Generator Set Sizing: Bigger Is Not Better
A 60 kW load doesn't need a 200 kW generator set. At a 30% load factor, a diesel engine su…
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Our First Outpost in Changzhou Had Just Two People
In May 2017 we rented an 800-square-meter warehouse in Changzhou's Xinbei district — under…
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In Used Clothing Export, Grading Is Life or Death
One container, eleven tons of used summer clothing. The customer's inspector graded the A-…
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What Keeps a Generator Set Running for Ten Years
The same generator set, still spinning after ten years. We opened it up and wrote down bot…
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Our First Shipment of Solar PV Modules Cost Us 80,000
In November 2017 we shipped 500 modules with no third-party testing; on arrival, measured …
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A Customer Brought His Whole Family to See the Machines — We Added an Extra Chair
Kwame, a Ghanaian customer, flew 11,000 kilometers to Panyu with his wife and two kids to …
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The First Inspector We Hired Left After Two Weeks
Xiao Zhao, the inspector we hired in August 2017, finished each machine in forty minutes. …
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What Actually Determines the Price of Used Equipment
Two Komatsu 200s, same model, same year — one priced at 460,000, the other at 310,000. The…
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Our First Warehouse in Guangzhou: 200 Square Meters
Two hundred square meters, 4,200 yuan a month, no inspection pit, no lift. We worked out o…
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