Tractors

room 411, building 8, Y. Kolasa str., 12, 220013 Minsk, Belarus
tel.: 375 17 293-95-96
tel./fax: 375 17 331-00-48
e-mail: trak_atf@bntu.by

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About

The Department "Tractors" was established in 1953. The Research Laboratory of Tractors, Mobile Systems and Equipment under the Department deals with the issues of improving technical characteristics of tractors, special caterpillar wheeled vehicles, and urban electric transport.

The staff of the Department is actively involved in creating new models of mobile machines at the Production Association "Minsk Tractor Works" (P/A MTW), OJSC "Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant" (MWTP), JSC "Belkommunmash", JSC "Amkodor", and other enterprises. The Department "Tractors" is the leading scientific school on caterpillar wheeled vehicles with multipurpose technological systems. The lecturers are quite familiar with complex demands of modern mechanical engineering production, research, machine design, and their production and operation.

Academic process is organized in cooperation with the leading departments of the Automotive and Tractor and Power Engineering Faculties. The Department offers advanced graduate training in various fields, including computer-aided design, microprocessor control and diagnostics systems, research and testing of vehicles with automatic traction motor as well as their power supply devices.

In 1975 the USSR Minister of Tractor and Agricultural Machinery and the BSSR Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education signed the order establishing the Department "Wheeled Tractors" at MTW. The Department "Wheeled Tractors" located at MTW was supervised by the BNTU Department "Tractors".

In 2011 the Department "Wheeled Tractors" was transformed into the branch of the BNTU Department "Tractors" at P/A MTW. Currently it is led by Vladimir A. Korobkin specializing in design and manufacture of special caterpillar vehicles and machines for various purposes of the national economy.

In 1964 Korobkin V.A. graduated from the Automotive and Tractor Faculty of the Belorussian Polytechnic Institute. He defended his PhD thesis in 1986; in 2005 he became a DSc in Engineering. Vladimir A. Korobkin is the winner of numerous awards, including Lenin Prize, Prize of the Council of Ministers of Belarus, Order of the Badge of Honor, and the Medal "For Valiant Labor". Besides, he was awarded the titles of the Honored Worker of Industry of Belarus and the Best Inventor (Ministry of Tractor and Agricultural Machinery). Vladimir A. Korobkin is the Academician of the Academy of Quality Problems (Russia) and the International Academy of Information Technology, scientific supervisor of 3 assignments within the framework of the State Scientific and Technical Program "Mechanical Engineering", and the member of the Expert Council of the Belarusian Higher Attestation Commission. Dr. Korobkin has published over 120 scientific papers and articles, the book "Multi-Purpose Crawler Gear " (in co-authorship), and the textbook "Forest Machine "Belarus". He has more than 110 inventions and patents; most of them are introduced into production. At present
Vladimir A. Korobkin is the Chief Designer for Special Equipment IN MTW, Head of UKER-2, Professor of the BNTU Department "Tractors".

On September 1, 2008 Yury I. Nikolayev, the Chief Designer of P/A MWTP, headed the branch of the Department "Tractors" established at Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant.

The Department "Tractors" is actively involved in patent and licensing activities, as well as scientific and technical cooperation with several universities in Poland:

Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw;
University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz ;
Płock Campus of Warsaw University of Technology.

The Department "Tractors" applies modern educational technologies, including information technologies for integrated design of machines at designer workstation. The local computer network of the Department has access to the Internet. The department offers master"s and PhD studies.

Over the years, the Department has trained more than 2000 specialists for the national economy, 15 DScs and over 80 PhDs. The lecturers have published 1,600 articles and over 340 monographs, textbooks, and training materials. They have registered more than 1100 inventions.

Graduates of the Department are:

A.T. Skoybeda, Head of the BNTU Department "Machine Parts";
O.S. Rukteshel, Head of the Department "Automobiles";
A.I. Safonov, Head of the Department "Hydropneumatic Automation";
R.B. Ivut, Head of the Department "Economics and Management in Transport";
A.D. Molokovich, Head of the Department "Logistics" at the BSU School of Business and Management Technology;
P. Zeleni, Head of the Department "Engineering Graphics for Machine Building".

Several leaders of design schools studied at the Department:

I.N. Uss, MTW Chief Designer, the director of MTW Scientific Technical Center;
P.A. Amelchenko and M.G Meleshko, Chief Designers of MTW Main Design Office,
V.A. Korobkin, MTW Chief Designer for Special Machinery, Head of UKER-2
M.V. Matusevich, Former Deputy Chairman of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus, a former Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic;
E.V. Chalovski, Former Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus;
V.M. Yatskovski, former First Deputy General Director of MTW.

