Chapter 121 Research and Development of New Products

In the garment factory, Wang Kaiping carried a box and walked into Li Weidong's office.

Director, look, this is the sheep shearing you're looking for. Wang Kaiping put down the box and continued, As long as we can find it in the Qinghe market, I'll get it for you.

That's right, that's it. Li Weidong picked up a sheep shearling fabric, rubbed it in his hand, and said, It's not soft enough!

I think it's okay, my military coat, the fur collar is much harder than this. Wang Kaiping replied.

Li Weidong picked up a few other pieces of sheep shearling fabric, rubbed it in his hand, and then frowned.

No, it's too hard to use! Li Weidong said.

Director, I have bought all the sheep shearing fabrics that can be found on the market, and there should be no softer ones. Wang Kaiping said.

At this level, we Chinese will definitely have no problem using it ourselves. If it is exported, foreigners will dislike it. Therefore, our new products should use softer sheep shearling fabrics. Li Weidong sighed lightly.

Then what should we do? Wang Kaiping asked.

The fabric is like this. We can't buy imported fabrics. Now we can only find a solution from the softener. We have to change a softener. Li Weidong thought about it, picked up a pen, and wrote down I picked up a few things and handed them to Wang Kaiping.

According to the above, help me buy some. Li Weidong said.

Balance, beaker, volumetric flask, thermometer, pH test paper... Wang Kaiping raised his head: You are doing a chemical experiment!

Li Weidong nodded: You go to buy equipment, I will buy some raw materials, and we will do experiments when we come back.

What are you doing? Wang Kaiping asked subconsciously.

Make softener! Li Weidong said, picked up the motorcycle key and walked out of the office.

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In his previous life, after Li Weidong ended his career as a trainee, he returned to China with more than 200,000 hard-earned money.

After some inspections, Li Weidong decided to open a small chemical factory.

Li Weidong rented a factory building, bought a second-hand boiler, a second-hand reaction kettle, a few stainless steel pipes, a few mixers, and a few electric stoves, even if he built a small workshop.

The first product Li Weidong made at that time was a softener.

Softener is a chemical substance that can soften fibers. After softening, textile products will become softer, smoother and more comfortable to touch. Softeners are used in many textile products, such as those used in shampoos that soften hair.

The production of textile softener is not difficult. It is nothing more than the three main raw materials of stearic acid, epichlorohydrin and glacial acetic acid, plus all other auxiliary materials, heating and stirring to carry out chemical reaction, the key is to master the pH value.

Li Weidong spent 30,000 yuan to hire a greedy engineer from a joint venture chemical plant in the Special Economic Zone, and learned the production method of softener.

Strictly speaking, Li Weidong's behavior of stealing teachers is an infringement of other people's patents.

But at that time, although there was already a patent law in China, it was almost a decoration. There are thousands of small chemical factories like Li Weidong. Infringing other people's patents is a common thing. Even if the patent owner wants to defend his rights, he can't sue.

At that time, it was the mid-1990s, when the industry of the Four Asian Tigers was upgraded, and many textile industries were relocated to China, which also led to a shortage of textile-related chemical products.

Taking this opportunity, Li Weidong made a lot of money, and then he had the capital to import and sell second-hand construction machinery. As a result, he was trapped by the hydraulic equipment of Sakurada Co., Ltd.

In addition to softeners, Li Weidong's small chemical factory has three other main products, one is platen glue, which is mainly used for printing and dyeing of textile products; the other is printing agent, which is also used for printing and dyeing of textile products, and the third is Detergents are used for pre- and post-dye cleaning of textile products.

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Li Weidong bought the raw materials,

Wang Kaiping bought beakers and other experimental equipment, and the two started experiments in Li Weidong's office.

After a while, the whole office was filled with a special sour smell.

I forgot to ask you to buy two gas masks. Li Weidong said, and brought two towels, one wrapped around his mouth and the other to Wang Kaiping.

Director, this smell is indeed a bit strong. It seems that after I go home today, your sister-in-law will definitely not let me go to bed. Wang Kaiping said.

The two chatted while doing experiments. After a few hours, they finally made a large beaker full of softener.

Li Weidong tore off a piece of PH test paper, dipped it in the softener, then took it out, compared the chromatogram, and nodded with satisfaction.

Go to which piece of sheep shearing material, and then get a pair of scissors. Li Weidong commanded.

Wang Kaiping found a piece of sheep shearling material, and Li Weidong used scissors to divide the material into two, half of which was poured with softener, and began to soak.

I have to find a hair dryer. Li Weidong continued.

This is not easy to find. I have one at home. Now I go home and get it. Wang Kaiping said.

Ride my motorcycle. Li Weidong directly handed the motorcycle key to Wang Kaiping.

Wang Kaiping got on Li Weidong's motorcycle and went back to get the hair dryer. When Wang Kaiping returned, Li Weidong had fished out the sheep shearling material from the softener and washed it again.

