Reliability became "maximum trump card" of 2016 Weichai product technical upgrading.
On Oct.14th, Ministry of Science & Technology officially released the list of the 3rd batch of enterprise-owned State key laboratories. As the leader of ICE industry, Weichai Key Laboratory for ICE Reliability has passed the deliberation.
In order to further improve the layout of Enterprise-owned State Key Laboratories, the country started to build the 3rd batch of Enterprise-owned State Key Laboratories in 2014. Through experts' assessment, 75 labs including Weichai Key Laboratory for ICE Reliability were approved.
Key Laboratory for ICE Reliability has a total investment of 550 million yuan, building area of 11,200 square meters, and scientific equipment of 260 million yuan, which satisfies the research need of engine reliability, key part reliability, reliability prediction and assessment. As the most versatile lab with best researching ability in the industry, the lab has passed national C-NAS accreditation and German TÜV, and its equipment has achieved international advanced and domestic leading level. Preproduction center has an investment of 250 million yuan, with five-axis machining centers, quick car, and other high-precision equipment fully meeting the needs of testing parts. It's also equipped with a separate utility station house which guarantees wind, electricity, gas, oil, cold and heating supply.
The lab has a total of 138 employees, in which 120 are permanent, four are national "Thousand People Plan" scholars, eight are Shandong government "Taishan Scholars", and fifty with senior titles. They work in three directions: engine reliability, key part reliability, reliability prediction and assessment.
Since the starting of the "Twelfth Five-year Plan", the lab has led 8 national science & technology plan projects, participated in 6 national science & technology plan projects, taken the lead of 93 Shandong science & technology plan projects, and received more than 14 science & technology progress awards above provincial level. It also hosted and participated in the establishment of 21 national and industry standards and was granted 675 patents, published 47 papers, including 3 SCI papers and 11 EI papers.
Enterprise State Key Laboratory is an important part of the national technology innovation system. After passing the deliberation, Weichai ICE Key Laboratory for Reliability will do basic application research and pre-competition common technology research, help define international, national and industry standards based on the needs of society and industry, gather and cultivate talents, lead and promote the industry technical progress.