Summary：Co-founded by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Co., Ltd. CSR 601766 Guba, Xi’an Jiaotong University and Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd.

Co-founded by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Co., Ltd. CSR 601766 Guba, Xi’an Jiaotong University and Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd. Times New Material 600458 Guba, “State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment Zhuzhou Laboratory Base” integrates the scientific research platform of insulation technologies and advanced technologies of “State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment” in Xi’an Jiaotong University, the only state key laboratory engaged in researches on electrical insulation and power equipment, research and engineering application platform of high end insulation system of CSR Zhuzhou Electric Co., Ltd., and research and industrial advantages of Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd., to realize engineering research base by developing advanced sciences and technologies with joint efforts. 

The establishment of “State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment Zhuzhou Laboratory Base” marks that CSR Zhuzhou Electric Co., Ltd. becomes the first research and manufacturing company of electric machines with electric insulation system verification and evaluation, and high end basic insulation test technologies in China. CSR Zhuzhou Electric Co., Ltd. will avail itself of this opportunity and set up basic insulation research and experimental bases with characteristics such as “insulation reliability test base for high speed and heavy loaded locomotives” , “offshore wind turbine and oil drilling platforms motor insulation weathering test base”, “frequency conversion motor insulation research and experimental base”, “research and application test base for new special insulation materials” and “research on insulation system of permanent magnet motor”, etc. so as to solve the problems of key insulation materials and structures which have been hindering the development of insulation technology, to continuously enhance the capability of independent innovation and scientific research strength and meet the demanding requirements for insulation of high-end products like bullet trains, heavy loaded locomotives and offshore wind power generators and effectively improve the overall strength of CSR and even China as regards the insulation technologies of traction electric machine, transformer and wind power generator.  

Initiated in 2008, the insulation laboratory is aimed at building an engineering application research base for converting advanced insulation technologies at home to high-end products and providing technical platform for continuous development of the insulation system of motor. Completed in 2012, the laboratory has a total building area of 6,600 m2, a gross investment of more than RMB 50 million and about 70 sets of specialized test equipment. 

It is understood that the insulation laboratory, consisting of specialized test parts like physicochemical, technological, mechanical, electrical and environmental tests, has advanced test means and equipment such as insulation material, structural partial discharge test, full-automatic AC breakdown test, automatic test of power frequency dielectric loss, PJ surge interturn pressure test, high-frequency pulse test, automatic AC voltage withstand electrothermal aging test, low temperature and low pressure electrical test, mechanical vibration test, salt spray test, damp heat test, hot and cold impact test, and sand abrasion test equipment, and the laboratory is capable of making evaluation and reliability analysis about the insulation life of traction motor insulation system and assessing the insulation structures with adaptability to climates like plateau, coastal and desert climate, etc., thus the laboratory can provide strong technological support for high-speed trains and heavy load locomotives to adapt to diversified regional climate in China.