The laboratory covers an area of approximately 800 square meters and is fully equipped with sophisticated testing devices and a team of professional engineering technicians. Its mechanical testing capabilities encompass a wide range of tests, including sealing tests, high-temperature and high-pressure strength tests, flow rate tests, resistance to operational stress, resistance to load stress, life-cycle tests, and back-siphonage tests. In 2006, the laboratory received accreditation from IAPMO as an in-house testing laboratory, giving Seagull an unparalleled advantage in certification programs such as UPC/cUPC! In 2009, the laboratory was authorized by the U.S. IAPMO laboratory to conduct AB1953 (California Low-Lead Plumbing Products Ordinance) and EPA energy-efficient certification tests, and obtained the corresponding competence certification. This long-standing certification history and extensive experience have provided strong assurance for Seagull’s products to enter the international market. Since its establishment, the laboratory’s management has been steadily improved, and its testing capabilities have continuously enhanced. It has now established a complete and effective management system. To further elevate the laboratory’s management standards and technical capabilities and ensure the accuracy of testing results, the laboratory has adopted the CNAS-CL01:2006 (ISO/IEC 17025:2005) “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories” management system. The laboratory obtained China National Laboratory Accreditation in February 2011.

The low-temperature arc vapor deposition machine VT3000 (English abbreviation: LTAVD—VT3000) is primarily used for surface treatment and processing of metal and plastic substrates. Operating under low-temperature conditions, it enables the processing and production of products with complex surface treatments, ensuring stable quality, uniform coating and color, as well as high durability and reliability. The machine is equipped with an external LCD touch-screen computer, indicator lights, and various control buttons, allowing real-time monitoring of the production process and making operation more user-friendly. Its unique interlock system provides effective automatic protection and alarms, maximizing the safety and reliability of personnel, machinery, and products. The user-friendly visual operating interface clearly and concisely assists in quickly identifying and resolving any equipment malfunctions.

The alloy electroplating line is primarily responsible for the surface treatment of zinc-alloy bathroom hardware products, including faucet housings, faucet handles, bathroom accessories, door handles, and more. It boasts proficient plating technologies for coatings such as chromium, nickel, and copper. The coated products are of excellent quality and have earned high praise and trust from both domestic and international customers. This fully automated gantry-type electroplating line, controlled by PLC programming, spans a total length of 120 meters. All electroplating process parameters are precisely controlled via microcomputer systems, enabling real-time data collection, monitoring, and automatic alarm notifications. Additionally, the line is equipped with an independent electroplating technology testing laboratory that allows for hourly sampling and inspection of the plating solutions. In terms of energy conservation and emission reduction, substantial investments have been made in a wastewater treatment plant. Electroplating wastewater is centrally treated to meet 100% compliance standards and can then be recycled for further use.

The electroplating gantry line and the spraying line are specialized production lines for product surface treatment, multi-color powder coating, and liquid paint spraying. The company is equipped with complete inspection facilities as well as mold-making equipment, enabling it to design and produce, according to customer requirements, hardware and plastic products of various colors and appearances. Seagull not only masters copper, nickel, and chrome plating processes and technologies but also has expertise in advanced, high-value-added plating processes such as stainless steel-like surface electroplating and ion vacuum coating (PVD).

The Seagull has introduced the ABB-ROBOT4400 robot and successfully applied it to the polishing of bathroom products, transforming the grinding and polishing workshop into a modern facility equipped with a highly automated, real-time information system. By replacing manual grinding and polishing with robotic grinding and polishing, we have reduced the health risks posed by the high-dust, high-noise environment, lowered the physical strain on employees, and improved productivity, product quality, production reliability, and safety.

This production technology primarily relies on advanced CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machining centers and CNC machine tools as its core equipment. It is also equipped with a tool magazine that enables automatic tool changes, making it well-suited for flexible, small-batch, and diversified production. With this type of equipment and technology, after the workpiece is clamped once, the CNC system can automatically control the machine tool to select and change tools according to programmed工序, while simultaneously adjusting the spindle speed, feed rate, and the relative motion trajectory of the tool with respect to the workpiece. In this way, multiple operations required in conventional machining processes can be consolidated into a single setup, achieving a combination of flexibility, intelligence, high precision, and replicability. This technology is particularly well-suited for products with stringent dimensional tolerances, large machining allowances, substantial product volumes, and strict geometric and positional tolerances.

Seagull boasts an experienced, professional team specializing in mold design and manufacturing. The company possesses advanced technologies for designing and manufacturing gravity casting and low-pressure casting molds, forging dies, stamping dies, die-casting molds, and injection molding molds. Mold manufacturing time has been reduced from 60 days to just 25 days. Furthermore, Seagull extensively employs technologies such as reverse engineering and rapid prototyping in mold design, and has introduced advanced mold-making equipment including micro-discharge machining (MEDM) and high-speed CNC machine tools. All of Seagull’s major molds are now manufactured in-house, providing strong support for the development of Seagull’s new products.