Lipetsk students are four-time CASE-IN champions

The Time of metal team won the jubilee X International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of Metallurgy.

LGTU was represented by Vladislav Yurov, Nikita Goryunov, Taras Skorin and Bogdan Deineka. All the guys are studying in different fields and have performed different roles in the team. Vladislav is the captain, metalworker and bronze medalist of last year's championship. Nikita acted as a technologist, he is studying to become a metal scientist. Taras was the IT specialist. He is studying in the field of Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling. This year, the students will graduate with a bachelor's degree.  Bogdan, a sophomore in Economics of Enterprises and Organizations, confirmed the title of economist.

The participants developed a set of industry 4.0 measures to modernize the technological production of aluminum, which was supposed to reduce the added value of the product. The solution of the complex problem concerned various processes: forecasting and optimization, increasing the service life of heating elements, the introduction of various sensors for temperature control and processes, the Internet of Things and express analysis. Each task involved a high-tech solution that would be economical, environmentally friendly, and energy efficient.

"We proposed to introduce industry 4.0 technologies: to modernize existing automated process control systems with machine learning technologies, industrial Internet of Things, Big Data, cloud computing and blockchain, — Vladislav Yurov told us. — Nanoxylene lining material can be used to prevent the lining from failing. And modernize the electric mixer with the introduction of heating elements in the roof with protection from refractory concrete."

In the final, the guys competed against teams from 6 Russian universities: Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after G.I. Nosov, Belarusian-Russian University, North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute, South Ural State University, Siberian Federal University, Saratov State University named after Yu.A. Gagarin, Siberian State Industrial University.

It should be noted that during the six years of participation in the championship, Polytechnic students became champions four times and were twice prize-winners.

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