Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ningbo Tiansheng Seals Co., Ltd. jointly established a joint laboratory for advanced sealing materials and systems

On June 5, 2020, the joint laboratory of advanced sealing materials and systems jointly established by the Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ningbo Tiansheng Sealing Parts Co., Ltd. held a grand opening ceremony at Tiansheng Company.

Leaders and units participating in the meeting include: All-Union Science and Technology Equipment Industry Chamber of Commerce, East China University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Clean Energy Research Institute, China Nuclear Power Research and Design Institute, China Launch Vehicle Technology Research Institute, etc., as well as more than 50 people including leaders and experts from the Ningbo Municipal Government, Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Military-Civil Integration Office, Cixi Municipal Government, Cixi Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The meeting was hosted by the Cixi Municipal Government.

Li Runwei, Secretary of the Ningbo Institute of Materials Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented the Laboratory Director Visiting Researcher Certificate to Li Xinggen, Chairman of Tiansheng Sealing. Li Xinggen, chairman of Ningbo Tiansheng Sealing Co., Ltd., and Yang Guilin, deputy director of Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered speeches on the joint establishment of the laboratory. Representatives Qiao Xiaolin, Secretary-General of the All-Union Technology Equipment Industry Chamber of Commerce, and Zhang Shanming, Chairman of the Shenzhen Clean Energy Research Institute, delivered speeches. Academician Wang Yuming of Tsinghua University was specially invited to give a video speech at the meeting.

Advanced sealing is the core basic component and important industry of the equipment manufacturing industry. It not only plays a prominent and irreplaceable role in the manufacturing industry chain, but is also directly related to the high performance, high reliability operation and service life of equipment systems under extreme working conditions such as aerospace, marine, nuclear power, and petrochemical industries. The joint laboratory of Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ningbo Tiansheng Seals Co., Ltd. focuses on the national strategic needs for sealing materials, improves the level of the sealing industry, leverages the integration advantages of application and scientific research, and completes a 'full chain' design layout from basic research, key technology research, application demonstration, and industrialization of results. Adhere to the positioning of the laboratory, conduct in-depth research on forward-looking issues, focus on accumulation, deepen collaborative innovation, with the goal of improving original innovation capabilities in the field of sealing materials, promote industrial transformation and upgrading, conversion of old and new kinetic energy, and continue to promote capacity building in the field of sealing materials.

Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ningbo Tiansheng Sealing Co., Ltd. give full play to their respective advantages of scientific research institutions and enterprises, establish an innovation value chain, enhance the independent innovation capabilities and competitiveness of enterprises, and adhere to the principles of resource sharing, mutual benefit and common development, focusing on the positioning and goals of major national strategic needs, and gathering talents, technology, etc. globally High-end and high-quality innovative resources, facing sealing material technology and industrial needs, carry out research and development, transformation and application of strategic cutting-edge technologies, core key technologies, and disruptive technologies, improve the level of my country's sealing industry, build a first-class innovative advanced sealing materials laboratory with major influence, and provide strong scientific and technological support to accelerate high-quality development.