Recently, Wolong’s high-voltage variable-frequency drives, together with Jerey Equipment, successfully overcame the stringent international safety certification requirements for the Kuwait CGUP gas-compression project. Relying on robust technical strength and product quality, they passed the complete set of safety verifications for the international high-end market. Wolong has also become the first domestic high-voltage variable-frequency-drive manufacturer to fully pass this project’s international high-end certification, filling a long-standing technical gap in the industry at one stroke and demonstrating the global competitiveness of China’s high-end power equipment.
Extreme challenges overcome: no precedent, high standards and a short schedule
International high-end oil, gas and energy-engineering projects have an almost stringent assessment system for the safety, stability and extreme-environment adaptability of high-voltage variable-frequency drives. Protection capability under extreme operating conditions has long been the core bottleneck restricting domestic power equipment from entering overseas high-end markets; previously, no domestic enterprise had completely passed this core safety verification.
The Kuwait CGUP project layered on multiple extreme challenges. It not only applied the highest international safety standards, but also had an extremely tight project schedule and demanding implementation requirements. The equipment had to adapt to the local extreme high-temperature environment of 50°C, while simultaneously meeting the two core requirements of operation in extreme heat and stringent safety protection. Operating-condition complexity and technical-adaptation difficulty both rose exponentially. Facing a new arena with “no design template, no test standard and no implementation experience”, Wolong’s technical team worked diligently and made every effort to solve the challenge of adapting to overseas extreme operating conditions.
Technical breakthrough: deep R&D empowers intelligent manufacturing, robust strength breaks overseas barriers
Drawing on Wolong Drives’ accumulation of high-voltage technology and refined manufacturing strength in high-end drive equipment, Wolong completed independent end-to-end R&D and validation of the high-voltage variable-frequency drive in response to the extreme operating-condition requirements of this project.
• Achieving a zero-to-one breakthrough in industry certification
It has filled the gap in high-end international certification for domestic high-voltage variable-frequency drives and broken the overseas technological-monopoly landscape.
• Coordinated optimization for extreme operating conditions
It has overcome the collaborative design challenge between high-temperature heat-dissipation structures and safety protection, setting a new benchmark for the safety and reliability of domestic variable-frequency drives in extreme environments.
• Efficient delivery demonstrates China speed
Facing a tight schedule and exceptionally high technical requirements, the R&D, design and testing teams worked in full coordination around the clock, strictly controlling every technical detail and tracking every project milestone to ensure successful project delivery.
Milestone significance: reshaping the industry landscape and illuminating a calling card for Chinese intelligent manufacturing overseas
For the enterprise, this certification breakthrough is strong evidence of Wolong’s technology R&D and high-end manufacturing capabilities. It signifies that the core safety performance and extreme-operating-condition adaptability of Wolong high-voltage variable-frequency drives have reached internationally leading levels. It fully validates the reliable strength of Wolong equipment in global high-end energy projects and extreme operating-condition scenarios, greatly enhancing the brand’s voice and influence in the international high-end power-equipment market and building a core barrier for the enterprise’s deep cultivation of overseas high-end markets.
For the industry, this breakthrough fills the domestic industry’s gap in international high-end safety certification for high-voltage variable-frequency drives and makes up a key shortcoming for Chinese high-end power equipment going overseas. It establishes top international standards for domestic high-end power equipment and provides mature technical solutions and implementation experience for entering energy projects under extreme operating conditions worldwide, helping domestic power equipment enter the high-end track and continuously polishing the global calling card of China’s high-end manufacturing.