Research and development institutions and equipment
     Along with the enterprise development, Shagang has alwayconcept of “ Technology is the navigator that will lead us to endless progess”.We established the Enterprise Technology Center in 1998 and it has been assessed as the national enterprise technical center in 2007.
The Technical Center consists of the Institute of Research of Iron and Steel (IRIS)and Physical and Chemical Testing Center, of which IRIS consists of three research institutes, eight research laboratories, as well as three auxiliary departments of the general management office, the analysis and testing laboratory and the experimental workshop.
 Physical and chemical testing center is consisted by mechanical testing, metallographic testing, chemical testing, and coke testing, environmental testing 5 professional testing rooms.
 Technology center is equipped with the world first-class analysis of testing equipment, including field emission transmission electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (sem), double -beam scanning electron microscope, electron probe, X-ray diffractometer, fatigue testing machine, thermal simulator and a variety of chemical analysis and mechanical test equipments, has created favorable conditions for the advanced steel materials and technology research and development.
    Talent strategy is the key of forming enterprises’ core competitiveness. Until the end of 2021, the technology center have 473 R&D personnel, including 33 doctors and 114 masters, 60 technicians with senior grade, 93 technicians with intermediate grade, and 16 external experts. Some of the team members have been on the list of High level innovative talent and team in Jiangsu Province, 333Talent scheme of Jiangsu and Leading talent scheme of Zhangjiagang. Shagang jointly establishes Master of Engineering Program with Jiangsu University, Nanjing University of Technology, builds the joint training project for on-job doctorates through cooperating with University of Science﹠Technology Beijing and Southeast University. Technological center has formed a group of core technicians in product research, management innovation, technical transformation, energy saving and emission reduction, so that it plays positive role in Shagang’s rapid development. Through internal training, joint training, sending out for further study and other forms, Shagang has cultivated high-level innovative talents in science and technology to provide strong talent guarantee for the realization of new development strategy.
The technology center has formed a group of core technical personnel in product research and development, management innovation, technological transformation, energy conservation and emission reduction, and played an active role in the rapid development of the enterprise. By means of internal training, cooperative training, overseas study and other ways, the enterprise cultivates high-level scientific and technological talents with independent innovation ability, providing a strong talent guarantee for the realization of new development strategic targets.
Shagang group to build the base of "Industry-University-Research Cooperation ", establish good relations of cooperation with the Beijing Iron and Steel Research Institute, Southeast University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Northeastern University, Chongqing University, Dalian University of Technology, Suzhou University and other research institutes, colleges and universities, make full use of their advantages on technology and talent, improve Shagang’s ability of technological innovation.
     Shagang and Suzhouo University jointly established Shagang College of Suzhou University, focusing on training production, scientific research and management talents of Shagang Group. The enterprise academician workstation was established in cooperation with the team of academician Wang Guodong of Northeastern University, providing a favorable platform for further industry-university-research cooperation.
Shagang puts great effort to establish the “Industry-Education-Research” collaboration base and makes good cooperative relationship with Beijing Iron﹠Steel General Research Institute, Southeast University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Northeastern University, Chongqing University, Dalian University of Technology, Suzhou University and other science and technology institutions, colleges in order to make full use of technological and talent advantages to improve technical self-innovation ability. Shagang and Suzhou University jointly built Shagang colleges of Suzhou University which centres on training talent in production, research, management. It provides platform for further “Industry-Education-Research” collaboration. And cooperates with Northeastern University and NUT to build training plan of master of engineering. Up to now, 6 doctors and 110 Master of Engineering graduated successfully, who serviced for Shagang.
Effective innovation management system is an important guarantee to improve and develop innovation ability. Based on the actual situation of the enterprise and the overall requirements of improving work efficiency and quickly producing research results, the enterprise technology center adopts a flat matrix management mode to ensure that all types of R&D activities and quality improvement activities are carried out quickly and efficiently. The Technical Center keeps close contact with relevant departments to ensure accurate transmission of product R&D and quality improvement requirements, and rapid industrial application of R&D results.
    In order to create a good atmosphere for innovation in the whole company and stimulate the enthusiasm for innovation of employees, the enterprise issued the "Project Award Management System", "Interim Provisions on the Implementation of Dry Stock Award", "Science and Technology Management System" and other systems and regulations. The annual commendation meeting is held to award innovation and invention, and the advanced operation methods invented and summarized by the employees are named after the employees, such as "Hua Deming smelting time management method", "Mei Chengyue control coil operation method", etc., which enhances the sense of honor of the employees and further motivates the employees to innovate.

