Recently, smart toilets once again reached the headlines of major media and television stations. However, this is no longer an article written by Wu Xiaobo, but the AQSIQ's random inspection of 25 kinds of integrated smart toilets and 20 types of independent toilet cleaners (electronic toilet seats). Showing a total of 18 batches of products failed, accounting for up to 40%, a number of well-known companies on the "black list", swept the smart bathroom sector "half the country."

This is not the first time that smart toilets have been exposed to quality problems. In a short period of one year, the smart toilet went from a cloud that had exploded overnight into the embarrassing situation of frequent incidents. Some people say that this is "people are not very red," but it is not enough to cover it. Behind it is the responsibility of the company, or is it the industry?

Where is the problem? Business wronged it?

The AQSIQ random sampling, involving the personal health and safety of the seat ring flame resistance, grounding measures into the hardest hit. It is understood that heat and flame resistance is a mandatory requirement for electrical safety standards, why bathroom companies frequent strokes?

The reporter’s in-depth investigation found that the direct causes of product non-conformity are: First, taking into account the life of the mold and the color of the product, some companies use non-heat-resistant and flame-resistant materials; Second, some companies in the injection molding In the process, insufficient or inconsistent mixing of flame retardants can also affect the heat and flame resistance of the seat ring.

Addition of flame retardant will increase the production cost, and it will be a little complicated in terms of technical realization. Therefore, some enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, often cut corners and materials, and can save the province. The reporter consulted industry insiders on cost issues. The cost of seats containing flame retardants was about RMB 4/set higher than the average. Compared to the expensive price of smart toilets, the cost was really nothing, but it allowed companies to plant them. Big round head.

The company also told reporters that they were bothered. Subjectively speaking, most companies do not use unqualified materials because of the cost of a few yuan, but there is no unified standard in the smart bathroom industry. At present, they mainly refer to the safety of household and similar electrical appliances. Part 1: General Requirements, GB6952-2005 "Sanitary Ceramics Standards" and several other standards, between home appliances and building materials, to a certain extent, affect the implementation of the standards of smart toilet companies. In addition, the smart toilet was not widely concerned and the security problem of the seat was not highlighted. As a result, the importance attached to this part of the company was not enough, resulting in loss of control.

Knowing mistakes improves Moda

The unsatisfactory products of smart toilets are harmful to consumer safety, interests and interests. Such a price is fierce and needs urgent reflection. Fortunately, all aspects have taken action.

A person in charge of the company revealed to reporters that they did not check the inventory of unsatisfactory smart toilets. They have been recalled in a timely manner and are completely destroyed. For integrated smart toilets, based on energy conservation, environmental protection, and cost considerations, companies will adopt a complete machine dismantling method to recover qualified parts. Although it will cause certain losses to the company, it is the responsibility of the company to restore the consumer's trust. It is reported that quality inspection departments of all producing areas also attach great importance to this spot inspection. From beginning to end, they are paying attention to the progress of product issues involving companies involved.

In the interview process, Huang Xinhong, the secretary of the Intelligent Bathroom Branch of the China Ceramic Industry Association, also made suggestions to enterprises: Enterprises should pay more attention to standard learning and raise awareness of product quality, especially safety and quality. The best way for **** is to strictly control the quality of the product and gain trust from consumers and customers with excellent product quality.

In the aspect of standard construction, Secretary-General Huang Xinhong also stated that the Association will make more efforts to organize and improve the industry’s understanding of the importance of product quality through meetings, forums, and standard publicity training and other multi-level activities to guide the industry to implement the state. Standards, the production of strict accordance with national standards of consciousness, to avoid similar situations from happening again.

"Quality inspection rain" will be even more violent in the future

In 2015, several quality inspections of smart toilets made bathroom companies that were greatly encouraged by the market scratching their heads. But from another perspective, such quality inspection exposure will help enhance the company's product quality awareness, pay more attention to every detail, and promote the development of industry standardization.

“Intelligent toilet checks will be normalized, which is the focus of the national quality inspection agencies in 2016. The quality supervision department will surely have more actions this year. With the rapid development of the industry, the quality of smart bathroom products cannot be ignored, especially when it comes to safety. Performance, we must strictly control," said Wang Boru, secretary general of the National Building Sanitary Ceramic Standardization Technical Committee. At present, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has listed smart toilets as one of the 10 types of consumer goods that have been focused on improving quality in 2016.

Like many manufacturing industries, the smart toilet industry involves many aspects such as upstream raw material suppliers, factories, channels, consumers, and after-sales services. It will also undergo changes and pains on the road to standardized development. External supervision is both a huge pressure and a strong push. For industry companies, if the trend of quality inspection is better, then the future can be expected!