YURGPU students offered ideas for the development of mining enterprises

Students of the Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI) have become participants of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which this year marks its 10th anniversary. The qualifying stage in the direction of "Mining machinery and equipment" was held within the walls of the Boiling Point in a remote format.

This year's CASE-IN championship is dedicated to the theme "Industry 4.0." − one of the priorities for the Russian and global energy sector. According to the project coordinator, associate professor of the Department of Applied Geology Anna Dudkina, a total of 10 student teams of the faculty registered to participate, but only eight qualified for the qualifying round: "Miners", "Mining Mechanics", "Miner", "MarkTim", "Brigade", "Mining", "Conquerors of the Norh" and "Pandora's Box". There are three or four students in each team. There are no "veterans" of the championship among the current participants; this year, mostly newcomers are competing.

"This year, students of the second, third and fourth years of the mining faculty of the parent university are participating in the Student League of the CASE-IN championship. According to the terms, the organizers send the guys a so–called production task, the time to solve it is one week, and the time to defend it is six minutes.", - Anna Dudkina explained.

The task of the case study of the qualifying stage of the championship was the technical improvement of the conveyor belt at one of the mining enterprises. Each of the eight teams presented their options for implementing new technological solutions. These are mainly devices and devices that could make the production facility as controlled and safe as possible.

It is noteworthy that any solution should be unique and interesting in its own way. In other words, participants are expected to come up with new, creative, promising ideas and an economically pragmatic approach. The best student innovations have every chance of being implemented in production.

"The winners of the stage have every chance to find a very promising job, since presentations are evaluated by specialized specialists from various enterprises", - the speaker added.

She also added that participation in the Student League of the championship carries with it a career guidance task, since in this format the students personally and directly communicate with their potential employers. In turn, the latter have every chance to form a real talent pool of talented young people.

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