Zhu Siben is from Fengxian County, Shanghai. Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on February 25th, 1918. Father Zhu Chunxi is a technician of Nanjing Army Survey Bureau, so he was influenced by science and technology since childhood. In 1921, Zhu Siben was sent to the kindergarten of the primary school attached to Southeast University, and then studied in the primary school, experimental middle school and department of mechanical engineering of University Engineering College until he graduated in July 194. This experimental school, which has both primary and secondary education, has always attached importance to moral education and patriotism education. Students keep in mind the clear instruction of "Don't forget national humiliation" and know the truth that "a weak country has no diplomacy". He was determined to study hard since childhood in order to strengthen the country, and in this environment, he molded the belief of saving the country through science and technology.
After graduating from college, Zhu Siben decided to devote himself to the railway industry, and worked as an intern in the railway locomotive standard design department presided over by Mr. Ying Shangcai, a veteran of the railway, where he took part in the design of standard vans and started his lifelong career in railway vehicle engineering. In July 1941, he was appointed as a public works officer and transferred to the Guilin Railway Parking and Finishing Committee. During this period of work, he was deeply impressed by the variety and backward technology of railway vehicles in China, known as the "World Expo", and realized that the development of railway industry must have China's own railway vehicle manufacturing industry. In order to master the advanced knowledge of vehicle manufacturing technology, in early 1945, Zhu Siben obtained the qualification of internship in American railways at public expense, and worked in American CB&; Q Railway Company's locomotive depot and overhaul factory practiced steam locomotive repair, and then transferred to the design room of General American Transportation Corporation in Chicago and the East Chicago factory to study vehicle design and manufacturing technology. After returning to China in August 1946, he worked in Nanjing Railway General Machine Factory.
In May, 1947, he was transferred to the preparatory office of Zhuzhou Machinery Factory in Hunan Province, and undertook the supervision work of repairing the locomotive workshop damaged by Japanese bombing and building a new vehicle workshop. In the summer of 1949, Zhuzhou provided factory equipment for repairing machines, passengers and trucks and supporting the front line after liberation.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Siben was trusted, cared and valued by the Party and the government. He was successively appointed as the chief engineer and workshop director of Zhuzhou Railway Factory (now Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Factory) of Hengyang Railway Bureau, the chief engineer and section chief of the locomotive department and vehicle department of Hengyang Railway Bureau, and the chief designer of the design department of the Factory Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Railways. In 1953, he served as the acting chief designer of Qiqihar Vehicle Factory, and in 1956, he was transferred back to the Ministry of Railways as the fourth-class engineer of the design department of the Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Administration. Later, he served as the engineer of the Foreign Aid Office of the Ministry of Railways and the deputy chief engineer of the Ministry of Railways Industry General Administration. At the same time, he served as the executive director of China Railway Society and director of the rolling stock committee. He is a lifelong member of the American Railway Engineering Society (AREA) and is a world-renowned expert on rolling stock. Create the history of designing and manufacturing vehicles by oneself and lay the foundation for developing vehicle products
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Siben was trusted and valued by the party and government, and was deeply encouraged to work day and night. In order to change the situation that the railway vehicles in China are backward in technology and the varieties and models are not suitable for railway transportation, he devoted himself to researching and developing new passenger and freight vehicles suitable for China's national conditions. In 1952, he was responsible for designing the P5 5-ton boxcar.
in August p>1953, the locomotive and rolling stock manufacturing industry was placed under the management of the Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Administration of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry, and the design-led factory system was determined. The design of freight cars was set in Qiqihar Vehicle Factory, and Zhu Siben was transferred to the position of deputy chief designer and acting as chief designer. He led the designers to design B11 roof refrigerator refrigerated truck, which was trial-produced by Wuchang Vehicle Factory and put into mass production after being appraised by the Ministry of Railways. It solved the problem of softening the upper layer of frozen pork during the transportation of the old refrigerated truck, ensured the quality of frozen goods shipped to Hong Kong, and won the New Product Award of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry. Up to now, the roof refrigerator refrigerated truck is still widely used and is the main tool for transporting refrigerated goods in China. In the design, Zhu Siben personally taught and used the strength calculation method of "force method calculation", which made the vehicle structure reasonable and the weight reduced, and achieved good results, and it was popularized and used in the design of passenger and cargo vehicles in the future.
