Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
The Polytechnic University was visited on a working visit by Vadim Badekha, General Director of the United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of the Rostec State Corporation), Mikhail Bakradze, Deputy General Director, and Alexey Mazalov, General Director of the Center for Additive Technologies (CAT, part of Rostec).
At a meeting with the rector of SPbPU, chairman of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Rudskoy and the director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport Anatoly Popovich, representatives of UEC and CAT discussed issues of strategic partnership in the educational and scientific spheres and discussed in detail the signing of a cooperation agreement.
The guests stated that they were interested in expanding cooperation with the Polytechnic University, primarily in the field of additive technologies. Mikhail Bakradze said that the corporation’s specialists had already become familiar with the work of the IMMiT laboratories and had chosen promising areas for themselves.
Vadim Badekha suggested that the Polytechnic University become a participant in a comprehensive program for the development of aircraft engine building and reported that the Ministry of Industry and Trade has created a separate area – additive manufacturing in engine building.
The agreement is necessary, it will be a mandate for us to work directly with all your structures. Of course, for us the issue of creating technological cycles for design, development, bringing to industrial samples and transferring documentation to you is very important. But there is a serious nuance – certification, – noted Andrey Rudskoy.
During the discussion of this and other problems, the meeting participants came to the conclusion that it would be advisable to create a center for certification of additive technologies in aviation and a joint council for the development of additive technologies in engine building.
Another area of cooperation in which UEC is interested is the development of repair technologies, including the creation of mobile units. And here the Polytechnic already has something to offer. Just at the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, specialists from the research laboratory “Laser and Additive Technologies” (NIL “LiAT”) of IMMiT demonstrated at the Polytechnic stand Mobile laser cladding complex “Nomad”, designed for the restoration of large-sized products on the customer’s premises.
The participants in the negotiations discussed the prospect of creating a joint structure with UEC on the basis of the Polytechnic University, similar to a scientific and educational center, for the targeted training of students, the organization of internships and practical training, and the advanced training of the corporation’s employees.
For us, UEC is a very important strategic partner, we have been working together for a long time, and I would like us to reach such a high level of communication: science, education, advanced training and technology. And we, of course, will enter into those structures that are necessary to ensure our cooperation, – Andrey Rudskoy summed up.
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