The cable market expects an orderly development

On August 6, a cable accident occurred at Luoshan Gold Mine, a mining company in Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province. Despite all efforts to rescue, the accident still caused the death of the 16 miners working underground at that time.

Turning aside the memorabilia of this year’s mine disaster, major accidents caused by cable fires throughout the country are frequently occurring.

On July 17th, the flame-retardant cable in the Xiaonangou coal mine in Hancheng, Shaanxi province caught fire, causing wood brackets in the roadway to ignite and ignite the coal seam. A large number of toxic smoke caused the 28 miners in operation to be killed.

On March 15th, a cable caught fire in the main shaft of Xixing Road, Dongxing Coal Company, Xinmi City, Zhengzhou, Henan Province. All 25 miners who entered the well were killed.

On January 5th, the cable from the intermediate shaft of the Lisheng coal mine in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, reached the -240-meter horizontal well, causing fire, igniting the wooden support of the roadway, and generating large amounts of carbon monoxide gas, which caused 34 workers to suffocate and died. . . . . . .

In addition to the frequent mine accidents, safety accidents caused by fire and flame propagation of cables have also spread to power plants, substations, factories and enterprises, high-rise buildings, railways, and ships.

We clearly remember that on December 15, 2005, Liaoyuan Central Hospital used unqualified cables, resulting in a major fire accident that caused 37 deaths, 95 injuries, and direct economic losses of more than RMB 8.21.1 million.

It is the price of blood to pay for the fire caused by the cable. We should reflect on the increasingly severe product quality level in China's wire and cable industry. Faced with the phenomenon of counterfeiting, shoddy work, cutting corners, and shoddy goods, China's wire and cable industry is in urgent need of rectifying the current market's disorder.

Serious overcapacity in the cable industry

Today, the total industrial output value of China's wire and cable industry has exceeded 800 billion yuan, and more than 7,000 wire and cable companies have employed more than 2 million employees. China also surpassed the United States to become the world's largest wire and cable manufacturing industry with the largest consumer scale and fastest growth rate. In the next few years, due to the acceleration of smart grid construction in China and the construction of UHV projects in succession, a huge market has been created for the wire and cable industry. The data shows that China's wire and cable industry will also exceed the development of the national economy.

Speed ​​continues to develop rapidly

However, all kinds of positive results have led to the intensified blind investment and severe overcapacity in China's wire and cable industry. The average operating rate is less than half. In particular, in recent years, investment in production scale has run out of control, and various types of cable production lines have blossomed. Most products are seriously oversupplied. , Low price bid, lack of market management, leading to fierce market competition, coupled with rising operating pressure caused by rising raw materials, so that fake and shoddy, shoddy, cutting corners, shoddy phenomenon is not uncommon, the industry product quality level situation is very serious, As a result, authoritative sources in the wire and cable industry stated that China's wire and cable industry has fallen into a disorderly state.

In 2009, the quality inspection department conducted uninterrupted spot checks on wire and cable products in various regions. From the overall situation, the quality of its products was not optimistic, and cutting corners and materials was one of the most common phenomena. Some media reported that some small cable companies have significantly reduced the copper conductors, which account for nearly 80% of raw material costs, in order to reduce costs. This has greatly reduced the actual cross-sectional area; at the same time, some manufacturers have used impurity copper materials in their production, leading to 49.6%. The wire and cable product conductor resistance indicators failed. After these poor quality products circulate in the market, they not only consume a lot of electric energy, but also cause huge hidden dangers to people's lives and property.

Qi Zonggong is the way out

As a producer and supplier of cable products, cable companies should constantly improve their own sense of quality, quality is too close, companies may fall into plague at any time, the brand has the danger of collapse at any time. Only by virtue of good quality products and services can enterprises win the long-term trust and recognition of consumers.

In addition, as users and consumers of cable products, users should be more rational. Only through the mature and rational buying behaviors of users can guide the production enterprises to the right track, form a culture of production and consumption of brand products and quality products, optimize product suppliers and strictly control the quality of products, so that fake and shoddy products can be used as inorganics. In particular, it is necessary to pay attention to getting out of the misunderstanding of “low-price winning bids” and avoid the occurrence of inferior products that can squeeze out quality products due to price reasons. This will in turn promote the industry to mature and standardize.

For the relevant government departments and industry associations and organizations, we should further scientific supervision, strict law enforcement, and guide restructuring and integration, long-term adherence in order to better promote the orderly development of the market and public safety.