Nanjing High Accurate Marine: Progressive Consolidation and Efficient Advancement
The key technical R&D project of high-powered offshore propulsion system of NGC Gears Group subsidiary Nanjing High Accurate Marine Equipment was recently listed as a strategic emerging industry development project and industrialization demonstration project in Jiangsu for 2014. As part of this honor, high-powered offshore controllable pitch propeller propulsion system product additionally won the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award. The successful research and development of this propulsion system is an important technical breakthrough realized in this field in China, which not only improves the self-design and production capacity of large-sized domestic thrusters and gearboxes, but also improves technical contents for domestic key marine equipment. It also lays a solid foundation of transformation, upgrading, integration, and development for our marine equipment.
Although the international financial crisis heavily influenced shipbuilding industry, the interests of Nanjing High Accurate Marine have nonetheless maintained annual growth of 10%. As the supplier of ship power system equipment, Nanjing High Accurate Marine has continued to improve upon existing products in terms of structure, performance, and quality, while expanding research, development and innovation. It has also actively implemented transformation and upgrading strategies, timely developing new gearbox products for azimuth, horizontal thrust and platform lifting, so as to open a channel for the enterprise to develop new markets.
Innovative drive wins the future
Scientific and technical innovation is the strongest force to maintain the momentum of a company. In particular, we have many 鈥渨eaknesses鈥� on key parts of marine equipment. Nanjing High Accurate Marine has already come to understand these weaknesses. With growth of business volume, we have invested a lot of material and human resources annually to independently research and develop controllable propeller and azimuth propulsion systems as well as platform gearbox product. Nanjing High Accurate Marine has a technical team numbering upwards of a hundred experts with rich experience and creative power, so that the innovative abilities of the enterprise are continuously improved. Based on this guarantee, we have launched high-end products to markets, such as high-quality marine propulsion systems, platform gearboxes, and special purpose marine transmission devices.
The company鈥檚 general manager Chen Yongdao has noted that the award-winning high-powered offshore controllable pitch propeller propulsion system has strong bearing capacity, short pitch time, and a high level of automation, so it can be perfectly matched with the DP dynamic positioning system when in operation. This system is mainly applied to marine engineering ships and is the high-end core support components in marine engineering. At present, the maximum diameter of the hub of the controllable propeller and gearbox products which are independently researched and developed by Nanjing High Accurate Marine reaches upwards of 1.56m, with maximum design diameter of the paddle reaching 6.7m. The maximum center distance of the gearbox is 1.55m, while maximum torque transmission is 160 kW/rpm and maximum thrust is 180t.
The NRP250 azimuth and JDTS1350 underwater reamer gearboxes from Nanjing High Accurate Marine have also been identified as the first major equipment (set) in Jiangsu, wherein the underwater reamer gearbox is completely independently designed. This has prompted the company to achieve a new level of research and development of the reamer transmission gearbox of large cutter suction dredges, and breaks through the restricted situation faced by the key technology of the reamer gearbox.
In June of this year, Nanjing High Accurate Marine was also successful in completing sea trials for dynamically positioned propulsion systems supporting the 65m AHTS of a Singapore company. The technical level of the product reached internationally advanced levels, and the company exhibited its ability to package and export ship thrusters and gearboxes. In July of this year, the propulsion equipment we provided for Dalian 1500t right protection and law-enforcement ships successfully passed sea trials, including major propulsion equipment and tunnel thrusters. The successful trials of the thrusters for rights protection and law-enforcement ships proved that we have ability to provide complete sets of high-quality and high-accuracy propulsion systems.
It is worth mentioning that Nanjing High Accurate Marine, through its accumulation of significant experience in multiple projects of dynamically positioning the marine ships, has become a unique equipment supplier fully mastering the design of dynamically positioned marine propulsion systems and sea trial technologies among various domestic brands. The company is now able to provide various types of transmission and propulsion equipment.
At present, our marine propulsion system products are widely applied to special ships, such as coast guard public service ships, combatant ships, naval auxiliary vessels, marine vessels, dredgers, and offshore platforms, as well as marine equipment. Users range across the Mainland China, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, and the Middle East. Nanjing High Accurate Marine is a unique scientific and technologic type ship supporting enterprise which has truly realized global supply and global guarantees.
Quality won in network node deployment
Excellent product quality, complete management system excellence, and continuous innovative research and development are preconditions for realizing sustainable enterprise development. Nanjing High Accurate Marine absorbs advanced management experience around the world, establishing and perfecting a set of its own unique management systems.
鈥淨uality is an eternal theme of enterprises, and our enterprise must always improve product quality while leading the market with technology and quality.鈥� Chen Yongdao noted that Nanjing High Accurate Marine implements the principles of 鈥渃ustomer first, quality first鈥� in every process, manufacturing every product as a 100% high-quality product, giving back to users.
Chen Yongdao pointed out that the research and development of new technology is a continuous process of accumulation. Moving forward, Nanjing High Accurate Marine will continue its high rates of R&D investment, including its investments into basic technology and strategic R&D fields: 鈥渢he enterprise will allocate more resources into early R&D, on quality guarantee systems, and on supplier quality control鈥�.
In terms of operating strategy, Nanjing High Accurate Marine implements the strategy of 鈥渟imultaneously internal and external promotion , externally promoting the internal, and winning relying on quality鈥�. Namely, the company aims to develop domestic and overseas markets hand in hand, establish joint venture companies with local enterprises or experts which have influence in ship field beyond seas, sign the product sale and after-sale service agreement, and establish a global on-sale and after-sale service network for its products.
In terms of internal management, Nanjing High Accurate Marine utilizes a lean-oriented management method to promote efficient staff work habits and redoubling of the working efficiency of staff and the organization as a whole. This is done with the aim that the enterprise can improve performance, reduce costs, and mould a lean-oriented 鈥渉uman and property鈥� team.
Nanjing High Accurate Marine will likewise further expand packaging services of marine propulsion systems, including complete packaging and supporting services for propulsion series products, such as hosts, thrusters, and gearboxes. On this basis, we are realizing the business layout of 鈥渂alance of two markets鈥� for marine propulsion systems. At present, 30% of the market of our marine propulsion system is on abroad, and 70% of our market is in China. Through stabilization of domestic market share, we actively visit customers, promote ourselves, seek out potential in overseas markets, and strive to develop both the domestic and foreign overseas simultaneously. Chen Yongdao has noted that if we want to realize balanced development of the two markets, we must quickly establish a service network covering global markets through technical drivers when maintaining our domestic cost advantages.
