MINSK, 23 April (BelTA) – Two classrooms of the Belarusian heavy truck manufacturer BelAZ “Hydraulics. Hydromechanics” and “Vehicle Operation” have opened at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS), BelTA learned from the press service of BelAZ.
Attending the ceremony were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko, BelAZ Director General Sergei Nikiforovich, and BelAZ Trading House Director General Aleksei Lyamin.
The new classrooms boast modern equipment and the necessary illustrative materials. The “Hydraulics. Hydromechanics” classroom enables students of the university to study haul truck hydraulics using devices that allow entering any parameters of BelAZ haul truck operation.
The “Vehicle Operation” classroom is equipped with a simulator that imitates operation of a haul truck in a real mine and comprises two units: a control room and a driver's cab.
The BelAZ classrooms set up at NUST MISIS will help improve training of specialists for enterprises that use BelAZ haul trucks and increase competitiveness of the university's graduates in the labor market.
“Mining enterprises seek professionals who know how to operate modern mining machinery. Is should be noted that such machinery is constantly updated and improved, becoming more complex. In order to operate it more effectively and avoid mistakes, specialists need more profound knowledge and such classrooms help obtain it,” Sergei Nikiforovich noted as he spoke about the importance of educational projects implemented by BelAZ in association with Russian universities.
The public joint-stock company BelAZ is the managing company of the holding company BelAZ. BelAZ is the world's leading manufacturer of haul trucks and transport equipment for mining industry and civil engineering industry. BelAZ accounts for some 30% of the world market for haul trucks with an extremely large carrying capacity. The company makes the world's largest haul truck with the carrying capacity of 450 tonnes.
Photos courtesy of BelAZ
