Sumitomo Pavers New Technology Seminar Held in Xi'an

A few days ago, the China Construction Machinery Industry Association Road and Compaction Machinery Branch and the School of Construction Machinery of Chang’an University co-organized the Sumitomo Paver New Technology Symposium. Seven people including the minister and technical director of the Sumitomo Construction Machinery Road Machinery Division of Japan. Intensive seminars and discussions were held at the School of Engineering Mechanics of Chang’an University. Prof. Feng Zhongxu, Dean of Faculty of Engineering Mechanics of Chang’an University, Prof. Jiao Shengjie, Associate Dean, Prof. Hu Shengchuang, Prof. Hu Xuerong, and Party Secretary of the College Party Committee, Deputy Secretary-General of China Association of Construction Machinery Industry, Road and Compaction Machinery, Mou Zehua, and China Communications Construction Group Highway More than 50 technical experts from relevant agencies such as the Second Bureau, Shaanxi High-Speed ​​Group, and Shaanxi Communications Vocational and Technical College attended the seminar. The editors of this journal were invited to the meeting.
The Japan Sumitomo Group is a Japanese evergreen company with a history of more than 400 years. It is listed with the Mitsubishi Group and the Mitsui Group as the three major economic groups in Japan. The group’s core business involves banking, commerce, electrical appliances, and construction machinery. Sumitomo Construction Machinery is a subsidiary of the Sumitomo Group that specializes in production engineering machinery. Its products include excavators, asphalt pavers and other equipment. The Sumitomo excavator had entered the Chinese market more than a decade ago. In 2004, Sumitomo Construction Machinery and the Hong Kong Zhongjun Group established a joint venture in Xiamen, Zhongzhong Zhongjun (Xiamen) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. to sell excavators. Asphalt paver products were introduced to the Chinese market. It is reported that Sumitomo Pavers have a market share of about 70% in Japan.
In this seminar, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Road Surface and Compaction Machinery Division Min Zehua first gave a report on “Analysis of China's Asphalt Paver Market Operation in 2006”; afterwards, Sumitomo Kazuo, Minister of Road Machinery of Sumitomo Construction Machinery, Japan, The technical director, Ishii Iwasaki, introduced in detail the Sumitomo Construction Machinery asphalt pavement double-layer paving technology, the screed continuous expansion technology and other innovative technologies, as well as the paving machine capable of simultaneously paving different mixes, with emulsified asphalt spraying function. Pavers.
Experts at the meeting spoke highly of the fruitful innovations in the construction of Asphalt Paver technology by Sumitomo Construction Machinery. At the same time, the HA60W paver exhibited a continuous expansion from 2.3 meters to a width of 6 meters and was equipped with a Sumitomo patented STV screed. interest of. The machine was unveiled in China during the BAUMA Shanghai 2006 exhibition in November 2006, attracting people's attention due to its new design concept and the ability to quickly and flexibly complete variable width paving operations. In addition, the Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. asphalt pavement double paver and pavers with emulsified asphalt spreaders also left a profound impact on participants. Professor Feng Zhongxu, Dean of Faculty of Engineering Machinery at Chang’an University, commented that the technological concept that Sumitomo Construction Machinery brought to Xi’an was based on an in-depth study of the asphalt paving process and the performance of the paving machine, and aimed at the construction of road operations. The innovation of practical needs is an inspiration and reference for the majority of scientific and technical personnel in the domestic road and compaction machinery industry.
At the seminar, the participating experts also conducted in-depth discussions on the details of the new product development and application practices of Sumitomo. After the meeting, Japanese guests, accompanied by Prof. Jiao Shengjie and Prof. Hu Yongji, Vice Presidents, visited the National Key Laboratory, Chang’an University Road Mechanization Construction Laboratory.
This seminar has promoted the research progress of the new technology in the domestic and foreign road machinery industry and strengthened the communication between the road surface equipment suppliers and the majority of scientific researchers and construction users.

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