Foshan Taoyuan Research Institute opened successfully

On Taoyuan Road, Nanhai Park, Foshan high tech Zone, we can see the signboard of "Foshan Taoyuan advanced manufacturing research institute". It is a research institute focusing on the research and development of modern material surface coating technology, achievement docking, transfer incubation and project introduction. As soon as it settled down last year, it attracted the great attention of many high-end manufacturing enterprises in Foshan.

"Foshan is building an advanced manufacturing innovation center with profound innovation gene and global influence. The innovative development of surface coating technology is rooted in the fertile soil of Foshan manufacturing, which has made the birth of Foshan Taoyuan advanced manufacturing research institute. " At the unveiling ceremony of Foshan Taoyuan Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as "Taoyuan Research Institute") at the end of last year, Zhou Kesong, academician of the Chinese Academy of engineering, made such remarks.

What kind of organization is Taoyuan Research Institute? What is the story behind its establishment? What is the future development prospect? In March, spring is charming. Our reporter walked into Taoyuan Research Institute of Foshan high tech Zone to explore the story behind Taoyuan Research Institute——

Group photo of the opening ceremony of Taoyuan Research Institute in Foshan

Taoyuan's "three ties of friendship" to seek common cause

As the foundation and forerunner of high and new technology, modern material surface engineering technology has become the most important and potential field in the 21st century. Modern material surface engineering technology has the characteristics of highly intensive technology, high R & D investment, high added value of products and wide application fields, which can drive the whole manufacturing industry to achieve technological breakthrough, wide application prospects and huge market space.

As an important manufacturing base in China, Foshan has a solid foundation for the development of advanced manufacturing. It has formed a complete new material industry development system and an influential regional brand in 12 fields, including electronic information materials, advanced composite materials, biomedical materials and advanced ceramic materials.

Leaders of Guangdong Provincial Department of science and technology visited Foshan Taoyuan Research Institute

The Institute of new materials, Guangdong Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "Guangdong Institute of new materials") has National Engineering Laboratory of modern material surface engineering technology and Guangdong Key Laboratory of modern surface engineering technology. Among them, the national engineering laboratory is a modern material surface engineering research and development base based on advanced thermal spraying technology, vapor deposition technology, laser and ion beam technology, with relatively perfect equipment conditions for coating preparation, process characterization, surface analysis, material performance testing, etc.

In recent years, Guangdong Institute of new materials has carried out research and application of thermal spraying technology, vacuum coating technology, laser and processing technology, analysis and detection technology in the fields of aerospace, ocean engineering, advanced manufacturing, rail transit and other fields around strategic emerging industries and national major projects in Guangdong Province, and has undertaken more than 150 scientific research projects, More than 300 kinds of coating products have been developed and applied in engineering, forming a certain influence at home and abroad.

Scientific research institutes are an important source of urban intellectual support, which is of great significance to promote the development of urban industry. Guangdong new materials Co., Ltd. has established cooperative relations with many enterprises in Foshan, such as Midea, Liansu Group, Guangdong Wanlian, Nanhai DASONG, Shunwei precision, etc., in the fields of hydraulic ceramic machinery, manufacturing of key components of packaging and printing equipment, home appliances, 3D printing, etc., and the key components of the industry have reached the international advanced level through batch application, and some equipment has been exported to developed countries.

In this context, in December last year, Guangdong Institute of new materials, together with the Management Committee of Foshan high tech Zone and Nanhai Park Administration Bureau of Foshan high tech Zone, jointly built Foshan Taoyuan advanced manufacturing research institute and Foshan advanced manufacturing innovation center (hereinafter referred to as "innovation center") of Guangdong Institute of new materials. Zhou Kesong, academician of Chinese Academy of engineering, is the honorary president of Taoyuan Research Institute, and Dai Mingjiang, director of Guangdong Institute of new materials, is the president.

"The purpose of Taoyuan Research Institute and innovation center is to accelerate the implementation of scientific research projects of Guangdong Institute of new materials, promote the innovation of advanced manufacturing technology and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, and promote the rapid transformation and upgrading of Foshan's manufacturing industry." Zhu Huichao, executive vice president of Taoyuan Research Institute, explained.

Talking about the meaning of the name "Taoyuan" of the Research Institute, Zhu Huichao told reporters, "there are two reasons. One is that the road where the research institute is located happens to be called Taoyuan road. The other is that the research institute is jointly built by three parties, referring to the historical allusion" three junctions of Taoyuan ", implying that the three dialects are interdependent and work together for a great cause."

Incubate science and technology enterprises, small coatings become "big climate"

Focusing on the needs of national major projects and key industries, Taoyuan Research Institute has carried out basic theoretical research on the application of modern material surface engineering technology, key core and common technology research and development, research and development of high-performance coating materials and preparation process, established research and development support platform, introduced high-end talents in the material field at home and abroad, and carried out technology research and product development, Form a series of key technologies with independent intellectual property rights.

Although it has only been four months since its establishment, Taoyuan Research Institute has introduced 3 doctors, 5 masters, 6 scientific research and auxiliary personnel with bachelor degree or above, and 5 people with senior professional titles or above, including the industrialization team of high-performance coating products for high-end equipment represented by Zhu Huichao, and incubated Guangdong Yueke new material technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yueke new material").

