Vice-Governor of Saint-Petersburg Vladimir Knyaginin congratulated the team of authors of Ƶ with the award of the Russian Federation government's prize in science and technology for young scientists in 2020!
Scientists of the Saint-Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design have developed a unique way to increase the competitiveness of textile and light industry products based on modeling and digitalization of its properties. The development significantly reduces the final cost of the product, primarily due to the fact that it allows you to minimize the cost of testing materials that were traditionally carried out earlier.
Now domestic producers will be able to predict the properties of materials on their virtual model under specified operating conditions without conducting tests. Scientists sought to eliminate the production of large batches of prototypes from the cycle, which also reduces the final cost of the product. As part of this work, they investigated for example parachute slings and parachute domes.
"We have created about 70 computer programs for designing textile products with the best competitive properties. We have considered about 70 properties within the framework of this development. In fact, this is another step towards full digitalization of design and production automation," comments Victoria Wagner, scientific Director of the Ƶ team, Deputy head of the Department of monitoring research and contracts of Ƶ.
The uniqueness of this development is that it can be used not only in textile but also in other industries and will contribute to the development of import substitution, because it significantly speeds up the design process and reduce the economic costs of production. Innovative methods developed by the author's team of Ƶ were awarded the 2020 Russian Government prize in science and technology for young scientists. The order to award the prize was signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.