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    Standards for the remanufacturing of cast and forged parts for heavy equipment have been released, promoting the development of a circular economy.


    Release time:

    2025/11/18

    Recently, China officially released the "General Technical Specifications for Remanufacturing Cast and Forged Parts for Heavy Equipment," marking a crucial step forward in the circular economy within the high-end equipment sector.

      Recently, China officially released the "General Technical Specifications for Remanufacturing of Cast and Forged Parts for Heavy Equipment," marking a crucial step forward in the circular economy within the high-end equipment sector. The standard was spearheaded by the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Large-Scale Cast and Forged Parts and jointly drafted by leading enterprises such as Second Heavy (Deyang) Heavy Equipment Co., Ltd. It systematically standardizes the remanufacturing processes, quality inspection procedures, and environmental protection requirements for cast and forged parts used in heavy equipment—including nuclear power pressure vessels and gas turbine rotors—thus filling a significant gap in the industry.

      The standard explicitly requires remanufacturing enterprises to establish a five-level quality control system that covers aspects such as raw material traceability, laser-based online inspection during the forging process, ultrasonic testing, and hardness uniformity testing, ensuring that product performance meets or exceeds 90% of the standards for new products. At the same time, the standard stipulates that the energy consumption in the remanufacturing process must be reduced by 60% compared to manufacturing new products, material utilization rates must increase by 70%, and pollutant emissions must be cut by 80%, thereby effectively promoting resource recycling.

      Addressing industry pain points, the standard innovatively proposes a “digital twin-based process optimization” approach, requiring enterprises to use simulation models to shorten the process optimization cycle by 30%. The standard also sets a target of completing intelligent upgrades for 40% of equipment by 2025. Currently, this standard has been piloted in the nuclear power and thermal power sectors, resulting in an 18% increase in the pass rate of non-destructive testing for rotor-type forgings and a 2.3-percentage-point improvement in the utilization rate of steel ingots, thereby providing technological support for the high-quality development of a circular economy.