Opening ceremony for this annual all-Russian science-to-practice conference has been held at South Ural State University. The main idea of the conference is the integration of science, education and industry. This event is timed to coincide with the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery and will last till November 21st.
“Since 219, our traditional conference has been uniting the members of our country’s scientific community, that deals with development of new types of armaments, military equipment and artillery,” explained Director of the SUSU Institute of Engineering and Technology Mikhail Ivanov. “More than eighty participants have gathered at our event (including from other cities in Russia), and they will present about sixty relevant reports over the course of two days. This year, South Ural State University has become a member of the Consortium of Enterprises of the Conventional Armaments Industry, Munitions and Special-purpose Chemistry Industry, and the Institutions of Higher Education. At the tomorrow’s round table, together with representatives of such enterprises, we will discuss the issues of the scientific-and-education interaction with partners, so that our students could be involved into solving the crucial problems of science and production.”
Words of welcome were offered for the conference participants by the Chairman of the Scientific and Methodical Council for the Ammunition and Detonators academic programme Vladislav Veldanov (Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow), Deputy Head of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences Evgeniy Khmelnikov (Nizhny Tagil), Chief Design Manager of AO NPO “Kurganpribor” company Andrey Kondratyev (Kurgan), Operations Manager at Production Site No.3 of AO “NPO “Splav” named after A.N. Ganichev” company Aleksey Chubaev (Chelyabinsk), Head of the Department of Gas-dynamic Pulse Devices at Novosibirsk State Technical University Anatoly Guskov, as well as Coordinator for Scientific and Technical Cooperation with Scientific and Educational Organizations at AO NPK “Tekhmash” company Sergey Inozemtsev.
“The “Tekhnologii mashinostroenia” (Mechanical Engineering Technologies) Scientific and Production Concern is likewise interested in developing the collaboration with SUSU,” said Sergey Inozemtsev. “The university can directly participate in research work and applied research studies in the interests of manufacturing products ensuring the defensive capability of our country. South Ural State University is becoming one of the first members of the Consortium of Enterprises of the Conventional Armaments Industry, Munitions and Special-purpose Chemistry Industry, and the Institutions of Higher Education, that is being created. This is a scientific and educational cluster formed by our regions’ higher education institutions and enterprises. Such closer interaction will be helpful to both parties: enterprises will widely implement the scientific developments of universities, and universities will complete orders from industrial partners and will search for new technological solutions for more efficient functioning of enterprises.”
At the plenary meeting, Deputy General Director for Research at AO “NPO Bazalt” company Igor Zubarev presented a report on the scientific-and-technical problems in development of ammunition, its current state and other issues and directions of concern in terms of its improvement with consideration to modern requirements.
“The “Bazalt” Scientific Production Association and SUSU have signed an agreement that covers the issues of scientific-and-technical collaboration and training of the sector-specific personnel,” specified Igor Zubarev. “In order to fulfil the provisions of this agreement, we have outlined the tracks of our interaction through which the university can become an effective contractor for our orders. Though we are at the very start of this joint work, we have all the reasons to believe that our cooperation will yield significant results: SUSU is already actively developing one of our technical assignments, and we hope that this will not be the only one such task.”
Chief of Staff of the Chelyabinsk Branch of the Russian Engineering Union Sergey Kashigin shared on the details of the Union’s activity.
Fifteen reports were presented in the “Armaments and Military Equipment” section (headed by Marina Semashko). Among the speakers were Pavel Chigintsev, Viktoriia Loshkareva, Igor Palymskiy, Ivan Sidorov, Ivan Guniakov, Egor Dubovnikov, and others.
Director of the PLM Department of the “ASKON-Ural” Regional Centre Sergey Kartashov delivered a report on the “Main Trends in Automation of Process Engineering”:
“Among the key trends in the Russian market of engineering software, the following can be distinguished today: import-substitution of foreign engineering software with Russian software, transition to trusted operating systems and database management systems, as well as changing the paradigm of designing towards system engineering. SUSU is our partner in terms of engineers training (the university is a holder of hundreds of licenses for the Software by ASKON and the partners). We see the development of our further interaction in working on updating the software versions (what will allow the university graduates to meet the demands of the industry), in more in-depth teaching the logic of ensuring the maintenance of the whole product life cycle (complying with the PLM concept) using Russian software for computations, as well as in designing of printed circuit boards and writing programs for CNC equipment.”
Eleven reports were presented in the “New Materials and Structures” section, headed by Professor of the SUSU Department of Engineering Mechanics Sergey Sapozhnikov and by Aleksandr Podkopaev. The meeting opened with a speech by General Director of OOO “Istok” company (Chelyabinsk) Aleksandr Podkopaev, who talked about the composites division of the Rosatom State Corporation, and namely about carbon-based and composite materials. Among other speakers was process engineer of AO “NPO “SPLAV” named after A.N. Ganichev” company (Chelyabinsk) Gleb Chernyshov. Also reports were presented by Evgeniia Kursevich and Vladimir Kuznetsov (Russian Federal Nuclear Centre – VNIITF (Zababakhin All-Russia Research Institute of Technical Physics), Snezhinsk), and Mariia Komissarova, Alena Ignovatova and Valerii Igonin from Samara Polytech Flagship University (Samara), and others.
Five reports were presented in the final third “Wheeled and Tracked Vehicles” section, headed by Professor of the SUSU’s “Heart of the Urals” Advanced Engineering School of Engine Building and Special Equipment Sergey Kondakov. Here, Kirill Gundarev, postgraduate of the “Heart of the Urals” Advanced Engineering School, presented his analysis of the scientific problem of mechanization of the deep soil compaction. Ilgiz Saidullin, engineer from the Centre of Vibration Testing and Monitoring of the State of Structures of the SUSU’s Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, proposed a solution to a task of balancing an internal combustion engine using a “Universal Mechanism” package. Professor of the “Heart of the Urals” Advanced Engineering School Konstantin Gavrilov, 1st category design engineer and SUSU postgraduate Ildar Umurzakov, and lead design engineer of the “URALTRAK” plant Andrey Maslov talked about the development of a method of assessing the friction losses in tribounits of internal combustion engines of transportation vehicles with consideration to the topography of mating surfaces.
Also among the section speakers were Associate Professor of the SUSU Department of Wheeled and Tracked Vehicles Vadim Aliabiev and Director of OOO “GREGOR” company (Chelyabinsk) Grigoriy Egorov.
Having listened to all the reports, the participants traditionally summed up the results of day one of the scientific conference. Day two of the event will continue with two sections: “Rocket Engines and Power Plants” and “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”. At the final round table with representatives of the Chelyabinsk Region’s enterprises, the experts will discuss the issues of the scientific-and-technical cooperation and training of personnel for the defence industry complex of the Chelyabinsk Region.