Exclusive Interview With Chen Zhibing, The Person In Charge Of "Chengdu Chen Zhibing (Welding Processing) Skills Master Studio"
In the finals of the just-concluded 2024 World Vocational College Skills Competition, the student team from the School of Mechanical Engineering of Chengdu Vocational and Technical College of Industry and Commerce won the national gold medal in the Higher Vocational Equipment Manufacturing Track Intelligent Welding Technology Competition. The full score for this competition is 700 points. The team of industry and trade students scored a high score of 661 points and won the national gold medal with an absolute advantage of 36 points far exceeding the second place. Its gold content is self-evident. As soon as the participating teams landed in Sichuan, the teachers and students of the school were already waiting at the airport to congratulate them again! Behind the excellent results, we also saw a familiar face, that is the instructor of the participating team-Chen Zhibing.
Chen Zhibing, a skilled master of Sichuan Province, a skilled craftsman and technical expert in Chengdu, the professional leader of welding technology at Chengdu Vocational and Technical College of Industry and Trade (Chengdu Technician College), and the professional leader of Chengdu Chen Zhibing (welding processing). ) Skill Master Studio. Over the years, it has focused on welding professional teaching and welding process technology, and has contributed breakthrough technologies to the development of my country's intelligent robots, new energy vehicles and other industries. Since entering the field of vocational education in 2009, it has not only achieved remarkable results in teaching, scientific research and student competitions, but also used technological research as a driving force to introduce new technologies and new processes into student classrooms, opening up the frontier to provide students with the Industry information. window. In the vocational education community of Chengdu Vocational and Technical College of Industry and Trade (Chengdu Technician College), he is hailed as an outstanding representative of "craftsman teachers" by teachers and students. Today, let’s get closer to this welding master and talk about his story with welding.
Learning welding is inheritance and love
Growing up in a working-class family, Chen Zhibing was exposed to business and welding technology from an early age. In 1986, after graduating from junior high school, he followed his parents' advice to "inherit the mantle" and learned to be a welder. It seemed like he stumbled upon it, but somehow he found his calling. Dedicate your life to your career. In 1989, Chen Zhibing graduated from a technical school and went to work in a company. During my country's economic transformation in the 1990s, many of his colleagues and peers were no longer willing to engage in welding work and began to plan for other ways out. Although Chen Zhibing was once confused, he never wavered. He has worked steadily in the company for more than 20 years with his superb welding skills. The story of Chen Zhibing and welding is not just "persistence". Fine welding with subtle differences requires more patience and meticulous craftsmanship than persistence. From his words, we may be able to better understand why a master craftsman’s love for welding is so genuine. He said: "I like welding. I don't think welding is a hard, tiring, dirty, purely practical job. On the contrary, welding involves many fields such as metallurgy, materials science, engineering mechanics, automatic control, etc." Technology is a cross-border In terms of disciplines, each of our operations must be supported by solid theory, which requires us to calm down and continue to enrich, learn, and improve. "
In 2009, with his rich corporate work experience and shining resume, Chen Zhibing came to Chengdu Industry and Trade Vocational and Technical College (Chengdu Technician College) through talent introduction and became a professional course teacher. Here, he has more time, energy, and resources to devote himself wholeheartedly to the development of the welding industry, technological research, and the cultivation of highly skilled welding talents.
Take root on the front line, persist in ingenuity, and build dreams
After entering the school, Chen Zhibing still adheres to the craftsmanship spirit of continuous learning and excellence engraved in his bones, and consistently contributes the tenacity of concentration, pursuit of excellence, and excellence on the podium.
Chen Zhibing knows very well that vocational education must keep up with the pace of industry development and introduce the latest scientific and technological achievements into the classroom. To this end, he continues to explore and try, integrating the technical experience and innovative achievements he accumulated in his corporate work into teaching. In terms of teaching, he always adheres to the combination of theory and practice. He combined theoretical classes with practical classes, and even moved the theoretical classes directly to the practical training base.
Although he is strict in class, there is no criticism. He will give each student the opportunity to express his or her views and opinions, discuss with each other, respect each other, inspire each other, and grow together. In order to help students develop good living habits, he runs with the training team students on time at 6 o'clock every day. When there are major competitions, he often works overtime in the training room with participating students until late at night. He never hesitated to express his gratitude to others. The students shared the latest welding technology. The class included both solid theory and the latest technology. What attracted students even more was that he was wearing work clothes and quietly admiring the welding process that had just been completed. His simple love, sparkling and inspiring, subtly affects the seeds of welding and has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of students.
