Pictured: Staff are testing thin film materials
Chutian Metropolis Daily reporter Yu Yuan
He once had a million-dollar salary, but he was often discriminated against by foreign product agents because he sold domestically-made products abroad. For this reason, he gave up his original superior life and came to Wuhan to start a business. Now, Wuhan Jiayitong Technology Co., Ltd., founded by his co-partners, has successfully developed the world's first nano-scale thin film material optical power thermal analyzer, which has successfully filled the technical gap in the field of national nano-scale thin film material thermal analysis.
In the process of product development, important parts were sold out by suppliers, and Wang Yuanbing led the team to develop high-quality parts by himself... Wang Yuanbing's bones were unwilling to admit defeat, so he also had a story of never moving forward on the road to entrepreneurship.
Liberal arts guys love to delve into science knowledge
I studied liberal arts at Nankai University, and his first job after graduation was sales again. Wang Yuanbing’s life track seems to have nothing to do with the professional term "nano-level thin film material optical power thermal analyzer". "I am a liberal arts student who prefers science." Wang Yuanbing said with a smile. Due to family and college entrance examination volunteers, Wang Yuanbing, who prefers science, failed to enter the science department as he wished. He often did research and discuss issues with his science students. , Improve scientific knowledge.
After graduating from university, Wang Yuanbing entered a company in Shenzhen that was engaged in oil quality testing equipment and started selling. Unlike other salesmen in the company, Wang Yuanbing not only learns sales skills, but also devotes himself to studying product operation principles, operating methods, and so on. When others come to sell products to customers, they have to bring in another technician, and Wang Yuanbing can easily handle everything by just coming to the door alone.
The working attitude of being good at research has made Wang Yuanbing promoted quickly within the company, and he has become a regional sales manager in just a few years. What follows is relatively superior material living conditions. Buying a house and a car in Shenzhen, and having a million annual salary, is the life most people want. However, Wang Yuanbing, who was on the rise, chose to give up.
"In the eyes of some people, foreign products must be better than domestic ones. I think such a phenomenon is very sad." Wang Yuanbing told reporters that when he used to promote sales in Shenzhen, there would always be some agents for foreign products. Wang Yuanbing feels very uncomfortable with his contemptuous tone and questioning their company's products.
So, in 2009, Wang Yuanbing gave up his million annual salary and came to Wuhan to co-found Wuhan Jiayitong Technology Co., Ltd. with his partners.
Smell business opportunities in small film materials
Why did you start a business in Wuhan? Wang Yuanbing introduced that he himself is from Huangmei, Hubei, and his family is in Wuhan. The rapid development of Optics Valley and a series of policies to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship made him feel that starting a business in Wuhan is the most correct choice.
In the beginning, due to lack of capital and core technology, Wang Yuanbing and his partners started testing equipment for special equipment such as elevators to keep the company running. “Awaiting good scientific research projects while accumulating resources.” The effort pays off. At a scientific research seminar, Wang Yuanbing became attached to Professor Miao Xiangshui of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Professor Miao Xiangshui is studying the field of thin film material testing. Smelt a business opportunity.
"1 nanometer is only one-sixty thousandth of the diameter of a hair strand. How to detect the thermal characteristics of thin film materials is an international problem." Wang Yuanbing told reporters that at the time, in the field of thermal characteristics detection of thin film materials, especially nano-scale thin film materials , There is no effective detection method and approach in the world. In the past, when testing thin-film materials, it was necessary to deposit the thin film very thick, and then scrape the thin-film material to be tested to form a certain quality of powder before destructive testing can be carried out. "Such a testing method is not only very material-consuming, but also deadly. The thing is that its measurement accuracy is not high."
Soon, on the basis of Professor Miao Xiangshui’s scientific research results, Wang Yuanbing led the team to start product development, and Miao Xiangshui served as the company’s technical consultant to provide R&D guidance for him. After nearly two years, this instrument that consumed all the efforts of both schools and enterprises finally came out in 2013. Subsequently, this result was officially listed on the Optics Valley Stock Exchange at a price of 3 million yuan.
In Wang Yuanbing's view, the company only had the right to use the patent before. This patent was officially listed and he must win it. "The company had neither working capital nor asset mortgage loans at that time." Wang Yuanbing said that at that time was the most difficult time for the company and faced the possibility of closing its doors every day. Just when Wang Yuanbing was unable to do anything, the Optics Valley Stock Exchange urged Wuhan Rural Commercial Bank to loan 3 million yuan to Jiayitong, allowing the company to use the money to buy out the patent and then hand the patent to the bank for mortgage.
With the patent, Wang Yuanbing quickly formed a development team for production. At present, the instrument has been successfully mass-produced and sold to Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing University of Science and Technology and many other units.
Suppliers are out of stock and develop their own parts
In addition to the optical power thermal analyzer for nano-scale thin film materials, Jiayitong has independently developed a series of products such as infrared annealing furnaces and thermal expansion coefficient analyzers in the past few years.
Speaking of the development process of infrared annealing furnace, Wang Yuanbing also shared the story with reporters. Wang Yuanbing told reporters that, in fact, the infrared annealing furnace was an important part they needed to develop another product. Due to the higher requirements, they chose a better quality Japanese product. The distribution is uniform, and the temperature difference can be controlled between plus or minus 0.01 degrees.” Wang Yuanbing still remembers that they signed a contract for 5 machines with the Japanese company at that time. However, due to an unexpected situation, the Japanese company was providing them with 2 After the machine, the supply was discontinued. "At that time, their company sent people to investigate and found that we have a product that competes with their products." The Japanese company's approach caught Wang Yuanbing by surprise. Wang Yuanbing said that without a high-precision infrared annealing furnace, product development is easy. It is difficult to continue.
In order not to affect the progress of product development, Wang Yuanbing chose several other annealing furnaces on the market, but the results were not satisfactory. "Technology is in the hands of others, and it's useless for you to be angry." Wang Yuanbing's stubborn temper came up again when he couldn't find a suitable substitute. He formed a team to dismantle the original infrared annealing furnace. It took more than a year to develop a new infrared annealing furnace of his own.
Expect industry standards to be published as soon as possible
At present, in addition to continuing to develop new products, the most important thing for Jiayitong is to assist the Chinese Metrology Institute to improve the formulation of the measurement standards for thin film materials. "With national standards, our products are convincing." Wang Yuanbing told reporters that the advent of the world's first nano-scale thin-film material optical power thermal analyzer has actually caused quite a sensation in the industry. Many experts and scholars All have given affirmation to this instrument, but due to the previous gaps in this field, many corporate customers still hold a skeptical attitude.
Wang Yuanbing believes that when the national standard is officially released, the company will usher in a leap-forward development and become a leader in the industry.