On November 21, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, held a “LNG Industry Alliance National Product Evaluation Conference for First Invar Pre-fabrication Made of BaoWu”.
China’s first LNG carrier liquid cargo tank Invar component made of domestically produced Invar steel and Invar welding wire has successfully passed the appraisal, marking an important breakthrough in China’s LNG carrier industry chain in promoting the localization of materials, and a milestone in the collaborative innovation of the China (Changxing) LNG Industry Alliance.
Invar steel is the core of the LNG carrier material, to realize the development of all localized components is of great significance to ensure the safety of the national core materials, and to expand and strengthen China’s LNG industry.
During the appraisal process, the technical quality department of the supporting companies reported the control process of the first manufactured Invar pre-fabrication, and the quality assurance department of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding introduced the process of quality assessment of the domestic Invar steel, as well as the quality control and acceptance process of the first manufactured components.
In the on-site evaluation, the experts and guests came to the workshop of Invar pre-fabrications to check the whole process of domestic Invar pre-fabrications from lamination, cutting, folding, production, etc., and inspected the finished products of national Invar tubes, trihedrons, and dihedrons.
So far, Hudong-Zhonghua has built more than 100 LNG storage and transportation equipment and delivered nearly 50 ships, driving the market of domestic supporting equipment with a value of hundreds of billions of yuan and further improving the market competitiveness of domestic ship supporting equipment.
The cooperation between Hudong-Zhonghua and Baowu Group has become a landmark event in promoting the localization of LNG equipment and materials. In the next step, with the support of all sectors, Hudong-Zhonghua will strictly promote the actual application of domestically produced invar components in accordance with international standards.
So far, Hudong-Zhonghua has built more than 100 LNG storage and transportation equipment and delivered nearly 50 ships, driving the market of domestic supporting equipment with a value of hundreds of billions of yuan and further improving the market competitiveness of domestic ship supporting supporting equipment. The cooperation between Hudong-Zhonghua and Baowu Teye has become a landmark event in promoting the localization of LNG equipment and materials.
In the next step, with the support of all sectors, Hudong-Zhonghua will strictly promote the real ship application of domestically produced Invar components in accordance with international standards.