The 2016 Awards’ jury committee presented a total of 344 prizes, including one Grand Prize, 35 first prizes and 119 second prizes.
Chinese construction, quarrying and mining equipment giant XCMG won a first prize for its ‘Research and Industrialised Application of the Core Technology of Hydraulic Walking Excavators’ entry from the company’s road machinery business.
XCMG received second prizes for projects titled:
‘Research and Industrialized Application of the Core Technology of Efficient and Environmental-protecting Pneumatic Conveying in Construction Machinery’ by XCMG Construction Machinery Research Institute and XCMG Environment
‘Research and Industrialised Application of Overloading Transportation of Large-scale All-ground Cranes Technology’ by XCMG Heavy Machinery
‘Research and Industrialized Application of Self-adaptive Steering for the High-speed and Multi-axis Vehicles Technology’ by XCMG Heavy Machinery.
XCMG were awarded third prizes for the following entries:
‘Protective Technology and Application of Off-Road Vehicle Rollover’
‘Research, Manufacturing and Industrialized Application of 9-12 meter Large-scale and Top-performing Pavers Technology’ by XCMG road machinery business
‘Research and Industrialised Application of the Core Technology of Extra-meter -sized Pump Trucks’ by XCMG SCHWING
‘Research, Development and Industrialised Application of XZJ5161TYH Road Surface Maintenance Vehicles’
‘FN series Wheel Loader’ by XCMG Science & Technology
‘SQS500A Lorry-mounted Cranes’by XCMGSC.
According to the evaluation panels, the entries submitted by XCMG for their review reached the international advanced level. With its technological strength developed and accumulated through cutting-edge technologies, XCMG can lay claim to a significant role in promoting scientific and technological progress in the industry and advancing the construction of the Chinese economy.
The Grand Prize winning project in the 2016 China Machinery Industry Science & Technology Awards went to an entry titled ‘Diesel Methanol Compound Combustion Technology’ from Professor Yao Chunde and his team at Tianjin University’s School of Mechanical Engineering.
XCMG says it has accelerated the establishment of a global collaborative research and development platform, which is a digitised and cloud-platform-based, and has strengthened its cooperation and collaboration in innovation with the world's leading R&D institutions, research institutes and wisdom groups. Additionally, XCMG says it strives to improve the effectiveness and level of research and development, to promote technological innovation and productivity, playing a leading role in the Chinese construction machinery industry and serving as a bellwether in China's speedy industrial transformation and upgrading.
