Gu Xin’s salt‑specific color sorter helps boost the quality and efficiency of salt production at Xinjiang’s salt lakes.


Release Date:

2026-09-10

Xinjiang Salt Lake Salt Production Co., Ltd. is located at the Dabancheng Salt Lake in Urumqi. Leveraging its unique natural salt‑lake resources, it is a long-established state‑owned salt‑production enterprise in Xinjiang. Originally founded as the Salt Lake Chemical Plant in 1958, the company underwent restructuring in 2000 and holds dual national qualifications for designated salt production and wholesale distribution.

Xinjiang Salt Lake Salt‑Making Co., Ltd. is located at the Dabancheng Salt Lake in Urumqi. Leveraging its uniquely advantageous natural salt‑lake resources, the company is a long-established state‑owned salt producer in Xinjiang. Originally founded in 1958 as the Salt Lake Chemical Plant, it completed its restructuring in 2000 and holds dual national qualifications for designated salt production and wholesale distribution. The company’s registered capital stands at RMB 135 million, with mining rights covering an area of 41.61 square kilometers. The total salt‑lake reserves amount to 130 million tons, with an annual raw salt output of 200,000 tons and refined lake salt production of 150,000 tons per year, supported by a complementary production line capable of manufacturing 120,000 tons of sodium sulfate annually. The plant is situated adjacent to a major railway line and operates its own dedicated freight terminal, ensuring excellent external transportation conditions. As a high‑tech enterprise recognized for its specialization, refinement, uniqueness, and innovation, the company has equipped itself with an intelligent vacuum‑evaporation salt‑production line and holds more than thirty patents. Its product portfolio includes various grades of edible lake salt, livestock salt, and sodium sulfate intended for export. During extraction, natural raw salt is prone to contamination by mud, sand, and yellow‑tinted particles, while fine‑grained impurities are difficult to remove through manual sorting, posing a persistent challenge to improving the quality of finished salt products.

Hefei Guxin Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. has long been dedicated to the field of intelligent sorting for minerals and salts. Tailoring its solutions to the specific operating conditions of salt lakes, the company has developed a customized color sorter specially designed for table salt, providing an advanced, automated purification system for salt production in Xinjiang’s salt lakes. This equipment features algorithms optimized for medium‑to‑fine salt powders ranging from 16 to 120 mesh, enabling precise identification of even the tiniest foreign‑colored impurities with a sorting accuracy of up to 99.9%. It effectively enhances both the purity and whiteness of the finished product, meeting the stringent quality standards required for premium edible salt and export‑grade salt. Given the highly corrosive nature of salt, the entire machine incorporates a corrosion‑resistant, sealed design, with food‑grade materials used on all surfaces that come into contact with the product. This ensures continuous, stable operation around the clock, fully complying with safety regulations for salt processing. In terms of throughput and energy efficiency, the unit boasts a high processing capacity and can be seamlessly integrated into existing salt‑production lines. The equipment also features an optimized powder‑conveying chute, minimizing losses during product discharge, while achieving energy savings of more than 40% compared with conventional systems. To address the logistical challenges posed by Xinjiang’s remote location, Guxin offers comprehensive maintenance and support services, including customized solution design, on‑site commissioning, and staff training, ensuring the long‑term, reliable operation of the equipment.

Once the equipment is put into operation, it empowers Xinjiang’s salt‑lake salt industry to undergo transformation and upgrading across multiple dimensions. In terms of quality, it reliably removes trace impurities from fine salt, enhancing the appearance of “Yanhú” brand lake salt and helping the company expand into the high‑end food‑salt segment and overseas markets. On the production side, automated sorting significantly boosts raw‑material utilization while reducing energy consumption per unit of product. By leveraging intelligent sorting technology, the enterprise has further advanced the digital transformation of the traditional salt‑making sector, fully capitalizing on the advantages of its natural lake‑salt resources to improve product quality, cut production costs, and increase capacity efficiency—thereby continuously strengthening the market competitiveness of this state‑owned salt producer.