Future metallurgists of the Lipetsk region compete for the main prizes of the CASE-IN championship

The qualifying stage of the Student League of the X International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of Metallurgy was held at Lipetsk State Technical University.

Nine student teams presented a case study on the modernization of aluminum production based on Industry 4.0 technologies. The assignment was developed by RUSAL, a leading company in the global aluminum industry and the largest producer of aluminum with a low carbon footprint.

The students conducted an analysis of Industry 4.0 technologies and based on it proposed a set of measures to modernize the technological process of aluminum production and obtain the necessary alloy composition. The time horizon for substantiating the proposed organizational and technical solutions is 2024-2035.

The projects were evaluated by representatives of LGTU and NLMK. The experts from the university were Dean of the Faculty of Automation and Computer Science A.V. Galkin, Head of the Department of Metalworking by Pressure I.P. Mazur, Head of the Department of Metallurgical Technologies A.N. Rogotovsky, Head of the Department of Physical Metallology I.A. Tsyganov. The Plant was represented by A.I. Dagman, Head of the Expert Department of the Directorate for the Development of New Process Technologies, E.V. Berestyukov, Head of Risk Management, and O.E. Korosteleva, Director of the HR Directorate. The main criteria for selecting the winners were environmental friendliness, economic feasibility and energy efficiency.

The CASE-IN Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases developed by enterprises of the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes. The championship is one of the projects of the ANO "Russia – the land of Opportunities" platform. The organizers are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non—profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC. The CASE-IN Championship is particularly supported by ANO Russia – the Land of Opportunities.

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