Come on, let's blow dry it! The two of them began to hold the hair dryer, drying the piece of soft sheep shearling material.

When it was 80% dry, Wang Kaiping began to stroke half of the sheep shearling material with his hands.

It really feels much smoother than before! Wang Kaiping sighed.

Don't worry, it will be completely dry after a while, and compare it with the other half. Li Weidong said.

Finally, the half piece of sheep shearling material was blown dry.

Li Weidong held the soft sheep shearling material in his left hand, and the other half in his right hand, and squeezed it at the same time. It was indeed a huge gap.

Try it. Li Weidong handed both pieces of sheep shearling to Wang Kaiping.

Wang Kaiping put it in his hand and rubbed it, his face suddenly surprised: It has softened so much! If you just touch it, it's completely two pieces of material!

The material has softened, and the hair on it has become fluffy and smooth. This is the quality that an export product should have! Li Weidong nodded with satisfaction.

When Li Weidong opened a small chemical factory in his last life, it was already in the mid-1990s. At that time, Li Weidong also used the process and production technology of the mid-1990s, and the product quality also reached the level of the mid-1990s.

This set of craftsmanship in the mid-1990s was definitely at the top level in China in 1987. Li Weidong can guarantee that at least the chemical plants in the Qinghe area cannot produce such a good softener.

Li Weidong also thought about taking the formula of this softener, applying for a patent, and then selling it for money. But after thinking about it carefully, Li Weidong still rejected the idea.

The production process of softener is not difficult, as long as there is a high school education level, it is not difficult to learn. Therefore, softener is also a chemical product that is easy to imitate.

In China, it is useless to register a patent for something that is easy to copy. You just registered a patent today, and tomorrow there will be a large group of people following your patent, launching imitations, and even upgrading the imitations.

Many of these infringing imitations are also produced by small private workshops. These small workshops do not even have the license of self-employed persons. It is impossible to protect their rights through legal channels.

Therefore, in China, the patented products that can be protected are those that are not easy to imitate.

For example, in various high-end manufacturing industries, if you don’t have that technology, even if you want to copy it, you can’t create it. If you want to use other people’s technology, you can only buy other people’s products obediently, or pay patent licensing fees.

This beaker softener made by Li Weidong in the laboratory can only be used as a sample. If it is used on a large scale, if Li Weidong is expected to make this beaker by beaker, it must be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!

If a garment factory wants to use softener, it has to rely on industrial production.

For industrial production, there must be chemical production equipment, boilers for heating, reaction kettles for reaction and stirring, etc., all of which are essential.

Li Weidong has to rush to attend the next Canton Fair, and has no time to rebuild a chemical factory to produce softener, so the best way is to use other chemical factories in Qinghe to lay eggs.

So on the second day, Li Weidong came to the Second Chemical Plant in Qinghe City.

The director of the second chemical plant in Qinghe City is Han Guohao, who is in his fifties this year. This Korean Hao is a technical background. When he was young, he was the workshop director of Qinghe Chemical Plant.

Later, the No. 2 Chemical Plant was established in Qinghe area. Han Hao led more than a dozen of his subordinates to build the No. 2 Chemical Plant abruptly. Later, some new products were introduced. .

Han Guohao is also a ruthless man. Since he served as the factory manager, he has promoted confidants and suppressed dissidents. The important positions in the second chemical plant are either the confidants of Han Hao or the relatives of Han Hao. The entire No. 2 chemical plant is run by Han Guohao like an iron barrel, and it is difficult for outsiders to intervene.

The prefectural committee did not want such a one-spoken enterprise, and once sent people to the Second Chemical Plant to serve as leaders, but the leaders sent would soon be overridden by Han Guohao.

The entire No. 2 chemical plant was filled with people from South Korea Hao. The new leader went, and everyone acted in disobedience. It was impossible to carry out work at all. In the end, they could only be transferred out in despair.

Now Li Weidong plans to cooperate with such a strong man to produce softener.

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In the director's office of the second chemical plant, Li Weidong met with Han Guohao.

After the two exchanged a few words, Li Weidong took out a piece of sheep shearling from his bag.

Director Han, let's see how this material is. Li Weidong handed the sheep shearling to Han Guo Hao.

Han Guohao took this piece of sheep shearling, first looked at the color, then carefully touched it for a long time, and finally smelled it with his nose.

This piece of material is so soft, the fur is very smooth, and it feels good to the touch. I thought it was an imported piece of material, but after a closer look, it's sheep shearling from Inner Mongolia sheep, so this piece of material is impossible. imported.

Han Guohao said, returning the sheep shearing to Li Weidong, and then said: Director Li, if I guessed correctly, this sheep shearing is not made of ordinary softener, right?

Director Han is really an expert! Li Weidong stretched his thumb and continued: This piece of sheep shearling has indeed used a new type of softener. Now the formula for this new type of softener is in my hands. Do you know if Director Han is interested in cooperating with me?