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NHI Claims Excellence Award at High-End Equipment Manufacturing Vocational Skills Competition

Published:2025-08-19

On August 8, the Liaoning Provincial Federation of Trade Unions and the Department of Science and Technology announced that Northern Heavy Industries Group (NHI) secured the Excellence Award at the provincial High-End Equipment Manufacturing Employee Vocational Skills Competition. With its theme "High-End Equipment Manufacturing Drives Liaoning's Revitalization," the competition honored NHI's innovative reversible open-top/container dual-purpose double-car dumper. This achievement solidifies NHI's position as a leading innovator in the equipment manufacturing sector.

The award-winning double-car dumper mentioned above represents a breakthrough in intelligent design, revolutionizing traditional unloading methods. This innovative system integrates a primary double-car dumper with auxiliary equipment including haulage machines and transfer platforms to form a fully automated processing line. It efficiently handles both standard C60-C80 open-top railcars and flatcars carrying open-top containers, delivering a versatile "one-system, multiple-functions" unloading solution.

In recent years, NHI has been at the forefront of implementing China's "bulk-to-container" and "road-to-rail" transportation initiatives, developing innovative solutions to long-standing challenges in railway bulk material handling. The company's comprehensive range of advanced wagon dumper systems provides complete material handling solutions, seamlessly integrating every stage from railcar entry through to final material storage. These systems deliver three key competitive advantages: industry-leading unloading efficiency, unmatched compatibility across multiple cargo types, and fully automated operation. The award-winning double-car dumper represents a particular breakthrough, solving the persistent industry problem of simultaneous open-top railcar and container handling. Its revolutionary "on-car flipping" technology has demonstrated container unloading efficiency improvements exceeding 30%.

The implementation of this advanced system has revolutionized conventional unloading operations, replacing outdated, labor-intensive methods with an environmentally sustainable alternative. By eliminating dedicated unloading yards and reducing supervisory staffing requirements, the solution achieves dual benefits: substantial cost reductions and a dramatically reduced carbon footprint. This transition from traditional "black logistics" to modern "green logistics" aligns perfectly with industrial sustainability goals, offering enterprises a practical pathway to eco-friendly factory operations. Moreover, it makes a tangible contribution to China's "Blue Sky Protection Campaign," generating measurable improvements in economic efficiency, social responsibility, and environmental protection.