Students Use Additive Technologies to Develop Solutions for UrFU's Partners

12:55, November 27, 2019

Two designs became winners and will receive further support

Ural Federal University wrapped up the hackathon - 'Modern Digital Manufacturing Technologies'. The hackathon was supported by TMK and the SAP University Alliance. At the SAP Next-Gen Lab - an innovation laboratory - student teams developed installment scenarios for AR and 3D-printing technologies at TMK's facilities, and also were to solve a specific problem for calculating the residual resource.

“The pipe metallurgical company and SAP company for the second time acted as industrial partners of our hackathon. We are sure that the best ideas presented by students will form the basis of projects and will be successfully implemented in enterprises in the future, including due to work at the university's SAP Next-Gen Lab laboratory,” said the Rector of UrFU Victor Koksharov.

The projects of two teams were chosen as the best. The first proposed a predictive analysis model for calculating the residual resource of the valve from the maximum number of predictor parameters, while demonstrating an excellent competencies in maintenance and repair management process. The second team developed a scenario for the process of occupational health and safety management (Industrial and Occupational Safety) using augmented reality technologies. Winners will be able to continue working on projects led by experts from TMK and SAP to test prototypes in real working conditions.

“For us, cooperation with UrFU and SAP in the digital field is a matter of fundamental importance. The solutions that students offer during the hackathon have potential to grow from a prototype to a final product. For participants, this is a great opportunity to apply their knowledge and ideas to a specific production, and for TMK it is possible to solve various problems using the latest technologies,” Igor Korytko, Director General of TMK, pointed out.

“We have been successfully cooperating with UrFU for a long time, the university participates in the global academic program of the SAP University Alliance, the SAP Next-Gen Lab is open here, regular hackathons and work on promising scenarios for the largest employers of the Ural region are held. All this helps to create a world-class competitive environment at the university. As well as the platform, infrastructure, mechanisms for scientific research, development and solving specific industrial problems,” commented Andrei Filatov, SAP CIS CEO

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