Recently, Shanghai Shenkai Petroleum Instrument Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shenkai Instruments), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shenkai Co., Ltd., has officially commissioned its newly upgraded digital smart production workshop. This workshop upgrade represents a key initiative for Shenkai Instruments to benchmark world-class standards and implement the “digital transformation of smart manufacturing”. It is also a vital measure for the enterprise to explore the global market and strengthen its high-end petroleum testing instrument manufacturing business.

With lean production as the core driving force, the new workshop has built a full-chain digital manufacturing system covering product exhibition, R&D experimentation, precision assembly and quality inspection. Its five core functional zones — product exhibition hall, new-product R&D laboratory, manufacturing area, QC quality-control laboratory and supporting office area — achieve seamless linkage, forming an intelligent closed-loop of “R&D-Manufacturing-Quality Inspection”. It lays a solid hardware foundation for large-scale mass production and rapid technical iteration of high-end petroleum testing instruments.

| Core Competence: From Domestic Substitution to Technological Leadership

The product exhibition hall showcases Shenkai Instruments’ full lineup of mainstream oil product testing equipment, which can meet multi-scenario testing requirements for fuel oil, aviation fuel, lubricating oil and other products. Among them, the Haoyue fully-automatic octane rating tester has obtained authoritative verification from Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP), breaking the long-term monopoly of overseas equipment and serving as a landmark achievement for domestic substitution of core oil-product testing equipment. New-generation intelligent testing equipment including fully-automatic kinematic viscometers, open-cup & closed-cup flash point testers, jet fuel freezing point testers and distillation testers lead the industry with high-level automation and stable & reliable testing accuracy, and have been widely applied in refining & petrochemical, aviation, scientific research and other sectors.

The new-product R&D laboratory has concentrated all its efforts on independent research and breakthrough of core technologies. At present, Shenkai Instruments is accelerating its transition from “following others” to “running neck-and-neck” in technology, and strives to “take the lead” in certain fields. Relying on robust product capabilities, the company keeps driving the domestic petroleum precision testing instrument industry toward deeper localization, high-end performance and intelligence.

| Intelligent Manufacturing System: Underpinning Large-Scale Delivery Capacity

The manufacturing area adopts digital intelligent operation modes, where standardized assembly lines are deeply integrated with the Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Full-process precise control is realized for every assembly procedure and all process parameters. The upgraded QC qualitycontrol laboratory has established a complete and rigorous test & verification system to strictly inspect each delivered unit, ensuring that product precision, operational stability and onsite service reliability reach international equivalent standards.

The in-depth integration of hardware upgrades and digital capabilities enables Shenkai Instruments to build systematic capabilities ranging from technological innovation and breakthrough to stable mass production. It provides solid support for accepting large domestic and overseas orders and shortening delivery cycles.

| Strategic Anchor: Rooted in China, Serving the Globe

The workshop renewal is not merely an upgrade of production capacity and working environment, but also a cornerstone for Shenkai Instruments to compete in the global market. At present, the global high-end petroleum testing instrument market is still dominated by overseas brands. Nevertheless, domestic oil-product testing instruments are continuously benchmarking international standards and vigorously advancing domestic substitution, while downstream industries keep raising requirements for instrument precision and intelligence. Seizing industry opportunities, Shenkai Instruments benchmarks world-class enterprises and enforces stringent internal requirements. Thanks to years of technical accumulation, it has made remarkable achievements in domestic substitution and global export of high-end instruments.

Looking ahead, Shenkai Instruments will adhere to the dual-driven strategy of independent innovation and lean intelligent manufacturing. It will continuously deliver highly reliable instruments and comprehensive solutions for petroleum and petrochemical customers at home and abroad, and steadily accomplish the development leap from “well-known domestically” to “globally-recognized”.

Shenkai Instruments: Embracing Intelligent Upgrade for a Promising Future