How to find forged steel flanges & butt welding pipe fittings suppliers with high quality, low price and good service in China?
More than ten years ago, when I stepped into this industry, and worked with Cangzhou Sinhoo Pipeline Manufacture Co.,Ltd. China (www.sinhoopipeline.com). I didn't even know the English word for flange. Seeing the rusted elbow & tee & reducer & saddles & pipe cap & stub ends & spectacle flanges & cross in the workshop, listening to the noise of the lathe, the stocks of welded neck flanges, watching the workers in the workshop laboriously packing boxes and typing, I don't think I interested in this industry at that time.
However, Mengcun county is the capital of flanges and pipe-fittings. As a Chinese saying goes, "The mountain feeds on the mountain, and the water feeds on the water", so I insisted on it. It took me about two months to find out the product specifications and materials. I remember clearly that my first order was ASME carbon steel anchor flange 150lbs 24inch, which was not purchased by any customer in my later career. It was an uncommon product. My second order was seamless steel pipe, which was also my first big order. At that time, seamless steel pipe was much cheaper than now, about 880USD/ton or so, and the customer ordered 200 tons of steel pipe. These are my two most impressive lists.
In the following years, the diversity and complexity of Chinese products have repeatedly refreshed my industry knowledge, such as carbon steel, stainless steel, alloy steel, A105 A106 20# Q235 20Mn 20G A234WPB WPC ST35.8 ST37 16MN 12CrMoVG A335P11 P91-OCR19NI10 WP11 WPL6 LF2 SUS304L SUS316L L245NB and so on. The standard such as ASME B16.9/B16.28/B16.5 JIS B2311 JISB2220 DIN2605/2615/2616/2617 GOST12820-80 GOST17375EN1092-1:2007 and so on.Later. We added the idler(carrier roller) product, also known as return roller & carrying roller, if you need it, you can check it online,or just contact us by sales@sinhoofit.com or Wechat/WhatsApp/Line/Viber: +86 17717734601.
How time flies, it is Now May 25, 2022. To sum up. How to find forged steel flanges & butt welding pipe fittings suppliers high quality, low price and good service in China?
First: trading company or factory?
Trading companies, first of all, they provide good service, because there is no pressure from production, they can concentrate on developing and serving customers. In addition, they may be able to provide a lot of products, because in order to get orders, they will try their best to find various factories as long as customers have requirements.
The factory obviously has an advantage in price and timely delivery, but its disadvantage is that it only provides products within its production range.
Second: how to choose between a high &low offer?
First of all, it is not desirable to have only one high price or only one low price. Secondly, the price can be compared to the ton price. Let me tell you that due to the fierce competition, the profit of flange and pipe fittings is limited. It is common to see 5% profit even if the profit is high at 10%. So the price difference reach more than 20%, it is must the manufacturer reported wrong, or the material and tolerance is not the same. Finally, it is suggested to take the middle price, or open the order to purchase.
Third: how to choose the manufacturer with the same price?
Of course, the best way is to come to the factory inspection,or else process on the factory inspection with a catalog & videos & pictures under the epidemic situation, if the catalog information is not accurate, you can let the factory to take on-site photos and videos.
Fourth: how to check product quality?
Please remember, you get what you pay for, do not believe that you can buy A105 flange material at the price of Q235, and never be happy to buy a cheap product. Expensive has a good reason. If you paid half the price, you'll probably find it's worth half the price when you receive it.
At last:
By the way, now is a good time to place an order in China, because the exchange rate of USD to RMB has soared, the epidemic has gradually stabilized, and factories are resume producing one after another. Since a lot of inventory has accumulated, everyone is in urgent need of orders, so the price will be lower than the same time at last year.
As a foreign trade manufacturer, it is difficult to do well in both in services and products, for example, the delivery date is delayed, the target price given by the customer is too low due to fierce competition, even the customer cannot feel the timely service due to the time difference, and the quotation to the customer is too late because of busy work. Sometimes also very aggrieved, feel tried, but the customer does not feel. But like life, there is no perfection, only to do our best!
Flange and pipe fittings have become a part of my life. They are not only my source of material, but also my favorite career. In the future, I will still try my best to contact customers and strictly require production. Not to satisfy everyone, but worthy of the heart.