Erji is a 2018 graduate of the welding major of Chengdu Technician College and a student of Chen Zhibing. While in school, Erji participated in competition training under the guidance of Chen Zhibing. From speaking Mandarin poorly to actively participating in skill competitions at all levels, he has performed well and is meticulous. Erji is now a nuclear-grade welder at China National Nuclear Corporation. In July this year, he used his unique mirror welding and left and right hand welding skills to connect the "main artery" of the nuclear power plant and was awarded the title of "National Technical Expert". His name was also printed on the pipeline of the national key project "Hualong One", and his deeds were reported by major mainstream media. At present, among Chen Zhibing's students, 4 of them, like Erji, who have become talents through welding majors, have won the honorary title of "National Technical Experts".
Continuously innovate, lead and empower with technology
In terms of industry and trade, Chen Zhibing used his solid front-line experience to innovate teaching and undertake work such as student training and young teacher training. On the other hand, he has never neglected his own skills and relied on the school’s science and education integration platform and resources to further promote professional development. Cooperate with enterprises to continuously improve the level of professional construction. Since enrollment, he has guided students to participate in the welding major student skills competition and win 114 awards, including more than ten welding process technology research projects.
In 2015, the school recommended Chen Zhibing to take the lead in establishing the Chengdu Chen Zhibing (Welding Processing) Master Studio. After nearly ten years of development, the studio currently has more than 10 members inside and outside the school, including 4 senior welding technicians, 1 senior cold work sheet metal technician, 2 doctoral students, and 4 graduate students. It is equipped with more than 100 units of various arc welding robots, welding machines, fully automatic cutting and blanking, material forming and other equipment. In addition, the studio also purchased advanced metal mechanical performance testing and inspection equipment such as low-temperature impact testing machines, electronic universal testing machines, and metallographic microscopes.
Under the leadership of Chen Zhibing, in just over two years since its establishment, the studio has completed the "National Selection Competition for Welding Projects of the 44th World Skills Competition", "National Teacher Training Course in line with World Competition Standards", "2016 China Skills Tour - - Entering Sichuan", "2016 Sichuan Province Welder Elite Confrontation Exhibition Competition" and more than 10 major activities. Trained more than 400 students, teachers and trainees of all types.
"As a teacher in a vocational school, if we want to develop our own major and cultivate the talents that companies need, we must give full play to our original advantages and integrate with the outside world, companies, and the market. Our major is a comprehensive cross-disciplinary Disciplines. Promote the integration of vocational education and general education, the integration of industry and education, and the integration of science and education, and make full use of the platform and industrial resources provided by the school. Source. We continue to make more efforts in the integration of science and education to seek technological research breakthroughs and transform scientific and technological innovation results into talent training." To this end, the studio actively carries out various forms of teaching and research activities with universities, scientific research institutions and enterprises. , has cooperated with the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Southwest Jiaotong University and the Sichuan Advanced Welding and Surface Engineering Technology Institute. The institute signed a cooperation agreement to jointly complete a number of scientific research projects and corporate technology research work. From 2022 to the end of 2023, Chen Zhibing, as the person in charge of the welding process, proposed the optimal welding process plan. The first domestic magnesium alloy body welding technology jointly developed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and Shaanxi Automobile Group played a key role in the successful trial production of magnesium alloy bodies. Previously, he also proposed improvements and optimization plans for the welding process. A military aluminum alloy transformer cavity produced by Chengdu Yongliang Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. has adjusted the original connection process between stainless steel bolts and aluminum alloy cavity, simplified the bolt processing technology, ensured the air tightness of the cavity after welding, and increased the original The welding qualification rate ranges from 50% to 98%, adding more than 200,000 yuan in economic benefits to the enterprise.
Craftsmanship casts soul, peach and plum are fragrant. From enterprise to university, Chen Zhibing not only wrote a wonderful chapter in his life with welding technology, but also cultivated a large number of high-quality technical talents for the development of the welding industry through more than ten years of ingenuity. He said, "Every time I see a welding process completed, I will admire it for a long time and feel proud, because it means that every technological breakthrough has our contribution. The integration of science and education is the inevitable direction of development." As a part of vocational education As a member, I will be committed to transforming personal professional skills into the productivity of enterprise technological innovation, introducing cutting-edge technology in the field of welding into the training process of highly skilled talents, and using my own meager efforts to contribute to the enterprise. Development of the welding industry. "
