Established in 1957, Shenyang Research Institute of Foundry (SRIF) is a national recognized foundry institute in China. There are many state organizations associated with SRIF, such as: Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, National Technique Committee 54 on Foundry of Standardization Administration of China, Productive Promotion Center of Foundry Industry and Supervision and Inspection Center of Molding Materials and Important Castings of Machinery Industry.
SRIF is engaged in research, development, dissemination and production of new foundry materials, processes, techniques and equipments. The research fields include: metal, non-metal, synthetic and compound materials, precision forming, special process, computer application, non-pollution foundry technology and production technology of premium castings.
With a total area of 150,000 m2, SRIF is divided into three zones: Headquarter (20,000 m2), South Zone (50,000 m2) and West Zone (80,000 m2). There are more than 500 staff members, including over 200 technicians, over 100 professors and senior engineers and a number of foundry academic leaders (over 100 of them have doctor or master degrees,).
Since the establishment, SRIF has undertaken many important national research projects in commercial and military industries, and over 600 achievements have been made, many of which have been patented. The institute also trained nearly 100 doctors and masters specialized in foundry.
SRIF specializes in the production of special steel castings, electro-slag remelting castings, large aluminum alloy castings, investment titanium alloy castings, copper alloy castings, foundry materials and foundry equipments. With the advanced domestic and foreign production technology, SRIF has supplied a number of high quality castings and products for the development of national weapons system, accessories of domestic airspace and aerospace equipments and construction of large power stations at home and abroad.
SRIF
is attached by the following national organizations |
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Foundry Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society |
National Foundry Standardization Technique Committee |
Supervision and Inspection Center of Molding Materials and Important
Castings of Machinery Industry |
Productive
Promotion Center of Foundry Industry |
Research Center
of Foundry Technical Engineering |
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SRIF
is attached by the following national diecasting organizations |
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Diecasting Technique Commission, Foundry
Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society |
Diecasting Commission, National Foundry Standardization Technique
Committee |
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