Achievement Announcement: HCHC Once Again Wins First Prize of Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award

Recently, the People’s Government of Anhui Province announced the Decision on the 2023 Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Awards. Our company’s project, “Key Technologies and Applications of High-Load Self-Lubricating Thin Film Preparation for Motion Components in High-End Equipment”, has been awarded the First Prize of the Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. This marks the second time our company has received this prestigious honor.

Project Overview

High-end equipment manufacturing is a fundamental and pillar industry for economic and social development, and it is also one of the ten strategic emerging industries strongly supported and developed by Anhui Province. Key motion components in high-end equipment often operate under extremely harsh service conditions. Insufficient load-bearing capacity and inadequate lubrication performance have long constrained the development and safe operation of such equipment. Hydraulic components are typical examples of these critical motion parts.

With nearly 60 years of expertise in the hydraulic field, HCHC possesses strong technical reserves. In this project, the company joined forces with the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Anhui University of Technology to address this key technical bottleneck and achieve a major breakthrough.

Focusing on the demand for high-strength and tough lubricating films in China’s high-end equipment sector, the project successfully overcame key challenges in the preparation and application of high-load self-lubricating carbon-based films. Both technical indicators and overall performance have reached an internationally advanced level.

Major Achievements and Innovations

This project has delivered the following key innovations:

1. A new micro–nano multi-scale approach for constructing self-lubricating carbon-based films was proposed, enabling the development of multiple high-strength, tough, and low-friction composite film systems.

2. A continuous composite process combining carbon-based film deposition and impregnation was invented, effectively solving the issue of insufficient load-bearing capacity in carbon-based films.

3. A low-temperature uniform deposition technology for self-lubricating carbon-based films was developed, overcoming lifetime limitations of precision motion components operating under complex coupling and extreme environmental conditions.

Application Results

The technology has already been widely applied in hydraulic components produced by our company. Testing shows that hydraulic products using this technology demonstrate a 20%–30% improvement in reliability, performance, and service life compared with conventional products.

Significance of the Project

The recognition and successful implementation of this project represent a new breakthrough in HCHC’s long-standing “industry–academia–research–application” innovation strategy.

Moving forward, HCHC will continue to prioritize technological innovation as the core driving force of enterprise development. By empowering products through advanced technologies, the company will further strengthen its efforts in the R&D and application of domestically produced high-end hydraulic products, striving to become a world-class provider of integrated hydraulic system solutions.