Developing export vehicles
In p>1959, the government of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) proposed to buy a large number of various passenger and cargo vehicles from China. According to the technical conditions of ordering, Zhu Siben considered that the country is located on the coast of South Asia, and the steel products are easy to corrode in the high-temperature and humid maritime climate, especially the chain hook and vacuum brake have no information and materials, and the domestic experience is unknown and the delivery period is urgent, so he personally organized the technology. This batch of vehicles includes 125 buses and 995 trucks, which have been used well in Sri Lanka for a long time and have been well received by relevant parties in Sri Lanka. This is the first time that China has exported railway passenger and cargo vehicles to capitalist countries, which is a good start for the commercial export of railway vehicles.
In p>197, Zhu Siben was transferred from the May 7th Cadre School to the Foreign Aid Office of the Ministry of Railways as an engineer, responsible for manufacturing passenger and freight vehicles for Tanzania-Zambia Railway. In order to save freight, he put forward the transportation scheme of changing the whole vehicle transportation into large parts and parts to be transported to Tanzania and then assembled into a whole vehicle, and the new design scheme of changing the passenger car into a new bogie with external suspension. Five kinds of passenger cars and 13 kinds of freight cars were made in front and back, which were well used on Tanzania-Zambia Railway and won honor for the country. From 194 to 1945, I was an intern, engineer, and assistant engineer in the locomotive standard design department, the car storage and sorting committee, the No.3 General Machine Factory and the Railway General Machine Factory of the Ministry of Communications.
from 1945 to 1946, the American Berlington Railway (C.B. &; QRR CO) and Damei Transportation Company (GATX).
from 1946 to 1949, the former deputy engineer, chief engineer and workshop director of the headquarters of the Railway General Machine Factory of the Ministry of Communications and the preparatory office of Zhuzhou Machine Factory.
1949-195 Chief engineer and workshop director of Zhuzhou Railway Factory of Hengyang Railway Bureau.
from 195 to 1952, he was the chief engineer, deputy section chief and chief section chief of the locomotive department and vehicle department of Hengyang Railway Bureau.
from 1952 to 1954, he was the chief designer and proofreader of the Design Department and Division of the General Administration of Locomotive Works and Factory Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Railways.
From 1954 to 1956, Qiqihar Factory of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry was the deputy chief designer and acting chief designer.
from 1956 to 1958, I was a four-level engineer in the Technical Department and Design Department of the Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Administration of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry.
from 1958 to 1969, he was a four-level engineer and vehicle leader in the Technical Department and Design Department of the General Administration of Industry of the Ministry of Railways.
May 7th Cadre School in p>1969-197.
197-1972 Engineer, Foreign Aid Office, Ministry of Railways.
from 1972 to 1979, he was an engineer in the technical department of the General Administration of Industry of the Ministry of Railways and deputy director of the production department.
1979-1986 Deputy Chief Engineer, General Administration of Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry, Ministry of Railways.
retired in June p>1986. 1 Zhu Siben. Discussion on the management reform of railway rolling stock and the realization of economic contract system. railway transport and economy. 1986(6)
2 Zhu Siben. Necessity and adaptability of introducing manufacturing technology of high-strength couplers and large-capacity buffers. Railway rolling stock, 1986(9)
3 Zhu Siben. Making new contributions to the popularization and application of weathering steel. Railway rolling stock, 1987(3)
4 Zhu Siben. Radial Bogies and Reducing Wheel/Rail Friction Damage. Academic Conference Paper of China Railway Society. Beijing: China Railway Society, 199.
5 Zhu Siben. High-speed railway passenger cars need new technologies and new materials. Academic Conference Paper of China Railway Society. China Railway Society, 1992.