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A brief introduction of ISM
Institute for Structural Materials (ISM), subordinated to Central
Iron & Steel Research Institute (CISRI), was established in 1958.
ISM is the largest Research & Development center for Steel
technologies in China. It consists of 13 groups, one open
laboratory, one workshop and its office. Its research filed covers
almost all of steel grades: carbon steels, low alloy steels, alloy
structural steels, ultra high strength steels, stainless steels,
anti-corrosion alloys, refractory steels, tool and die steels,
bearing steels, the relevant coating and welding technologies, and
alloy design by computation etc. In the past 50 years, many well
known experts in the different fields have come from ISM and their
achievements have been widely recognized by Chinese steel
industries, such as Prof. Sun Zhenbao in the filed of developing
alloyed steels, Prof. Liu Jiahe and Prof. Wu Baorong in low alloyed
steels, Prof. Lu Shiying in stainless steels, Prof. Zhao Xiancun in
high strength stainless steels, Prof. Wu Jiu in dual-phase stainless
steels, Prof. Liu Rongzhao in heat-resistant steels, Prof. Wang
Shizhang in high-speed steels and Prof. Weng Yuqing in ultrafine
steels.
There are more than 100 employees in ISM. Among them, there
are 14 professors, 24 senior engineers and 8 PhD supervisors. 20% of
employees hold Doctor Degree. In 2004, there were 75 graduate
students working for their thesis in ISM.
Among the steel industries and other relevant research
institutes, ISM is well known since it takes a leading role on
developing steel technologies in China. For the past 50 years, ISM
has undertaken a lot of national key projects cooperated with
Chinese steel industries. ISM developed many steel grades for
aircrafts, nuclear/hydraulic/fuel power plants, chemical industries,
construction industries, transportation system and military
industries. The outstanding achievements made by ISM lead to many
national prizes, for examples, 24 National Invention Prizes and 36
National Prizes for progress in Science and Technology. Particularly
in the recent years, ISM has made an important contribution to the
very rapid development in Chinese steel production. In 2004, there
were 91 projects in total undergoing in ISM and financial support to
these research projects was up to 28 million RMB. It produced 83
publications, ten patents last year.
In 2004, National Engineering Research Center for Advanced
Steel Technology (NERCAST), which focuses on developing the advanced
steelmaking technology at the national level and serves for the
entire Chinese steel industries, was established on the basis of ISM
and authorized by National Development and Reform Commission. Some
employees from ISM are selected as full time working staff in
NERCAST since CISRI is the dominant shareholder of NERCAST. The main
objective of the Center is to be a platform for advanced steel
technology transfer through the promotion of fundamental research,
to develop the cutting-edge technology for the better competition of
the steel enterprises.
Besides, ISM also actively cooperates with international
colleagues on developing steel technologies. For an example, ISM is
now collaborating with relevant institutes in Japan and Korea on the
Super Steel Project, with European Union on the project of ultrafine
grained steels.
ISM owns plenty of facilities for steel researches, including
thermal simulator Gleeble, impact tester, MTS, X-ray diffraction
analyzer, optical microscope, SEM, TEM, dilatometer, heat treatment
furnaces, welding and coating facilities. In the near future, ISM is
going to upgrade them and aiming at setting up the state-of-the-art
facilities.
Both Chinese steel market and steel production technologies
have been constantly changing particularly in the recent time. We
recognize that ISM must continue to evolve to take the challenges
from the fast Chinese economic growth. Therefore, we are determined
to be open to the international community and act as a bridge for
the technology transfer from the world leading steel producers into
China, and attract the talented scientists with the ultimate aim of
making ISM a source of invention and advanced technologies.
The director of ISM
Dr. DONG Han กก |
