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China Unveils World's Most Powerful Centrifuge Facility
The CHIEF1300 centrifuge supports research in disaster mitigation and new material synthesis by replicating extreme conditions up to 300 times Earth’s gravity and carrying 20 tonnes, researchers said.
- On September 29, 2025, CHIEF1300, the first of three centrifuges at the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility, began operating in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
- Led by Zhejiang University, the project aims to accelerate research across multiple disciplines, supporting deep-Earth resource extraction and new materials while Chen Yunmin said, `We aim to establish experimental environments for studying the motion of multiphase substances by adjusting centrifugal acceleration and load.`
- Its 6.4-metre rotating arm operates inside a 230-square-metre machine hall using vacuum and liquid-cooled wall technology to generate 300 times Earth's gravity and carry 20 tonnes, researchers said.
- Pilot tests have already simulated a 7.5-magnitude earthquake, a 65-foot tsunami and deep-sea pressure while testing aerospace alloys and compressing century-long pollutant migration into days for aerospace alloy developers and offshore wind farm site selection, pilot researchers said.
- Two more centrifuges are under construction, and the complex is expected to be fully operational by the end of next year, Chen Yunmin said it will welcome international researchers.
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China's super-gravity facility launches core equipment, including world's largest centrifuge
China on Monday put into operation the core equipment of its super-gravity centrifuge simulation and experiment facility, including the world's largest centrifuge with a capacity of 1,300 g·t (gravity acceleration·tons), China Media Group reported.
·Beijing, China
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