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54 tobaccoasia quality engineer with the chief engineers office of the company. The result was an even more effective manu- facturing process. For example, one team started the work of quality improvement by standardizing designs on its assembly illustration book, the spare parts list, the instruction manual, the repair and maintenance manual, etc. Meanwhile, the quality inspection department, in accordance with the relevant technological standards, has formulated strict testing rules and specific tests for technical acceptance appraisal. The teams strictly controlled the quality of products in multiple aspects, includ- ing technological standards, assembly rules, and quality requirements, to ensure that the execution of the projects of technological transformation would fully meet the quality control standards, and win the satisfaction of its clients. Cooperation on R&D CDTM's capability to innovate and upgrade its existing tobacco machinery products is its strong cooperation with academia and research circles. Since 2013, the group strengthened efforts to adopt and absorb imported technologies, while closely following the development of any new to- bacco machinery manufacturing technologies any- where in the world. Meanwhile, it strengthened cooperation with the relevant universities in con- ducting basic theoretical analysis and research of key parts, mechanical principles, crucial parame- ters, and key design points of imported equipment to better understand the design principles of im- ported technologies, and to provide a theoretical basis for the work of improving its own designs. In recent years, CDTM has systematically car- ried out a great deal of designing improvements and research by making full use of both its own technological advantages and imported technolo- gies, focusing on core technologies of cigarette rolling and tipping machinery. "For example, the development of the new feeding and carton forming machines and the development of the new noise-reduction technol- ogy both show what we have achieved in basic re- search and development," said Hong Jie, director of the research institute of CDTM. Through co- operation with the National University of Defense Technology, the research institute has mastered the designing principles and laws of the feeding and carton-forming machines, and the relevant re- search achievements have been applied in practical production, Hong said. In 2013, the research insti- tute cooperated with the Institute of Acoustics of China Academy of Sciences in launching research on reduction of noise from ultrahigh speed ciga- rette rolling and tipping machinery, succeeding in completing the formulation of the relevant design- ing guides and the relevant noise reduction design- ing schemes, according to Honghe. CDTM has also made progress in application- oriented research over the recent years, including development of a multi-axis independent servo drive system, vibration and noise of cigarette mak- ing machinery cancellation, and industrial modeling of cigarette making machinery; and in advanced technologies for testing and controlling in the fields of cut tobacco density, weight testing, testing of the cigarette diameter and appearance, testing and con- trol of displacement of steel seals, etc. The successful research in these fields has contributed to preserving technologies for inde- pendently launching development of ultrahigh speed cigarette rolling and tipping machinery and development of other new products now and in the future. For example, using the ZJ17 unit and the ZJ112 unit as a base, CDTM has independently developed equipment for making narrow ciga- rettes and clove cigarettes, and has completed ex- perimental production of a prototype of the new ZJ118 cigarette rolling and tipping machine with a speed of 8,000 cigarettes per minute. It has also conducted in-depth research and application of technologies for developing the multi-axis inde- pendent servo drive system, for reducing vibration and noise of cigarette making machinery, etc. Adapting imported technologies and imple- menting its own innovation, CDTM has strength- ened cooperation, communication and exchange with tobacco manufacturing enterprises in launch- ing a technological transformation of its line. From that standpoint, the company has always taken cus- tomers' wishes as "instructions". In 2013, it added nine projects of technological improvements to its products option menu, including improvement of photoelectric circle detection and improvement of the cone wheel u-turn device, in an effort to im- prove its products and technological services, and further satisfy the individualized demands of its clients. Liang Wei, quality engineer with the chief engineers office of Changde Tobacco Machinery.