Dongbei Special Steel Group Technology Center

Dongbei Special Steel Group established the technical center in 2004; it consists of special steel research institute (branches both in Dalian and Fushun Bases) and the pilot chamber, the center was recognized as a national technical center in 2007, It obtained the qualification of Liaoning Province postdoctoral research base workstation in 2007, and was approved to set up a national postdoctoral research workstation in June 2008. The technical center is united by scientific research management of special steel, structural steel research institute, institute of bearing steel and die steel research institute, institute of stainless steel, high temperature alloy research institute, high strength steel research institute, institute of titanium alloy, precision alloy research institute, institute of auto parts, standard research institute of 11 products research and management departments.

Dongbei Special Steel Group technology center has the domestic first-class special steel product research and development team, the technical background is profound and with academic atmosphere. By the end of Nov. 2019, there were more than 200 R&D personnel of different majors, among whom 5 enjoy government subsidies from State Council, 4 enjoy municipal government subsidies; 8 with doctoral degree, 44 with master's degree; 62 senior or above titles, including 8 professors. Dongbei Special Steel cooperated with General Institute of Iron and Steel Research, Northeast University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Dalian University of Technology and other units to train on-the-job master students. And also it has established long-term and stable cooperation mechanism with Beijing Iron and Steel Research Institute, Chinese academy of Sciences Metal Research Institute, Beijing Aerospace Materials Research Institute, Northeastern University, Tsinghua University, Dalian University of Technology and other scientific research institutes and institutions to make full use of their technological and talent advantages and improve its ability of technological innovation. In 2005, the “state engineering research center for advanced iron and steel materials technology” was established with the General Institute of Iron and Steel Research, University of Science and Technology Beijing and other shareholders. In 2010, the Dalian Special Alloy Steel Engineering Laboratory was established jointly with Dalian University of Technology in order to carry out research in the field of special alloy and transform the results. In 2016, Liaoning Fushun Special Steel Engineering Technology Research Center was established with the approval of Liaoning Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

Dongbei Special Steel Group Technology center is equipped with facilities from the United States, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and other countries of first-class analysis testing equipment, including scanning electron microscope, high temperature tensile testing machine, durable creep tester, microscope, fluorescence spectrometer, and fast automatic analysis system on smelting process, automatic grinding polishing machine, automatic brinell hardness tester, automatic Rockwell hardness tester, inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer, flaw detector, etc, has created favorable conditions for the advanced steel materials and technology research and development.

Dongbei Special Steel Group attaches great importance to technological innovation, has established a scientific and technological innovation mechanism in self-development, and continuously increased the investment in scientific and technological innovation. In recent years, the annual R&D investment of the company accounts for more than 3% of the product sales revenue. In 2019 we added six new projects at or above the provincial level, and 42 projects under research at or above the provincial level. Presided over and participated in the revision of a number of national and industrial standards. Among the national standards released in 2019, our company presided over 13 formulations (revision) of and participated in 2 formulations (revision). In 2019, the company has been granted 7 national patents, 4 progress awards in metallurgical science and awards in provincial national science and technology, 8 gold cup awards in product quality recognition, and 3 famous brand products in Liaoning Province.

All the time, the new products developed by the Group Center are widely used in aerospace engineering, domestic large aircraft project, nuclear power, die-set, wind power generation equipment, high-speed railway, car localization and upgrading steel for oil exploitation, etc.. The research on super alloy, high strength steel and die steel represents the highest level in China, some are advanced level in the world, the research on special stainless steel, high grade mechanical steel and automotive steel is all at the leading level in China. The construction of China’s first domestically produced aircraft carrier “ Shangdong” has adopted a variety of high quality special steel from Dongbei Special Steel, the rivet steel, 100% spring wire, military steel for defense system etc. are all made of the stainless bar, rod, wire, alloy strip and super alloy for military application, such as J-15 Jet Fighter of China Air Force.
 

Huaigang Special Steel Technology Center
Huaisteel Special Steel Technology Center was established in 1998, it was identified as Jiangsu Postdoctoral Technology Innovation Center and Provincial Technology Center in 2001 and 2002 respectively, moreover in 2006, the Ministry of Personnel approved the establishment of Huaigang National Postdoctoral Research Station. Technology center consists of Steelmaking Process Research Division, New Product R&D Division, Science and Technology Management Office, Physical and Chemical Testing Center and other functional departments, a high performance Automobile Steel Engineering Technology Research Center, Key laboratory of New Special Steel Materials for Rail Transportation, Innovative Platform of Energy Equipment Steel Engineering Research Center of Jiang Province; these centers are dedicated in special steel smelting technology research and new product development. 

The technology center has a professional and technical, innovative research and development team. The team has more than 190 R&D personnel, including 6 doctors and 27 masters. 64 senior or above titles; Five of them are listed as the "333 High-level Talents Project" of Jiangsu Province, and 29 are listed as the "533 Talents Project" of Huai 'an City. The R&D staff has won many honors such as "Jiangsu Province May 1 Labor Medal", "Jiangsu Province Young Post Expert", " Outstanding Contribution Middle-younger Expert" and so on.

