Recently, the first "Strong Province Cup" Industrial Design Competition in Liaoning Province was successfully concluded, and the QJL4555 potassium salt mine full face mining machine product of Northern Heavy Industry won the Copper Award for Industrial Design in the Product Group

This competition is jointly organized by the Liaoning Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, the Liaoning Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Liaoning Provincial Federation of Trade Unions. It is hosted by Shenyang Innovation Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., with the theme of "Design Empowerment, Driving the Future". The aim is to promote the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry in Liaoning Province through the power of industrial design, and inject new vitality into industrial innovation.

This competition invited 61 expert judges from universities, enterprises, industrial design institutions, and other fields. Under the principle of fairness, impartiality, and openness, 72 award-winning works were finally selected from 4018 works collected nationwide

The QJL4555 potassium salt mine full face mining machine is the first domestically developed and the world's largest full face potassium salt mining machine independently developed by Northern Heavy Industry. It is a solid potassium salt mining equipment that integrates multiple functions such as continuous cutting, transportation, walking, dust removal, inertial navigation, wireless remote control, etc. It is a leapfrog technological revolution in China's solid potassium salt mining process, which will promote the safe, green, efficient, and intelligent development of solid potassium salt mines

Winning the Bronze Award in Industrial Design is a beneficial attempt for the product design of Northern Heavy Industry, and has achieved new gains in exploring the integration of product practicality and brand building