Appliance testing is no longer "seeing flowers in the fog"

For consumers, the data of household appliances and home appliances are not as transparent as digital products such as mobile phones and computers. Many organizations don’t have the channel to detect the product’s data at the first time. This has caused products. The inconsistency of information and user information channels can easily lead to blind and inconsequential choices for consumers when purchasing products. At the same time, a small number of products with unsatisfactory test results can “catch” consumers into the market. However, this situation is expected to improve in the future.

At a recent washing machine industry conference, Gong Bin, deputy dean of the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, stated that under the background of product upgrades and technological innovation, resource advantages were consolidated, investment in technology research and development was strengthened, competitiveness was improved, and the overall industry level was raised. Will become the key word for the development of the washing machine industry this year. Washing machine companies can only improve their own level of technology research and development, production processes, design and manufacturing capabilities, as well as resource integration, factor configuration capabilities, etc., in order to survive the adversity and development, which will promote the overall development of the washing machine industry in China. Really promote China's washing machine industry to become strong.

Of course, technological innovation is the basis for the development of a company and its products. However, it is not always true in the actual market and enterprise development. Some products do not choose to actively research and develop new technologies in the face of market competition. Instead, they are cutting corners and cutting materials to lower product costs. Kung fu. In fact, companies can understand how to reduce production costs, but they should adopt methods such as R&D technology and optimization of the supply chain. It is indeed a bad idea to “cut corners”.

Not long ago, Zhang Rensheng, director of the integrated business department of the National Household Electrical Appliances Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, also stated that in the face of fierce market competition, not all companies are seeking development through innovation, but rather “open up new trails” to cut corners, erode performance indicators, etc. Ways to gain improper benefits. “For example, some companies’ products have increasingly finer motor copper wires and even use aluminum wires. The current aluminum wire motor used in washing machines does not have a technological breakthrough, but may reduce the power efficiency of the products. The additional insulation measures do not use insulating jackets, but instead use insulating tapes, which is difficult to guarantee the safety of consumers."

He said that there are companies that use spurious methods to extract illegal interests, such as virtual energy efficiency, virtual standard capacity. According to reports, in this year's national spot-checking process, unsatisfactory performance indicators have become major problems in the sampling inspection of washing machines.

"The adoption of new technologies and new materials will also bring some new problems," said Zhang Rensheng. For example, some companies now use tempered glass materials for the upper lid of the Washing Machine Washer. If the damper device is not increased accordingly, the weight will increase significantly. When the cover is free fall, it may bruise or even cut off the user's fingers. In addition, if the problem of dehydration and eccentricity of the fully automatic washing machine is not well solved, it may cause the vibration and even the overturning of the washing machine.

The embarrassing situation in which the above products detected problems but consumers are unaware of them will begin to change from August. Since August, the National Household Electrical Appliances Quality Inspection Center will publish test data on washing machines and some products to the outside world on related websites and magazines of the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, and will gradually improve it, and strive to establish a product testing database at the end of the year to protect legitimate companies. Promote the healthy development of the industry and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

As a result, the market and consumers will have authoritative evidence for the results of relevant product testing. This is a test of product quality and reputation, as well as a progress in the transparency of market surveillance. At the same time, we also hope that this method of publicly testing the results can gradually cover all household electrical appliances, so that product quality and information to achieve true transparency, but also let opportunistic companies and products eliminated by the market faster, and further promote technological innovation Development speed.