China has successfully developed the world's first 1,000kN electrodynamic vibration shaker system, announced the China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF) on Monday.
The system was independently developed by Dongling Vibration, a leading Chinese mechanical environment and reliability test equipment manufacturer and overall solution service provider in east China's Jiangsu Province.
Vibration test systems are mainly used to test the reliability of equipment components by simulating real working conditions of vehicles and facilities such as rockets, satellites or planes. Such systems are indispensable for aerospace, transportation and other industries.
To date, this vibration shaker system has done testings for plane engines and a satellite weighing over 15 tonnes.
"We can only do feasibility testing of small components on 500 kN to 600 kN vibration test systems. Fatigue tests for a machine are beyond their capacity. Therefore, we are in dire need of test systems with greater forces, such as this 1,000 kN system, " said Ye Tengbo, chief engineer of Dongling Vibration.
As China has been marching towards greater achievements in aerospace, the weight and size of aerospace equipment continue to increase, and the structure becomes increasingly complex. All this means higher expectations for test system manufacturers.
"This is the first-ever 1,000 kN vibration test system in not just China but the whole world, symbolizing the latest technological breakthrough in vibration testing. We need such systems for our current and future development. For example, they are needed when we test the durability of components for aerospace vehicles, ships, rail vehicles like high-speed rail, and cars. Such testing systems are indispensable as our country is trying to develop high-end technologies. Therefore, it's fair to say that the successful operation of this system has paved the way for the high-quality development of high-end equipment in China," said Zhai Wanming, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Experts approved world's first 1,000kN vibration shaker system developed by China
International observers have welcomed the recent summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, calling deepened China-U.S. cooperation vital for global stability and positive development.
Xi concluded a three-day state visit to the United States on Friday, where he and Trump reaffirmed their commitment to a constructive, strategically stable relationship guided by fairness, reciprocity, and mutual respect.
In separate interviews with China Central Television, leaders and experts from around the world underscored that efforts to find a proper way for major countries to coexist not only benefit China and the U.S., but also inject much-needed stability and positive energy into global peace and development.
"And having that framework [for cooperation built on the constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability] rolled out between China and the U.S. is really important. We know that type of relationship works and it's successful. So we have to ensure that we see more cooperation between states on a global basis," said Catherine Ardagh, Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Ireland.
"After 11 years, President Xi is the first Chinese president to visit the United States of America. [For] the number of takeaways in this visit we see, as far as the outcomes, there are more than eight outcomes -- around eight outcomes are there. The world is looking toward this historic meeting," said Tahir Malik, head of the Department of International Relations, the National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad, Pakistan.
"So this mutual collaboration and respect between the United States and China sort of sets a standard for stability, growth and development. Certainly, the joint collaborations that the two presidents have set up for continual communication, I think, will be important," said Richard A. Black, the Schiller Institute's representative at the United Nations.
"Strong message of President Xi: The biggest investment of China is friendship, is cooperation, partnership, and not armed -- peaceful solutions for actually the world's problems," said Zijad Becirovic, director of International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies in Slovenia.
"President Xi Jinping's emphasis about sincerity and communication, coexistence as well as effective communication, is timely and I think we are heading for a stable world when these superpowers speak like that and continue coexisting," said Fabian Mutale, political analyst from Zambia.
Xi's visit was at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump. It followed Trump's state visit to China back in May.
Xi’s U.S. visit boosts cooperation, world stability: international observers
