FAW Jiefang Xichai Heavy-duty Diesel Engine Production Base Put into Production

The FAW Group’s first major investment project during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period - FAW Jiefang Xichai Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Production Base was completed and formally put into production in Huishan District, Wuxi City on February 23, 2012. Chairman of the FAW Group Corporation, party secretary Xu Jianyi, Jiangsu Provincial Party Standing Committee, Deputy Governor, and Wuxi Municipal Party Secretary Huang Lixin attended the production ceremony.

"As the eldest son of the New China Auto Industry, FAW Group Corporation shouldered the responsibility and mission of rejuvenating the national automotive industry. After entering the '12th Five-Year Plan', it will 'strengthen and expand its own self-determined business' during its four-time strategic plan. As a medium-term goal, around this goal, FAW will increase its investment in fixed assets and independent research and development to create brand-new core products for new vehicles and engines, transmissions, and bridges. The base construction project is a major move by FAW to increase the scale of production capacity and increase the leading edge of technology for the liberation of heavy trucks, and it is the largest project for FAW Group’s investment in its own field at the beginning of its four ventures. The foundation has been further consolidated, demonstrating that the competitive strength of Liberated Brand has been further enhanced,” said Dong Chunbo, deputy general manager of FAW Group Corporation.

It is understood that this heavy-duty diesel engine production base is also a manifestation of the comprehensive cooperation between Wuxi Municipal Government and FAW Group. The base occupies about 260,000 square meters of ground, with a total investment of 1.67 billion yuan in the first phase. With the full support of the local government, it took only 17 months to build a heavy-duty diesel engine production base that has reached the international advanced level. After the first phase of production, it will be capable of producing 70,000 units of 6DM and 6DL heavy-duty diesel engines per year. After the implementation of the second phase and the third phase of this year and next year, it will have the capacity to produce 250,000 heavy-duty diesel engines annually, and the annual sales revenue is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan. In particular, after this base is put into production, there will be more than 50 supporting enterprises alone, which will effectively promote the development of a number of auto parts manufacturers.

According to Qian Hengrong, director of FAW Wuxi Diesel Diesel Engine Factory, the new base of Xichai heavy-duty diesel engine uses world-class design, first-class equipment, and first-rate management to ensure that Xichai's machinery is a veritable boutique machine, reliable machine, and earning money. machine. The Aowei series products are jointly developed by FAW Technology Center and Xichai, adopting international advanced development methods, such as Boost software for thermodynamic calculation, TYCON software for gas distribution mechanism calculation, finite element method for structural design, and ensuring product structure. The advanced nature of performance, performance and technical parameters. The project has won the first prize of the 2010 national scientific and technological progress. At the same time, it adopts scientific prototype development process and early identification and control of quality risk, first-class production base and advanced testing equipment to ensure batch production consistency; the production line is centered on “manufacturing level leadership, process equipment leadership and quality control leadership”. Leading and designing, the machining line integrates agile, high-efficiency, automation, and information technology. The proportion of imported equipment is 65%, the proportion of flexible equipment is 67%, the numerical control rate is over 90%, and the manufacturing level is at World leader.