The Physical and Chemical Testing Center was approved by China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) in 2002. The existing specialized instruments including Metal Analyzer in situ, Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDS), Portable Direct Reading Spectrometer, Zwick 330 kn Electronic Universal Material Testing Machine, Oxygen Nitrogen and Hydrogen Analyzer, Direct Reading Spectrometer, X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, Spark Spectrometer, Portable Spectrometer, High Frequency Infrared Carbon Sulfur Analyzer, Rockwell Hardness Tester etc., and guarantee the development of high quality special steel research and development.

The Technology Center take advantages of technologies and equipments, unites with General Iron and Steel Research Institute, China Academy of Railway Sciences, Northeastern University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Shanghai University, Anhui University of Technology, Jiangsu University and other scientific research institutes, undertook the construction of major scientific research projects such as the National "973 Plan" Industrial Experiment Project, the China Torch Program, the National Xinghuo Plan, and the major scientific and technological achievements transformation project of Jiangsu Province. It has developed a number of excellent and special steel varieties with good market prospects, such as gear steel, spring steel, non-quenched and tempered steel, bearing steel, tube billet, anchor chain steel, low alloy high strength structural steel, alloy structural steel, high quality carbon structural steel, and cultivated 6 provincial famous brand products as "Huaigang Brand Spring Steel". "High carbon chromium bearing steel" and other 7 products won the Golden cup of National Product Physical Quality, "Forklift Flat Steel" and other 4 products won the award of Metallurgical Industry Quality Outstanding Product. Presided over and participated in the formulation of 38 national standards, industry standards and group standards; obtained 158 authorized patents, including 45 invention patents; Related achievements have won 32 awards in the fields of industry, provincial and municipal science and technology progress. Products are widely used in automobiles, construction machinery, rail transit, energy equipment, machinery manufacturing, ships and other fields, thus being deeply trusted by users.

Yongxing special steel technology center

Anyang yongxing special steel co., LTD., Shagang Group, has received strong technical support from shagang group, and is ready to share R&D achievements, senior technical personnel, advanced R&D equipment and resources. Shagang Yongxing enterprise technology center has been recognized as the provincial enterprise technology center of Henan Province, with the company leader as the director of the center and established a sound R&D system. In 2019, Anyang clean steel tube billet and high strength steel bar engineering technology research center was established to carry out in-depth research on the production technology of clean steel tube billet and high strength steel bar. Relying on the technical center, the company has formed a team of high-quality and capable high-tech talents, with 1 doctor, 1 master,113 bachelor degree or above, 6 senior titles or above, 25 intermediate and senior titles, 261 R&D personnel。It has formed a training site of 500m2 and a pilot test base of 10000m2, equipped with Shimazu scanning channel X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, Japan, 25-channel direct reading spectrum imported from Germany, high-precision infrared carbon sulfur analyzer, nitrogen hydrogen oxygen analyzer High Magnification Metallographic Microscope, Stereoscope and other large-scale analytical test instruments.

In recent years, Anyang has made great efforts to promote the transformation and upgrading of superior special steel. Centering on the three main products of high-strength construction steel bar, continuous casting round billet and high-quality round steel bar, the company has developed new products such as 600MPa high strength steel bar, round blank for forging of railway cover plate culver, round blank for forging of mining machinery, round blank for forging of wind power flange, mining chain alloy steel and round steel. Undertook 2 major projects of science and technology of Anyang city, got 35 items of intellectual property rights, 2 invention patents, 5 software Copyrights, one revised export rebar control standard, and promoting in production, providing a solid support for the enterprise transformation and upgrading, high quality development, energy conservation, environmental protection, obtains the good economic benefit and social benefit. Shagang Yongxing Company "Shagang" brand rebar is a well-known brand in China, rebar products are upgraded to 400MPa level, 500MPa level high strength seismic steel bar, the products approved by MCC product MC product certification, used in Zheng-Wan High-speed Railway, Zhengzhou Subway, Guandu Yellow River Bridge, Han-shi Railway, Taijiao High-way and other national key projects. The round blank products developed by the company are widely used in seamless steel pipe manufacturing such as fluid pipe, structural pipe, middle and low pressure boiler pipe, hydraulic pillar pipe, low temperature chemical fluid pipe, automobile casing pipe, oil well pipe and so on, as well as forging parts for high-speed railway equipment, mining machinery, wind power equipment etc., The products are well received by users. Continuous casting round tube blank for oil casing are supplied to key projects such as CNPC and Sinopec, and φ 310 oil well pipe steel has filled the blank in Henan Province. CrMo alloy steel pipe blank processing products for export. Round steel bar for machining eliminated those low carbon steel such as Q195, Q235B and comprehensive upgrade to the high quality carbon structural steel, high strength low alloy structural steel, alloy structural steel and other varieties, is widely used in mechanical processing, high strength fasteners, mining chain, shaft, connecting rod, keys, pins, etc., the processed mechanical parts are adopted by domestic well-known automobile enterprises.