Faucet "new national standard" emerged

On September 25th, the reporter learned from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine that the relevant authorities have initiated the revision of the national standard "ceramic seal nozzle" (GB18145-2003). The reporter learned from the relevant drafters of the new standard that the new "ceramic seal faucet" GB will be issued in early 2014.

Previously, due to the lack of lead content in copper taps, the market for copper faucets was mixed, and the amount of lead precipitated exceeded the standards. Even some well-known brands had lead precipitation of 173 μg/l, and the rate exceeded 34 times and was pushed to ** The turbulent winds have become the object of major media writing.

In this regard, a number of industry sources told reporters that due to the new "ceramic seal faucet" national standard reference European and American standards, the implementation of the industry will have a great role in promoting, when the domestic production standards of domestic faucet companies will be integrated with the international, the world Faucet manufacturers compete almost under the same standard rules. By then, 30% of the copper taps will be eliminated due to lags in production equipment.

The new national standard threshold may raise the status quo of the heavy metal exceeding the standard of taps.

On September 25, the relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China told the reporter that the newly revised standard will refer to the American Standard NSF/ANSI 61-2012 "Drinkable Water Pipeline System Components - Health Effects", including lead, chromium, and cadmium. The amount of 12 metal elements such as mercury, arsenic, etc. is mandatory, and the standard limit values ​​and detection methods are the same as those of the United States. After the new revised standard is issued, the lead detection statistic should be no more than 5 μg/L.

In response to the current concerns about the issue of lead content in taps, the AQSIQ is arranging for the relevant technical agencies to carry out risk monitoring on the lead content of taps. At the same time, the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang were organized to carry out quality improvement activities in the Shuizui production center. Organization experts also announced new standards to the company in advance, instructed enterprises to improve their processes and improve the quality and safety level of the water spout.

Participated in the drafting of the new standard, the Secretary-General of the Sanitary Ware Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Furniture Decoration, Xie Xin, who had participated in the drafting of the new standard, told reporters that on August 28th, we had already submitted the revised “Ceramic Chip Sealing Tap” new standard. Or will be introduced in early 2014, the relevant departments still need to go some processes.

According to the reporter's understanding, the new standard has deleted many provisions that do not meet the current development requirements for taps, and replaced them with more reasonable and scientific standards. For the industry’s most concerned standards for heavy metal content, the new standard will adopt the NSF61 drinking water system component health in the United States. The impact criterion is the reference and mandatory regulations are implemented.

The relevant person in charge of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine told reporters that, after the implementation of the new standard, it will arrange national supervision and random inspections for tap water heavy metals and other projects as soon as possible, and urge enterprises to implement the standards.

In this regard, during the interview, a number of industry insiders told reporters that the introduction of the new “ceramic seal faucet” national standard has enabled the Chinese faucet industry to step into the international standards, and that the chaos of domestic faucets with excessive heavy metals will be obtained. Effective containment. Under the national compulsory implementation, the pace of industrialization of domestic faucet companies will also accelerate, and faucet manufacturers around the world will compete on almost the same standard regulatory platform.

Shi Hongwei, deputy director of the National Building Materials Industry Construction Hardware Plumbing Product Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center, told reporters that the new standard will impose stricter requirements on product quality. After the implementation of the standard, the company will promote the improvement of production processes and focus on the use of raw materials. Promote enterprise product upgrading and promote the progress of the entire industry.

30% of enterprises will be eliminated in the new "ceramic seal faucet" tap standard internationalization, while some small workshop manufacturers can not escape the fate of closure.

The reporter learned that the current national standard for taps is GB18145-2003 "Ceramic Sealed Tap" because it was formulated earlier and did not require heavy metal precipitation. An industry insider who participated in the drafting of the new national standard told reporters that because the drafting unit of the new standard and related companies have reached a consensus, the basic implementation is based on US standards. In addition to lead content restrictions, heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium (hexavalent), mercury, nickel, and antimony will also be limited. If the new standard is promulgated and implemented, all the faucet products will be included in the scope of the standard system.

In this regard, another industry veteran told the “Huaxia Shibao” reporter that if the new national standard is implemented, in the case of heavy demand for precipitation, at least 30% of faucet manufacturers will be forced to close.

Once the new standard is implemented, the relevant threshold for the faucet industry will also increase. The above-mentioned sources analyzed the reporters that although the new standards did not require production companies to meet production conditions and standards, they placed high demands on the product terminals. As a result, many manufacturers were forced to purchase high-value inspection equipment. Advanced casting equipment.

A person in charge of a small manufacturing company that did not wish to be named complained to the reporter: “Monitoring equipment and advanced production machines range from a few hundred thousand to many millions, and this is undoubtedly one for our production companies. Kind of burden."

At the same time when the industry standard was introduced and implemented, the faucet industry shuffled. Another person in the industry who did not wish to be named stated bluntly that the most favorable is the production of large-scale faucets. The majority of the faucets they produce are going international, and production equipment and inspection equipment have already been updated. Such companies only account for the industry's About 30%, while some companies are in the process of upgrading, such companies currently account for about 40%, and the remaining 30% of small and medium-sized enterprises, financial and logistics can not keep up, and ultimately can only be met with the fate of being annexed.