Tang Bofei, member of Shanghai Inventors Association, chairman of Shanghai Lanfei Fine Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Sumaru Daily Chemical Factory, is a 75-year-old kind old man. He, with love and sincerity, finally invented "Shuang Ba". To this end, the author interviewed him.
author: I'm here for my admiration. You have been in the army for many years. How did you get in touch with miners and make friends?
Tang Bofei: I worked in the army for 11 years. After changing jobs, I worked in a chemical factory and later served as the factory director. I remember that once the Beijing Invention Association organized us to visit Shanxi Coal Mine, a deputy director said, "Can you inventors invent a washing liquid for the bottom coal miners in China to wash away the coal black on the miners?" This sentence deeply touched me and made me sprout the desire to invent this washing liquid.
in p>199, I went to Pingdingshan Coal Mine in Henan Province on business. Unexpectedly, this trip touched me even more, and I couldn't calm down for a long time. To my shock, a miner there has to support four people in his family, take two meals a day, go down the well before dawn, go up at 3 pm, and stay underground for at least 9 hours or even 1 hours every day. Chewing pickles, eating cold cakes or steamed buns, there is even the danger of lack of oxygen and gas explosion in hundreds of meters underground. I feel how hard life is for miners! Compassion rises in my heart: I must help them change the status quo and improve their lives and health. This is a wish hidden in my heart.
Later, I went to Pingdingshan Coal Mine dozens of times to learn about miners' lives. A 43-year-old migrant worker with only primary school education was diagnosed with tertiary silicosis and scabies after working in the mine for 12 years. In order to support his family, he had to dig coal in the well. Everything in his house is dirty and rotten, and the bedding is covered with black and greasy. He told me that it's not that his daughter-in-law is lazy, and she can't take care of it for a few days after washing. Every day, he goes to bed with black clothes that can't be washed clean, and there is bloody scabies ... But what can he do? When I heard the miners' words, "This is our miners' life!" That kind of sadness is really unpleasant and it is hard for me to forget. I decided to put aside years of cosmetic research and think about giving timely help to the bottom coal miners to solve their pain.
Author: As early as 1987, you invented hand sanitizer and obtained a patent. You are already the founder of the famous "hand sanitizer concept" in the cosmetics industry. What difficulties do you encounter in developing the new product of "Shuangba" skin cleanser, and how do you overcome it?
Tang Bofei: There is no contradiction between my original research on makeup and beauty and my current research on "Shuang Ba" skin cleanser. They come down in one continuous line, but "Shuang Ba" is different from skin cleanser and has its own characteristics. I have invented a special hand sanitizer before, and I think I will be able to find a way to solve the coal black and help the miners relieve their pain.
everyone in the family insists on opposing it. Because beauty and skin care have become an indispensable part of people's lives, businesses are all about making money, and women's businesses are easy to do. If you research and develop coal miners' products, no matter how good the products are in the future, will there be a market? Will they be willing to spend money on this? The wife doesn't understand, and the son opposes it. To this end, I have hesitated and hesitated. When my mind shows the miners' indelible black, the eyes looking forward to under the mine will rise again in my heart, how can I abandon them? Once, I intentionally took my wife, who is a doctor, to the mine. She saw the actual plight of miners' lives and was very emotional. She said that it seems that your work is very meaningful and worth doing. Later, my son also became my assistant.
In p>1993, I went to Xishan Coal Mine with officials from Shanxi Coal Bureau twice to investigate the miners' lives. The mining area takes several hours to walk in the barren hills, and you should bring dry food for lunch when you go down the well. It was these unforgettable two trips to Shanxi that strengthened my determination: I must develop a new product to help miners bathe!
I see that because miners are exposed to coal dust for a long time, there will be more pollutants such as oil and coal dust on the surface of their skin and the inside and outside of their respiratory tract. If they are not cleaned in time and effectively, their image and health will be seriously affected. However, the bath products that miners usually use are difficult to wash off these coal blacks.
I made friends with the miners, went down the well with them and went into the bathhouse together. I saw Lao Liu, a 4-year-old Shanxi man, very helpless. He pointed to the red spots on his body and said, "Look at these red spots. They are all skin diseases caused by coal black, which are particularly itchy. Every time I come up from the mine, I don't want to take a shower, because every time I take a shower, these places will itch as soon as they touch water. When they itch, I want to scratch with my hands, but the more I scratch, the more I scratch, the more I scratch, and it becomes a vicious circle. " I saw a situation like Lao Liu's-occupational diseases caused by coal black are widespread in coal mines. Due to various reasons, this occupational disease cannot be effectively solved for the time being.
In p>24, when China Occupational Safety Association conducted a national occupational health survey, it was found that the top three dermatoses caused by coal black were calluses, tinea pedis and tinea manus, and the patients accounted for 72.6%, 2.1% and 19.4% respectively. Although such skin diseases don't kill miners like pneumoconiosis, they bring great suffering to miners.
research needs funds. I have spent all my savings at home and my house is mortgaged. It is very difficult to borrow money again. With my decades of credibility, I finally found the funds to maintain basic research. I devoted myself to research and development, but I failed many times. I ran to the library to find information, summed up experience from failures, and constantly improved my products. I just hoped to finish the invention as soon as possible, because my eyes were always shaking with the expectant eyes of those workers and friends in the mine.
in the process of research and development for more than ten years, I have been to coal mines in Shanxi, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other places, and I have been in the mining area many times, and I have tried and verified it repeatedly. In 23, the special cleansing liquid for industrial and mining enterprises finally came out, and the next year, this product won the national patent.
author: what are the advantages of the product you invented? What is the market prospect?
Tang Bofei: These products use ion exchange principle and small molecule technology to enhance decontamination ability, so as to remove deep oil stains and thoroughly wash away harmful substances such as carbon black, carbon, lime powder and coal tar. Moreover, I also added high-permeability natural marine conchin to the product, which has a special effect of moisturizing the skin and can reduce the wrinkle and roughness of the skin.
after the product was produced, it was tested in Huainan coal mine in Anhui province and Dazhu coal mine in Sichuan province, and won unanimous praise. "Shuang Ba" washed away the coal black on the miners' faces, and they proudly said, "We workers have face!"
The appearance of "Shuang Ba" special skin cleanser for industrial and mining has brought good news to nearly ten million miners in China. "Shuang Ba" can quickly remove black, clean skin, relieve itching and deodorize, and it is very convenient to use, with good effect, and it does not need to be rubbed vigorously, which effectively avoids the damage to the skin and fully embodies the humanized characteristics of the product.
in p>1989, my invention won the second prize of Shanghai Patent Technology Achievement Implementation, and in the same year, it won the bronze medal of the 4th National Invention Exhibition. In 1992 and 1995, I won the Shanghai Outstanding Entrepreneur Award for Invention and Implementation twice. In 1999, "Shuangba" won the gold medal in China Patent Technology Expo. Qiushi magazine and dozens of newspapers and TV stations reported on this invention. In the face of honor, I feel more responsible. I want to constantly improve the production technology, reduce the cost and make the products more perfect.
In 28, this patented product specially designed for miners was awarded as the Shanghai High-tech Achievement Transformation Project, and was supported by the Shanghai Science and Technology Project Innovation Fund in 28, and won the National Patent Gold Award.
Honor can only explain the past, and new innovation goals are still ahead. We will continue to work hard to invent more and better patented products for coal miners to use.