Meeting Preface
On the afternoon of July 14, Zhejiang Newton Fluid Control Co., Ltd. and Nanjing University of Technology officially signed an industry-university-research cooperation agreement. Focusing on projects such as fluid transportation, energy-saving design, energy-saving renovation and intelligent upgrading of steam and thermal energy systems, an expert team jointly formed by professors, doctoral supervisors, doctoral students and master’s students provides technical support for the entire process of development, design, simulation and testing.
Zhou Jianqiu, Dean of the School of Energy Science and Engineering of Nanjing University of Technology, and Dr. Zhang Zhonglin were invited to visit. Newton’s management team, technical backbones and market leaders participated in the exchange.
In the in-depth communication before and after the signing, the two parties formed a highly consistent judgment on the direction of “energy-saving and smart steam system” and clarified the starting point of cooperation in technical collaboration and talent co-education. This cooperation also marks the further implementation of Newton’s “system solution” strategy, exploring a pragmatic and feasible path for school-enterprise integration.
Scenario | From products to systems, from local optimization to full-process reconstruction
Newton started with bellows valves and has long focused on the research and development and practice of steam system solutions. In multiple links such as steam generation, transportation, heating, and condensate recovery, the company has accumulated a relatively complete engineering experience and product matrix.
In this exchange, Newton’s marketing and technical team introduced the company’s overall conception of system development, focusing on the optimization and upgrading of steam control equipment and system integration. In the future, the company also plans to explore the direction of building a data-driven intelligent platform, and gradually promote the intelligent recommendation and application of energy-saving systems.
Connection | Scientific research is not about stacking formulas, but about entering the front line of the factory
“It’s not important for us researchers to talk about formulas. What’s important is whether you can guide practice in the end.”
During the signing exchange, Zhou Jianqiu, dean of the School of Energy Science and Engineering at Nanjing University of Technology, said so.
He emphasized that the value of scientific research work does not lie in how complex the theoretical modeling is, nor in how beautiful the simulation diagram is, but in whether it truly serves the front line of engineering and solves practical problems on site. “No matter how good the model is, if it cannot be implemented, it is just a good-looking picture.”
Dean Zhou introduced that his scientific research team covers multiple directions such as materials, equipment, simulation, energy recovery, AI algorithms, etc., and has a complete capability chain from basic research to engineering modeling to device verification, focusing on building a practical closed loop of “data-testing-feedback-optimization”.
“We hope that through this cooperation, more research results will truly enter the enterprise system research and development and enter the actual scene.” He said.
Synergy|From contract signing to substantive linkage, the mechanism is gradually expanding
Big data, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and other scientific and technological revolutions representing the new era are rebuilding the new form of global economy, and the entire industrial chain of production, storage, transportation, sales, etc. related to it are all being rebuilt under the influence of new science and technology.
This signing is not only the starting point of the cooperation between the two parties, but also a key step in the docking of scientific research resources and industrial scenarios.
Before and after the signing, Newton and Nanjing University of Technology have carried out preliminary communication around system optimization, technology adaptation, platform exploration and other directions, and reached a preliminary consensus in many dimensions. Focusing on the cooperation path, project mechanism and coordination rhythm, the two sides are gradually establishing a stable docking system.
At present, some cooperation matters have entered the substantive promotion stage. NUST will send senior experts and graduate teams to VMV Newton for practical training, and deeply participate in engineering practice processes such as product modeling, prototype testing, and data verification; at the same time, both parties are also exploring the construction of an energy-saving control feedback closed loop of “diagnosis-feedback-recommendation-optimization” based on customer on-site data and R&D parameters, so as to accumulate data support and logic verification for subsequent platform construction.
Although the cooperation is still in its initial stage, there is a good consensus foundation and a clear collaborative vision.
In the future, both the school and the enterprise will continue to promote the deepening of the cooperation mechanism and further open up the channel between scientific research capabilities and engineering practice.
We believe that the systematic transformation is not achieved overnight, but a continuous progress after solid links.
