Technology empowers the nation's critical infrastructure as the country's first "Supergravity Centrifugal Simulation and Experiment Facility" officially begins operation.
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2025-09-30
TuoChuang Technology, leveraging its independently developed "Deep-Sea High-Pressure Temperature-Controlled Experimental Device," is deeply involved in the nation's journey to develop major scientific instruments, supporting Zhejiang University's leadership in constructing the "Hypergravity Centrifugal Simulation and Experiment Facility."
September 29
China's first national major scientific facility
The "Supergravity Centrifugal Simulation and Experiment Facility," led by Zhejiang University
The core equipment startup meeting will be held.
(CCTV News report)
What is supergravity?
(Supergravity Centrifugal Simulation and Experiment Facility Laboratory Building)
The regular gravity we experience on Earth is referred to by scientists as Constant Gravity , expressed as 1g, any gravity exceeding this level is referred to as "hypergravity." The moment a roller coaster plunges downward, the facial muscles are pulled sharply downward; during an aircraft’s dramatic climb, passengers feel intense pressure; and when a car accelerates suddenly, there’s that unmistakable "pushing-back" sensation. These hypergravity experiences aren’t just commonplace in everyday life—they also hold immense potential in scientific research, pushing the boundaries of our current understanding in groundbreaking ways.
Experiments conducted under an ultra-gravity field can reveal miraculous effects that are normally invisible to us. Simply put, it’s the compression of space-time—allowing you to "see a lifetime in a single glance" or "travel a thousand miles with just one step."
The hypergravity centrifuge precisely simulates an "artificial gravity field" hundreds or even thousands of times stronger than Earth's gravity by generating centrifugal force through high-speed rotation. Thanks to the extreme gravitational conditions it creates, Scale effect, time-scaling effect, energy-amplification effect , enabling researchers to explore a series of material laws governing rock and soil collapse, geological evolution, material strength, planetary formation, and more. The experimental setup based on the hypergravity environment is Major areas include disaster prevention and mitigation for large-scale projects, deep-earth and deep-sea resource development, underground space utilization, new materials research and development, and geological process studies. An important tool for scientific research.
Visiting the World's Largest Hypergravity Centrifuge
"The Ultra-Gravity Centrifuge Simulation and Experiment Facility" (shortened to "Hangzhou Ultra-Gravity Field," or "CHIEF" in English) is the first national mega-science facility constructed in Zhejiang Province. It features three main centrifuge units: the Heavy-Duty Machine (CHIEF1900), the High-Speed Machine (CHIEF1500), and the Model Machine (CHIEF1300), along with 18 onboard experimental devices housed in six dedicated test chambers—covering applications such as slope and high-dam studies, geotechnical earthquake engineering, deep-sea engineering, deep-earth engineering and environmental research, geological processes, and materials preparation. The core equipment that has now been completed and officially put into operation is the ultra-gravity centrifuge CHIEF1300, which stands as the world's largest-capacity centrifuge currently available.
Deep-sea high-pressure temperature-controlled experimental apparatus
Tuochuang Technology, leveraging its independently developed "Deep-Sea High-Pressure Temperature-Controlled Experimental Device," is deeply involved in the nation's journey to develop major scientific instruments, providing critical support for CHIEF1300. This device can realistically simulate the in-situ hydrate extraction process, enabling real-time, rapid, and precise measurement of key parameters such as the temperature field, stress field, deformation field, and seepage field of the simulated system. It allows researchers to investigate the phase transition processes of natural gas hydrates during extraction, as well as the resulting catastrophic mechanisms—such as collapse, leakage, and blockage—in the seabed-wellbore system. This research provides crucial scientific data to support the efficient and safe exploitation of deep-sea natural gas hydrates.
Ultra-Gravity High-Pressure, High-Temperature Device
The 500T-class high-temperature, high-pressure apparatus features a main structure consisting of a 500T press combined with a piston-cylinder/multi-anvil pressure chamber, suitable for use with the ZJU400 centrifuge and the CHIEF-1300 model machine. The piston-cylinder pressure chamber is primarily composed of a support partition, an upper platen, a pressure plate, a piston, and a base. Pressurization of the tungsten carbide sample inside is achieved via the piston, while circulating cooling water is used to cool the pressure plate and related components, ensuring long-term system stability. Currently, the supergravity piston-cylinder press can achieve temperature and pressure conditions as high as 1500°C and 3.2 GPa within a 120g supergravity field.
From supporting the second trial extraction of combustible ice in the South China Sea to becoming the core supporting facility for China's national-scale supergravity scientific device, Tuochuang Technology has demonstrated with its cutting-edge technology the "path toward independent control of domestically produced research equipment." Moving forward, Tuochuang Technology will continue to leverage technological innovation to drive breakthroughs in scientific research, enabling more critical "bottleneck" challenges to be seamlessly resolved thanks to domestically developed equipment. This will provide robust support for national strategies such as deep-earth and deep-sea resource exploration, as well as ensuring the safety of major engineering projects.
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