Cable industry trend: environmental protection special high pressure

From the "two sessions" this year, most industry employees are not difficult to see that environmental protection products will be the general trend of the future. Last year, with the EU's promulgation of the ROHS Directive, the development and large-scale adoption of eco-friendly wire and cable has become an international trend. At present, the application of fire-retardant and fire-resistant cables at home and abroad has been expanded to many fields. For example, mining, general-purpose rubber cable, elevator cables, and cables for household appliances all have different degrees of flame-retardant requirements.

In 2013, China's wire and cable industry shook the face of low profitability, severe homogeneity, and fierce competition in the low-end market. The company shouted out special cables, occupied the high-end market, and made China's cable industry stronger. However, from the overall situation of last year, the ideal of occupying the high-end market has not been realized, and China’s high-end market is still being “monopolized” by foreign investment products.

If we analyze a variety of reasons, we will find that the current results are almost doomed. First of all, as we all know, seizing the high-end market is not as simple as “screaming”. It requires high capital investment and high-tech talent. It is not easy for a general cable manufacturer. The two situations that emerged were that large-scale, capable manufacturing companies were in the stage of research and development and trial and error. Some other small and medium-sized or incompetent people simply use “screaming” to play a dozen advertisements and mention the “photographing rate”.

What kind of products will be welcomed by the market in 2014? What are the trends in cable products? This is the main topic of discussion today. According to the author's investigation and research, the author will develop the cable products to be ecological, environmental protection; specialization; high pressure, ultra-high pressure; and refinement.

First, ecology, environmental protection From the "two sessions" this year, most industry employees are not difficult to see that environmental protection products will be the general trend of the future. Last year, with the EU's promulgation of the ROHS Directive, the development and large-scale adoption of eco-friendly wire and cable has become an international trend. At present, the application of fire-retardant and fire-resistant cables at home and abroad has been expanded to many fields. For example, mining, general-purpose rubber cable, elevator cables, and cables for household appliances all have different degrees of flame-retardant requirements.

At present, key cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have clearly stipulated that: It is forbidden to use PVC wires and cables in important buildings to avoid large quantities of smoke and chlorine at the time of fire, causing more casualties. The adoption of halogen-free low-smoke cross-linked polyolefin insulated wire and cable has become a local regulation in these areas. With the increase in people's awareness of environmental protection and safety, eco-friendly cables will be the product direction for future industry development.

In addition, it is not negligible that the overwhelming majority of domestic major projects and projects are the primary requirements for products that are environmentally friendly. As an important supporting facility for economic construction, cable products are unquestionable as they are going toward environmental protection.

Second, specialization of China's cable products to specialization can be called imperative. In fact, at the beginning of the article, we talked about the domestic cable industry shouting "occupy the high-end market" and occupying the high-end market can basically be said to occupy the special cable market. As the current special cable threshold is higher, the profit rate is higher and the competition is milder, so the high-end market is undoubtedly a visible “big fat” in front of the domestic cable industry, but it can only be eaten or, in the end, there are several Home companies can eat and get a question mark.

The so-called wire and cable product specialization is relative to the ordinary wire and cable, its relative performance is more superior, more able to adapt to special circumstances, with special uses. If the Far East cable meets the requirements of fire resistance, a porcelain-based silicon rubber that can be used in frequently bending and moving applications is successfully developed. The new type of highly efficient fire-resistant cable is successfully developed and can be used normally within 180°C. , Maintaining normal power supply within 1000°C, at the same time, the cable also has the characteristics of resistance to distortion; Silver Nonferrous International Co., Ltd. developed the 115m superconducting cable stranding cable for international thermonuclear fusion; Changfeng Group has developed and possessed independent knowledge. The property rights are completely replaceable in the composite high-conductivity aluminum alloy power cables of similar international products.

Because special cables can meet the needs of special environments and special occasions, coupled with the ability to produce special cables that require strong self-equipment, and the threshold is relatively high, special cables will become the "darlings" of the future market. Each capable cable company will rise." Fight for pet."

Third, high-voltage, ultra-high voltage EHV cable is a variety of special cable, the reason why it was introduced separately, because UHV cable in the future market demand, can be described as "outstanding", UHV construction has even risen to the country The height of the strategy. In the "two sessions" this year, the U.S. high-voltage issue was discussed separately, which means UHV construction will be heard soundly. This has brought a huge ripple to the cable production industry, and the UHV cable will have a strong demand.

Therefore, in the industrial products, due to the impact of economic development and urban construction, the demand for medium- and low-voltage power cable products will gradually decrease in the future. In order to achieve the goal of opening up the market, enterprises should reduce the investment in low-voltage power cables. The future market will be the rapid growth of the demand for high-voltage and ultra-high voltage power cables, high-voltage and ultra-high voltage power cable is the market trend. Therefore, companies should strengthen the research and development of high-voltage and ultra-high-pressure technology and increase the overall added value of power cables.

Fourth, the refinement of the so-called product refinement, the use of more refined raw materials, use less raw materials but can have more powerful performance. For instance, the skeleton fiber-optic cable with special information research and development can be laid through pipelines and overhead lines. The cable diameter is small, the weight is light, and the lateral pressure resistance performance is good. The fiber can be laid at any time in the middle, and the construction and installation are convenient; the optical fiber density is high. (Small size); dry structure, no grease pollution, can use color bar identification. A team of Australian and American scientists successfully designed the world's finest nanowires, which are only one ten-thousandth the thickness of human hair, but their electrical conductivity is comparable to traditional copper wires.

In 2014, China’s domestic cable industry was under pressure and its competition mainly came from the market and foreign-funded enterprises. With more and more demands from the market, increasing inflows of foreign capital, and the emergence of various types of standards, it is not easy to be the leader and creator of the rules of the game. So, in 2014, we will wait and see!