Breaking through the "bottlenecks" in 3D preform molding, Bianzhong New Materials secures angel round investment from Northern Light Venture Capital | Exclusive Report by Hard Krypton

Author | Qiao Yujie

Editor | Yuan Silai

Yingke learned that Shenzhen Bianzhong New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Bianzhong New Materials") recently completed an angel - round financing. The investor is Northern Light Venture Capital. We have summarized the information of this round of financing and several highlights of the company:

Financing Situation

Financing Round: Angel Round

Investment Institution: Northern Light Venture Capital

Fund Usage: Production line construction and equipment R & D

Basic Company Information

Establishment Time: 2025

Headquarters Address: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province

Technological Highlights: The fully automatic 3D preform weaving equipment independently developed by Bianzhong New Materials is currently the only forming equipment in China that can achieve fully automatic weaving of large - width, large - thickness, high warp density, high weft density, and high volume ratio 3D preforms.

Market Analysis

The 3D preforms of high - strength fiber composites are mainly used in aerospace, national defense security, and infrastructure construction. The entire industrial chain mainly includes: production of high - strength fibers, preform forming, compounding of preforms with matrix materials, re - processing and treatment of composites, etc.

From the perspective of the industrial chain, China has been relatively mature in the mass production of high - strength fibers and the preform composite process. However, in the preform forming link, especially the 3D preform forming equipment, it has long relied on manual labor or low - level modified equipment, with low efficiency, high cost, and poor consistency, making it difficult to meet the requirements of high - end applications for scale and stability. As downstream products develop towards large size, high thickness, and high complexity, automated 3D forming equipment has become the key infrastructure for industrial upgrading, and the relevant market has entered an important window period.

Product Progress

The 3D preform weaving equipment of Bianzhong New Materials can be adapted to a variety of high - strength fiber materials, including quartz fiber, carbon fiber, aramid, glass fiber, ultra - high - molecular - weight polyethylene, basalt fiber, etc., and supports the automated weaving of a variety of typical 3D structures such as 3D orthogonal, inter - layer orthogonal, shallow - cross bending connection, shallow - cross straight connection, and honeycomb.

Currently, the equipment has passed the verification of major downstream customers and meets the commercial application standards.

Team Background

Dr. Lin Fusheng, the founder of the company, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He has long served as a professor at Wuhan Textile University and the director of the Hubei 3D Textile Engineering Research Center, focusing on the R & D of 3D preform forming equipment for high - strength fiber composites and the weaving technology of related preforms. Zhou Zhan, the co - founder, graduated from Wuhan Textile University with a master's degree and has worked in a large listed company, with rich project management experience. Currently, the proportion of R & D personnel in the company's total team exceeds 50%.

Founder's Thoughts

Yingke: Currently, what methods does the domestic 3D preform forming mainly rely on? What are the advantages of Bianzhong New Materials?

Zhou Zhan: 3D preform forming mainly includes two major categories: 3D braiding technology and 3D weaving technology. The 3D braiding technology is more like "braiding a pigtail" and is suitable for manufacturing hollow and thin - walled structural parts, such as tubular components. The 3D weaving technology has more advantages in comprehensive mechanical properties. It can not only manufacture plate - shaped and block - shaped structures but also achieve the forming of large - size, large - thickness, and high warp - weft density preforms. At the same time, it can also cover common special - shaped structures such as cylinders and cones. Therefore, it is more widely used in aerospace, national defense, and infrastructure fields.

Our company mainly focuses on fully automatic 3D weaving equipment. In this niche field, there are currently two main implementation methods in China: one is to rely on manual weaving, which has low efficiency, high cost, and poor product consistency; the other is to modify traditional looms for weaving small - size, thin - thickness, and limited - layer samples, which mostly stays in the sample - making stage. For large - size, large - thickness, high - warp - density, and high - weft - density 3D preform products, manual weaving still dominates the market, which is an important factor restricting the large - scale development of the industry and also an important breakthrough point for Bianzhong New Materials' fully automatic weaving equipment.

Yingke: In addition to the R & D and production of forming equipment, the company's business has also expanded to process design and production weaving. Will the company's production line directly undertake the production tasks of 3D preforms?

Zhou Zhan: Currently, the 3D preform forming equipment independently developed by the company has entered the small - batch production stage, and downstream customers have started to use it in practice and continuously provide us with improvement suggestions during the application process. We will continuously optimize and iterate the equipment based on these feedbacks.

In terms of business layout, the company will still focus on 3D preform forming equipment in the early stage, providing customers with equipment and technical support. In the future, for some long - term cooperative customers, the company will also carry out a certain scale of contract manufacturing business and directly undertake the production tasks of 3D preforms. In this way, on the one hand, it helps customers reduce the introduction cost, and on the other hand, it also expands the company's customer types and application scenarios.

Yingke: In which directions will the funds from this round of financing be mainly invested?

Zhou Zhan: The funds from this round of financing will be mainly invested in three directions: First, continuous R & D to further optimize the existing equipment and promote the standardization and intelligence of the equipment; second, building a demonstration production line to visually show customers the production capacity of the equipment and at the same time undertake part of the weaving tasks of 3D preforms; third, expanding the production capacity scale and improving the overall machine manufacturing ability. In the future, the company hopes to achieve the ability to produce 3 - 4 forming equipment simultaneously.