"Taoyuan Research Institute and Yueke new materials were prepared for construction at the same time. Because Taoyuan Research Institute is an institution and has been registered for a long time, it was officially established after Yueke new materials. But in terms of their relationship, Yueke new materials is an incubator of Taoyuan Research Institute. " Zhu Huichao explained this origin.

Since its birth, Yueke new materials has focused on thermal spraying and vacuum coating, laser manufacturing, cold spraying and other coating technologies, which are mainly used in aerospace, oil drilling, automobile industry, packaging and printing machinery and other core key components of high-end equipment, and can give the material surface heat resistance, corrosion resistance, anti adhesion, wear resistance and friction reduction and other special properties.

Spraying technology of corrugated roller

"For example, the same coating is applied to the roller of lithium battery pole piece. Many enterprises only apply one coating. Due to the particularity of superhard materials, the coating is easy to fall off under high pressure rolling. We adopt the method of plating two layers of coating on the roller of lithium battery, one layer of dense and superhard material is used to solve the problem of wear resistance, and the next layer of coating with better toughness is used to solve the problem of coating shedding. " Zhu Huichao said that at present, the coating technology of this double-layer structure has applied for a patent.

"Compared with the traditional coating, our high-performance coating can improve the service life of key parts several times or even ten times, reaching the domestic leading and international advanced level." Zhu Huichao revealed that Yueke new materials has also developed a variety of coating technologies, which have been widely used in packaging and printing, advanced manufacturing and high-end equipment, forming a variety of high-tech products such as corrugated roller and anilox roller.

At present, Yueke new materials has established a R & D team with Academician Zhou Kesong as the technical leader and Zhu Huichao as the leader, with 13 middle and senior technicians. One year after its establishment, the company has a sales volume of 30 million yuan. It is expected that the sales volume will exceed 50 million yuan in 2021 and reach 100 million yuan in three years.

"60% of the company's business is oriented to Foshan, where there is a large demand for high-performance coating products for high-end equipment. Coupled with Foshan's policy support, good service of High-tech Zone, perfect supporting facilities and convenient transportation conditions, the market prospect is broad." Zhu Huichao said.

It's not spring to be alone. In addition to Yueke new materials, another project incubated by Taoyuan Research Institute is also worth mentioning - cold spraying project, which was led by Dr. Huang Renzhong and other four doctors who came back from Japan, France, Canada and Singapore.

"Cold spraying technology is an emerging technology, and it is also a cutting-edge technology in the world. Dr. Huang's team has made a great breakthrough in the military research of cold spraying in the Provincial Research Institute, and now the project is settled in Taoyuan Research Institute, mainly to expand the civil research of cold spraying." Zhu Huichao explained that the project has been supported by the provincial basic application major special project, and Yueke new materials is also a participating unit. At present, the cold spraying team is establishing a company in Foshan in an orderly manner.

Cooperation of industry, University and research to carry the "Foshan intelligent manufacturing"

"Taoyuan Research Institute is first positioned as the carrier of achievements transformation and application incubation of Guangdong Institute of new materials, transferring some scientific and technological achievements in the Institute to Foshan for transformation. What Taoyuan Research Institute should do is to help these scientific and technological achievements get through the last kilometer of market application." Zhu Huichao thinks.

At the same time, some technologies and projects with industrialization prospects are incubated in Taoyuan Research Institute, including providing equipment, personnel and other scientific research conditions, product trial production and technology promotion. When the conditions are mature, we will establish a company with technical personnel to open the application market.

Industry university research cooperation is a concept that Taoyuan Research Institute has been practicing. In the first four months, Taoyuan Research Institute has carried out industry university research cooperation with leading equipment manufacturing enterprises such as yizhimi, Liyuan Hydraulic machinery and Baode technology.

"For example, heyizhimi has carried out in-depth cooperation and Research on the key components of injection molding machines and die-casting machines, such as screws and indenters. In view of the new requirements of environmental protection and degradable plastic injection molding for key components of the equipment, mainly corrosion and wear, a layer of cermet coating is prepared on the screws and indenters. Through analysis, research and laboratory verification, Now a small number of computer tests have been carried out, and the effect is still remarkable from the existing results. " Zhu Huichao revealed.

Team activities of Foshan Taoyuan Research Institute

In the next three years, the goal of Taoyuan Research Institute is to build a scientific and technological innovation research platform with reasonable talent structure, outstanding scientific research achievements, strong attraction to scientific and technological innovation team, and important influence in China. The main research talents include postdoctors, doctors, masters, etc., forming a high-level innovation and research team, with dozens of doctors or senior engineers or above and subsidized experts from the State Council. The scientific research achievements cover more than 20 invention patents and patent authorizations, incubate, cultivate and introduce more than 2 high-tech enterprises, establish 10 enterprise standards, and serve more than 30 enterprises.

At the same time, the innovation center will be built into a domestic leading engineering research and development base for basic theory and practical technology of modern material surface engineering, and become an innovation platform for research and development of key core technologies, product development, personnel training, project management, technology transformation, technology integration, pilot test and engineering verification of new materials, especially modern material surface engineering.

"We hope that Taoyuan Research Institute can provide key core technical support for major projects and key industries in Foshan, Guangdong Province and even the country, enhance the international competitiveness of new material industry, drive the strategic adjustment of industrial structure in Foshan and Guangdong Province, and make contribution as much as possible." Zhu Huichao said.