Let the clothes heat up, he wants to be China's "heat king"

In the hot climate of Guangdong, Flexwarm founder Huang Weicong and his team have been working to solve the "fever" problem. Jackets, backpacks, scarves, cups, electric ovens, a series of ordinary daily necessities have changed dramatically due to the revolution in heating technology. These products not only generate heat quickly, but also support high-efficiency long-distance wireless charging. The APP intelligent terminal precisely controls the temperature, and can even automatically sense and adjust the temperature, so that people wearing smart heating clothes do not feel cold at minus ten degrees.

Huang Weicong called this technology "Flexwarm". He spent five years before and after investing nearly 10 million yuan to transform the existing thick film heating technology to achieve long-term dry burning, precise temperature control and accurate measurement. Wen and other technological breakthroughs. "Our goal is to make Flexwarm widely used in any heating scene in life, and our goal is to become China's fever king."

Investing to solve the "fever" problem

Before the founding of Flexwarm, Huang Weicong had many entrepreneurial experiences. In 2005, he and three other co-founders launched the brand of Belgrade, a brand of linked hot machine, which allowed the hanging machine that has been in the field of high-end home appliances to enter thousands of households. , quickly seized the market of household hanging machine, Huang Weicong responsible for the overseas market development led the team to set a sales of 600 million yuan.

What the partners did not expect was that in 2013, Huang Weicong left the Belgrade of the day and re-established the technical team to study the heating technology. As early as 2011, Huang Weicong has begun to target the field of thick film heating technology. At that time, a friend brought Huang Weicong an electric kettle heated by thick film heating technology. This is the first time Huang Weicong has contacted this technology.

"This technology is not new. It appeared in the military field in the early 1980s, but it is rarely used in the civilian sector. The core reason is that the application of technology is very limited. For example, this material cannot be dried, the heating element Continue to heat in the absence of water, because no water absorbs heat, it burns quickly, here is the material's high temperature and temperature control problems." Huang Weicong said.

Since 2011, Huang Weicong led the team to invest heavily in research and development. It took nearly 5 years before and after, and ate nearly 10 million yuan of “old”, finally solved the core problem of thick film heating technology such as temperature control. Huang Weicong put this The technology is named Flexwarm.

Be the smartest heating product

The exterior looks like an ordinary jacket, but because of the built-in Flexwarm's heating material module, it will make a magical change. The front chest, back and two built-in gloves of the clothes are equipped with a heating layer. As long as the mobile power is connected, the clothes can feel the heat in a few seconds after the power is on. The fully equipped battery can keep the body warm for more than ten hours. Allowing the user to wear a jacket in the cold winter outdoors is enough to keep warm. Because of the use of 5V DC, even if the leakage does not cause harm to the human body. This set of smart clothes has raised more than 1 million yuan in the United States.

"We want to do more than just a warm jacket, but a smart jacket." Huang Weicong said that in addition to Flexwarm heating technology, the team is also developing a series of sensing technology and energy management transmission technology, such as a 15 micron thick In thick film new materials , Flexwarm integrates high-efficiency heating materials and high-precision sensors. The heating material is heated from room temperature to Baidu for only a few tens of seconds, and the sensor can accurately control temperature to 0.1 degrees Celsius. The sensor in the smart jacket can precisely control the temperature through the mobile app, and can even automatically sense the outside temperature and adjust the body temperature of the wearer.

Five years ago, Huang Weicong began to lay out Flexwarm's patent pool. When they searched for patents, they found that there were very few patents in related fields at home and abroad. At present, the Flexwarm team has more than 130 domestic and foreign invention and utility model patents, and these technical barriers have become one of the biggest competitiveness of the technical team.

Be the fever king of China

In the process of Huang Weicong's entrepreneurship, investors, partners and even himself have asked themselves more than once, is Flexwarm doing terminal products, or doing heating materials and technology? Some people suggested that he extend his business reach from the technical end to the product terminal, and hunt the entire industry chain to obtain higher profit margins, but Huang Weicong believes that "in the future, Flexwarm will mainly cooperate with other companies."

“Flexwarm is like water, it can be changed according to needs. Where it is needed, it will nourish it. At this stage, the company has any development possibilities, but the social development is more and more finely divided, and R&D and innovation are also divided. I want to make a brand like Intel.” Huang Weicong said, “Our goal is to continuously develop technology and deepen the technology to the extreme. When demand arises, we will provide solutions. For example, children’s bottles need to be heated. Insulation, women's abdominal pain, low back pain, need far infrared heat, we can provide solutions. Standardize, modularize, and simplify our technical products, and provide them to enterprises and products in need, and apply them to every need."

At present, Flexwarm technology has been used in smart insulated backpacks, physiotherapy scarves, and fast-heating electric ovens. Huang Weicong told reporters that the products I see now are just the tip of the iceberg. "Flexwarm is not a product, but a technology that can be widely used in any heating scene in life. Our goal is to become China's fever king."