The Joint Lab for Additive Manufacturing, a large aircraft innovalley joint lab built under the cooperation of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) and Beihang University was inaugurated at Beihang University on June 21. Academician Fang Jiancheng, Vice President of Beihang University, Liu Dan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute, COMAC, Academician Wang Huaming, Director of the National Engineering Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing for Large Metallic Components attended the ceremony. The event was hosted by Wang Rongqiao, President Assistant and Director of Institute of Science and Technology.
The inauguration ceremony
At the event, “The Building Plan of the Large Aircraft Innovalley Joint Lab—Joint Lab for Additive Technology” was signed by Beihang University and Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute, COMAC. Fang Jiancheng, Liu Dan and Wang Huaming unveiled the nameplate.
The building plan of the joint lab was signed by the two sides
The nameplate of the lab was unveiled
The Joint Lab for Additive Manufacturing is the second large aircraft innovalley joint lab supported by Beihang University after the Large Aircraft Flight Control/ Hydraulic/ Undercarriage Joint Lab, which marks a milestone in the implementation of “Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement Between COMAC and Beihang University” signed by the two sides on September, 2018.
With the launch of the joint lab, more in-depth cooperation with COMAC in additive manufacturing will be conducted under the support of some major research institutes such as the National Engineering Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing for Large Metallic Components. The lab will focus on the research and development of the large aircraft, innovate the design and manufacture of large passenger jets, reform the production and maintenance models of the large passenger jets and accelerate the transformation process from research findings to practical applications. In this way, the corresponding “production-education-research” system can be developed in a coordinated manner, the talent pool of scientific research in relative fields can be guaranteed and the design and testing capabilities of COMAC can be further enhanced.
Beihang University will continue to support the building and operation of the joint lab so as to make greater contribution to the development of China's large aircraft industry.
Reported by Cao Haitao
Photographed by Di Bailu
Edited by Jia Aiping
Reviewed by Liu Gang
Translated by Xiong Ting
