Xinhua News Agency Shijiazhuang, May 28th Question: How to "lightly install" in the important town of China's steel ? —— Hebei Tangshan front-line observation of steel enterprises
Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Fan
Wearing anti-scalding shoes, we came to the top of the coke oven at more than 60 degrees Celsius to work. He Jun and his colleagues quickly got wet. Affected by the epidemic, Tanggang Company of He Steel Group, where He Jun is located, began to operate in a closed loop more than 60 days ago. Now the factory has recovered as usual. Everyone cherishes such days.
On May 13, the workers of He Jun’s team were conducting temperature measurement operations on the top of the coke oven.
Hesteel Group Tang Steel Company was founded in 1943 and is known as the "hometown of China's converter" with more than 20,000 employees. As the largest state-owned steel enterprise in Tangshan City, it is an important domestic and foreign influential manufacturer and comprehensive service provider of automobile board and home appliance board.
In mid-March, the epidemic suddenly hit Tangshan , and 27 steel enterprises in the city all faced problems such as material supply, logistics organization, and personnel operation to varying degrees. He Jun’s Hegang Tanggang Jiahua Coal Chemical Company was blocked and operated immediately. " coking workshop is the source, and this link cannot be stopped. Many workers are blocked at home, and one of our shifts must complete the tasks of the original four shifts," he said.
Tangshan area steel industry has a prominent position in the national steel industry. Zhao Jianjun, general manager of the coking branch of Tangshan Qian'an Hongao Industry and Trade Co., Ltd., introduced: "The production of steel enterprises is a continuous operation. If one link is stopped, it will be affected in the future. If there are problems in some important links due to the epidemic, not only the losses of the enterprise, but also the entire downstream chain may be affected."
On May 21, 2021, Tangshan steel enterprises have a new look in the coastal layout.
"At the beginning of the sealing, only a few hundred tons of finished products were shipped every day. The finished products were piled up higher and higher. The products could not be shipped out, and production might be stopped at any time." said Qu Yushun, the operation director of the high-strength automobile plate operation area of Hegang Tanggang Logistics Branch.
In order to ensure that materials can be transported in and out, while taking control measures, the Tangshan Municipal Government has carried out the transportation guarantee of emergency materials for epidemic prevention and control in the city and industrial enterprises' material transportation vehicles, and handled traffic passes for enterprises 24 hours a day, coordinated the opening of special channels, etc., ensuring the smooth transportation of important materials and raw materials in the steel and other industries.
A large number of steel enterprises have adjusted their shipping plans to increase the shipping volume, railway transportation, and short-distance transportation, and reduce inventory pressure. The reporter learned from an interview that the daily shipping capacity of the finished car rolls of high-strength automobile boards in Tangshan has recovered to 3,000 tons, ensuring the needs of downstream customers.
On April 26, local steel mills are loading and shipping hot-rolled products are being accelerated.
This time, facing the outbreak, what made all steel mills feel the most is that because of advanced systems such as intelligent unmanned material yards and unmanned vehicle storage areas, digital equipment that match production, management, operation and even decision-making have been operated simultaneously, which greatly alleviated the difficulties in cross-regional flow restrictions, few jobs but uninterrupted production.
statistics show that in the first four months of this year, the added value of industrial above-scale in Tangshan increased by 5.4%, of which the added value of high-quality steel, which is the pillar of the city's industrial industry, increased by 8.8%. The iron and steel output of some enterprises has been high against the trend, ensuring the development of downstream manufacturing enterprises.
"We can 'lightly get on the battlefield' during this epidemic, and there are so many things worth summarizing." Li Xiaogang, director of the Information Automation Department of Hegang Tanggang, introduced, "Tangshan's steel enterprises have gone through a hundred years of development and reform. They must continue to deepen their efforts in the field of intelligent manufacturing in order to build a world-class modern steel gathering place."
