applications are mainly divided into four major sectors: the first is consumer electronics structural parts (including hinges, wearable devices and mobile phone precision structural parts, etc.), the second is new energy vehicle parts , the third is the structural parts of medical equipment, and the fourth is the structural parts of music and sports equipment. At present, Yian Technology has sufficient orders for auto parts.
It is worth mentioning that Yi’an Technology’s integrated die-casting products have been widely used in the automotive field of steering systems, transmission systems, doors, seats, dashboard brackets, as well as motors, electronic controls, and battery packs for new energy vehicles. A variety of spare parts products.