In 2011, the global economy, the domestic home appliance industry growth is slowing, part of the product category of both production and even year-on-year decline significantly. As important parts of the thermostat cover a wide range of applications in the field of home appliance production machine, the huge demand, because of this, in 2011, many thermostat production enterprises had not survival crisis, maintain the stable situation of production and marketing. But you heart is very clear, the thermostat industry's future is not secure, industry profit margins low, difficult to breakthrough technology, market development prospect is unknown, the upstream raw material supply price instability problems such as the worries of increasingly tricky.

Thermostat quality affects the whole machine performance

Temperature controller is widely used in various types of home appliances, such as refrigerators, water dispensers, water heater, coffee pot etc. Thermostat quality directly affect the safety of the machine, performance, life, is one of the critical components. Among the many technical indexes of the thermostat, life is one of the most important technical indicators to measure the thermostat products. Home appliance standards, thermostat for at least 10000 times, the life of a part of the electrical appliances, such as a refrigerator product control motor - compressor of the thermostat, some of the liquid type radiator thermostat life requirements for at least 100000 times. Household thermostat corresponding standard ruler/IEC60730 GB14536.10-2008-2-4 life test of thermostat made detailed provisions.

There are quite a few on the market at present the thermostat life test device manufacturers, each have their advantages and disadvantages, the main faults using swing arm structure, the testing process of the thermostat installation deviation with actual situation, heating body heat inertia influence, the thermostat had a greater influence on the life, leading to inaccurate test results; Adjustable thermostat on-off range is small, can not meet the requirement of the standard; Life test equipment maintenance complex, always to replace the heating body; Test apparatus is narrow; Equipment operation is complex, expensive, and so on. More medical thermostat industry the latest relevant information, please refer to the Chinese report hall of the special medical thermostat market prospect analysis from 2014 to 2018 forecast report.

The thermostat overall trend "after the high low before"

"In the first half of 2011, the whole machine factory purchasing quantity is large, thermostat production volume is growing fast, but in the second half of the order decreased significantly, overall, the annual production volume and flat in 2010." Annual inventory, the reporter understands from the thermostat production business in the same situation.

For thermostat production enterprises, especially 2011 pressure from rising costs. "In 2011, thermostat production cost of materials rose more than 10%." A thermostat factory chief reflect to the reporter, "thermostat material cost, 30% used to purchase copper, copper prices is stable in 2011, at the end of the year and even drop. But the thermostat contacts to use silver, although the usage is not big, but belong to precious metal silver, high value, in 2011, silver is up a great influence on the thermostat production." The reporter understands, at present the thermostat thinner production profit, the thermostat factory will supply the price increase 3% ~ 5% generally, transfer part of the cost pressure. Thermostat factory invested directly purchase of raw materials and their processing production gaskets, shell and other accessories, perfect the industry chain, and through some material replacement project of advance to relieve stress.

In addition to the price fluctuation of raw material is increasing, the growth of labor costs also let some "too much" thermostat production enterprises. Zhejiang wild goose in the thermostat co., LTD., general manager of yong-long Chen helplessly say: "the original employee wages 2000 yuan a month is enough, now more than 3000 yuan, led directly to the enterprise profit margin is almost zero." To this end, the wild goose is actively promote automation projects, increasing transform input to the production line, reduce labor costs.