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Shanghai Electric Showcases Integrated Solutions for Industrial Innovation at CIIF 2026

From October 12 to 16, 2026, the China International Industry Fair (CIIF) was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. Among the leading exhibitors, Shanghai Electric presented an impressive portfolio of 19 integrated solutions aimed at enhancing industrial innovation. These solutions included advancements in smart robotics, industrial AI, computational infrastructure, heavy gas turbines, and nuclear energy equipment. This impressive showcasing demonstrated Shanghai Electric's commitment to incorporating collaborative innovations and integrated AI throughout its business processes.

Intelligent Robotics and Embedded AI Components

On the opening day of the fair, Shanghai Electric unveiled a cutting-edge integrated solution featuring components for robotics endowed with embedded AI capabilities. This solution spans five categories: bearings, fasteners, screws, joint modules, and agile robotic arms. The technology integrates high-precision components into fully functional robotic arms, suitable for humanoid robots, industrial robots, and collaborative robots alike. Among the highlights were miniature bearings with inner diameters as small as 0.6 mm, corrosion-resistant “Xuanwu” fasteners, and agile robotic arms boasting 22 degrees of freedom.

AI Applications in Wind Energy and Battery Manufacturing

Shanghai Electric's digital solution for wind energy utilizes AI to streamline processes from design to production and maintenance of wind energy facilities. By leveraging data-driven workflows, the solution aids in improving R&D efficiency, ensuring product quality, and optimizing operational decisions. Additionally, the integrated manufacturing line for smart lithium battery factories covers the entire battery production process. This all-encompassing package provides customers with automated manufacturing solutions that cater to planning, design, process implementation, auxiliary systems, and environmental control, addressing the demands for automation, digitization, and intelligent manufacturing.

Computational Infrastructure and Energy Management

Shanghai Electric's data center computing stand employs two-phase liquid cooling to maintain precise temperature regulation at the chip level, achieving over 200 kW capacity per stand and a fivefold increase in computational density. This solution also supports the modernization of existing data centers. Integration with IoT platforms allows for energy savings and predictive maintenance throughout the system. The company’s cloud-based smart energy management and control system utilizes collaborative architecture between cloud, edge, and devices. By employing AI algorithms, it generates load forecasts and optimizes multi-energy dispatching, creating a closed-loop system for sensing, analysis, decision-making, and execution.

Innovations in Heavy Gas Turbines

During CIIF's opening, Shanghai Electric also launched a comprehensive intelligent solution with AI for heavy gas turbines, covering the entire lifecycle from development to operation and maintenance. This includes design simulation, flexible intelligent manufacturing, AI-supported quality control, supply chain coordination, and smart operations and maintenance. Notably, Shanghai Electric showcased its internally developed gas turbine control system, which commenced operation in June 2026 at Shenzhen Energy's Ganlu project. These solutions cater to gas power plants operating on both simple and combined cycle systems, ranging from 75 MW to 800 MW. They also marked China’s first demonstration of hydrogen blending in a large-scale class F heavy gas turbine.

Nuclear Energy Equipment Solutions

Shanghai Electric is uniquely positioned to supply complete primary equipment for nuclear islands linked to pressurized water reactors and high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, as well as central components for nuclear fusion systems. At the fair, they showcased their solutions encompassing the entire nuclear energy value chain through interactive displays. Presentations featured Hualong One and Guohe One nuclear power plants, as well as high-temperature gas-cooled reactors and fusion energy equipment. Shanghai Electric has achieved 36 breakthroughs in key manufacturing technologies within nuclear fusion and built four core manufacturing capabilities, securing 15 patents in the process.

In summary, Shanghai Electric's presence at CIIF 2026 highlighted their progression towards integrated, intelligent solutions that pave the way for the future of industrial innovation. Their comprehensive suite of offerings across various sectors illustrates a commitment to leveraging technology for a more sustainable and automated industrial landscape.