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Material and technical support of the department

Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:57

The material base of the department has steadily developed. Limited possibilities for expanding the area were forced to seek new solutions.

In 1983, the idea of creating and installing an educational carriage-laboratory in the institute appeared. Assisted in implementing this idea II Haba, who in the early 80's was the head of the service of the carriage of the Southern Railway.

The training car is a laboratory

The department "Cars" was one of the first institutes to introduce the computer technology into the educational process. Several generations of computers have changed at the department: Nairi-2, Iskra-226, Iskra-1030M, as well as a wide range of analogue devices.

Now the total area of ​​the department is 418 m2. The laboratory base is represented by six laboratories equipped with modern stands, instruments and measuring equipment. Laboratory works and practical classes are also held in the laboratory car, which is located on the territory of the university. Further acceleration has become the computerization of the educational process. The laboratories of the department are equipped with modern computers, the number of which increases over time.

Laboratory of cars

Auto-brake laboratory

In recent years, a brake testing station has been put into action to simulate the action of the brakes of 30 train cars while conducting laboratory and practical classes. The material and technical base of the department was replenished with the premises for the creation of a new laboratory.