Lipetsk students have developed a new aluminum production technology

Lipetsk State Technical University hosted the qualifying stage of the Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". It is held with the grant support of the Russia — the Land of Opportunities platform. Students of the Polytechnic participate in a competition in the field of Metallurgy.

To develop a new aluminum production technology — such a case was offered this year to the participants of the qualifying stage of the championship for engineers. Each time, ambitious students are challenged by the country's largest industrial companies.

Nine LSTU student associations had only 10 days to prepare decisions. The Case-Inovtsy team proposed the processing of red sludge, in fact, a carcinogenic waste that is produced in aluminum production.

Alexander Karavaytsev, student of LGTU, participant of the championship:  "We decided to fully automate production, to remove people from this dangerous area. And introduce machines. Because they can make it efficient and reduce the number of defects in production."

The teams consist of four people and it is important that they come from different directions. These are engineers, economists, representatives of the IT sector, and technologists. This is important because, according to the terms of the project, the task must be solved comprehensively. Including the calculation of the business model for the enterprise.

Vyacheslav Goncharov, student of LGTU, participant of the championship: "CASE-IN" "It's quite an interesting platform for developing team skills and solving engineering cases."

The expert team includes NLMK employees as potential employers, as well as teachers of LGTU. For the participants, they are also mentors who note the originality of the proposed solutions.

Igor Mazur, Head of the Department of Metal Pressure Processing at LGTU, expert of the championship: "There are certain solutions in every competition. The fact is that metallurgy is a very energy—intensive, metal-intensive industry. It is very difficult to implement it. It takes time. What is the uniqueness of these methods? Students have such an uncluttered, uncluttered view."

The best teams will advance to the semifinals, where Lipetsk future engineers will have to defend their projects at the federal level.

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