In the 1980s, because of the working relationship, Zhang Hongminoftenwent tothe production lineofAnshan Iron and Steel,seeingthat the industrial oil used in the steelrollingfor rust, lubrication,and cleaningpolluted theworkshop, workers strewing saw dust on the ground, but till covered with oil anywhere. After the reform and opening up, Anshan Iron and Steelimported a lot of high-end machine toolsfrom abroad. Howeverbecause of the tightforeign exchange, it was often the case that the shortage of lubrication for the imported machine tools affected the production. “Ithought, whyChina cannotdevelopcleanandhigh-gradelubricant?”In those years, Zhang Hongminexplored the synthesis problem of the polymer compound in spare time while working.

 In 1989, retired Zhang Hongmin was employedbya companyinHaicheng. The company gave him3600yuan. With thesemoney, hebought R & D raw materials from Shanghai and Dalian, building a small laboratoryat home, researching and developing the new industrial lubricant substitute for oil lubricant. After two years, a new type ofpolymerindustrial lubricant was born. 1991, introduced throughfriends, a workshop in Anshan Iron & Steelexperimentallyused this new type industriallubricant. Its clean and greenwas praisedbythefront-line workers. Throughtechnology improvement, this technologybegun to attract ahigh degree of attentionoftheMunicipal Science and TechnologyBureau. In 2007,Northeast AsiaHi-Tech Expositionheld in Shenyang. This technology shockedexperts in Japan, South Korea, Russia onceexhibited. Chief scientist Professor Jiang Lei from the nanotechnology R & DCenter, ChineseAcademyofSciences, is very interested in it, and hopedin-depthcooperation in R & DwithZhang Hongmin. At the end of that year, the twopartiessigned a cooperation agreement. Since then, Professor Jiang Leidrew a conclusion by experiments thatthematerialinthisindustriallubricant reached a nano degree, and lubricanthad better lubricatingcooling effectandhigher heat transfer efficiency, superiorthe productsininternational. In early 2008,they began toform a research group with Sun JIanlin Professor, the vice president of theMaterials Scienceand Engineering,from theBeijingUniversityofScienceandTechnology,specializing in “l(fā)arge-scale preparation technology of environmental nano water-based steel plate and strip rolling liquid”. Through continuous improvement, the technology hasthe conditions of commercialized and large-scale production. At the same time, through retrieval,thiswater-based lubricant instead of oil isa blank one in the world,and aworld-classinnovation in the new material field. In July 2008, thespecial project appliedfortheNational 863 Program.