Recently, the winners of the 2024 Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award were officially announced. The "Innovation and Application of Key Technology for High-Mobility Wheeled Engineering Vehicle Suspension" project led by Professor Zhao Dingxuan at YSU School of Mechanical Engineering, won the Grand Prize for Technology Invention Award. This project is the only one to receive this national honor. This is the first time for both the University and Hebei Province to win the Grand Prize of the Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award, marking a significant historical breakthrough in the University’s scientific research development.
The beginning part of the list of award-winning projects for the 2024 Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award
It is reported that 430 projects were rewarded the Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award, including 34 for the Technological Invention Award (1 Grand Prize, 12 First Prizes, 17 Second Prizes, and 4 Third Prizes) and 396 for Science and Technology Progress Award (4 Grand Prizes, 28 First Prizes, 180 Second Prizes, and 184 Third Prizes).
All the wheels of the all-terrain crane remain on the ground when the diagonally opposite wheels traverse a 400-mm high trapezoidal obstacle at the same time
A high-spray fire truck can smoothly elevate the aerial ladder and spray water while traversing 100-mm high trapezoidal obstacles continuously on its right-side wheels
Zhao Dingxuan commands the fire truck high spray test on the spot
Supported by the national key research and development plan, etc., the "Innovation and Application of Key Technology for High-Mobility Wheeled Engineering Vehicle Suspension" project has made systematic innovations in active, semi-active and passive suspension technology, and active/passive switching suspension technology for high-mobility wheeled engineering vehicles. It solved the long-lasting global vehicle design challenge of the conflicting demands for both ride comfort and handling stability which could be hardly satisfied at the same time. Its application to all-terrain cranes has realized that all wheels remain on the ground while diagonally opposite wheels simultaneously traverse a 400-mm high obstacle, and its application to high-spray fire trucks with aerial ladders has realized the capability to elevate the ladder to extinguish fire while driving on uneven roads, both for the first time in the world. The project has obtained a total of 67 invention patents, including 35 national invention patents and 32 international PCT patents. The project achievements have been applied to a series of all-terrain cranes and fire trucks produced by XCMG, and to a certain type of special vehicle produced by Tai'an Aerospace Special Vehicle Co., Ltd.
In addition, the "Key Technology for Intelligent Rotary Drilling Rigs and its Application" project led by Professor Ai Chao at the School of Mechanical Engineering, won the First Prize for Science and Technology Progress Award. The "Intelligent Nesting Method and Key Technology for Two-Dimensional Irregular Contours and its Application" project led by Associate Professor Guo Baosu, won the Second Prize for the Science and Technology Progress Award. The "Key Process Technology for Ultra-High-Strength Hot-Dip Galvanized Automotive Panels and its Application" project led by Professor Bai Zhenhua, also won the Second Prize for Science and Technology Progress Award.
The Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award is a comprehensive national science and technology award for the machinery industry, and the industry's highest science and technology award. Approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology and accredited by the National Office for Science & Technology Awards, it aims to award institutions and individuals with outstanding scientific and technological contributions to the machinery industry.
Winning the Grand Prize and other prizes of the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award highlights the University's high-level achievements in the machinery industry and has milestone significance for the construction and development of the University's mechanical engineering and other related disciplines, as well as the National Key Laboratory of Lifting Machinery Key Technology.