The staff of the Department - V.P Boykov, V.V. Guskov, N.V. Bogdan (Professors, DScs in Engineering), S.M. Belov (Professor, PhD in Engineering), and Y.E. Atamanov (Associate Professor, PhD in Engineering) - were awarded the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus for the set of textbooks and training materials in 1996. Several lecturers of the Department were awarded honorary titles of the Republic of Belarus:

V.P. Boykov and A.M. Sologub, Professors, DScs in Engineering -Honored Inventor;
V.V. Guskov, Professor, DSc in Engineering – Honored Worker of Science and Technology;
A.H. Lefarov, Professor, DSc in Engineering -Honored Mechanical Engineer;
S.M. Belov, Professor, PhD in Mechanical Engineering – "Honored Worker of Higher Education".

Staff

Teaching Staff

HEAD of the DEPARTMENT

Professor, D.Sc in Engineering

VLADIMIR P. BOYKOV

Contacts:

room 411 building 8, BNTU

tel. 375 17 293-95-96

Fields of research:

Studies of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly navigation system tractors and mobile wheel-tracked towing vehicles.

Valery V. Guskov

Professor

Professor, D.Sc in Engineering

Contacts:

room 904a , building 8, BNTU

tel. 375 17 331-41-21

Fields of research:

Analysis and synthesis of the "terrain-vehicle".
Theory of the car, tractor and other mobile machines.

Czeslaw I. Zhdanovich

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, PhD in Engineering

Contacts:

room 411 тел.375 17 293-95-96 e-mail: chzhdanovich@bntu.by

Fields of research:

Research in the field of navigation systems, mobile wheeled and tracked vehicles.

Alexander S. Povareho

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, PhD in Engineering

Contacts:

room 1204, building 8, BNTU

tel. 375 17 293-95-20

e-mail: POVAREKHO@bntu.by

Fields of research:

Computer-aided design, research management systems CVT AWD Automobiles.

Andrey I. Rahley

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, PhD in Engineering

Contacts:

room 1204, building 8, BNTU tel. 375 17 293-95-20

airahley@bntu.by

Heorhi Tayanouski

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, PhD in Engineering

Contacts:

room 1204, building 8, BNTU

tel. 375 17 293-83-85

Fields of research: Dynamics of autotractor mobile equipment and mining machines

Ekaterina V. Zantaria

Senior Lecturer

Contacts: room 411, building 8, BNTU,

tel. 8(017)293-95-96

Direction of activity: Design of wheeled and caterpillar vehicles.

Veronika N. Lukyanchyk

Senior Lecturer

Contacts: room 411, building 8, BNTU,

tel. 8(017)293-95-96

Direction of activity: Design of wheeled and caterpillar vehicles.

Vladimir N. Plishch

Senior lecturer

Contacts:

room 1002, building 8, BNTU e-mail: vplishch@bntu.by

Fields of research:

Research in loading crawler undercarriage.

Nickolai A. Pozdnjakov

Senior Lecturer

Contacts: room 411, building 8, BNTU,

tel. 8(017)293-95-96

Fields of research:

Research in systems of tractors and mobile machines.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT

The list of scientific publications of employees of the Department

Multi-purpose caterpillar and wheel vehicles. Theory: Educational tutorial / V. P. Boykov, V. V. Guskov, V. A. Korobkin , V. V. Ravino, I. N. Uss; under the general editorship by Dr. of Sciences, Professor V. P. Boykov. Minsk: New Knowledge; Moscow: INFRA-M, 2012. - 543 p.
Multi-purpose caterpillar and wheel vehicles. The basics of ergonomics and design: Educational tutorial / V. V. Guskov, V. P. Boykov, D. V. Kljutko, L. V.Kucharenok; under the general editorship by Dr. of Sciences, Professor V. P. Boykov. - Minsk: New Knowledge; Moscow: INFRA-M, 2014. -312 p.
Multi-purpose caterpillar and wheel machines. Design: Educational tutorial/ V. P. Boykov, V.V.Guskov, Ch. I.Zhdanovich; under the general editorship by Dr. of Sciences, Professor V. P. Boykov. – Minsk: New Knowledge; Moscow: INFRA-M, 2017. – 296 p.

Specialities

Currently, the Department "Tractors" trains mechanical engineers in 3 specialties:

1-37 01 03 - Tractor construction;
1-37 01 04 - Multipurpose caterpillar wheeled vehicles;
1-37 01 05 - City electric transport.
1-37 05 01 - Design of caterpillar and wheeled vehicles

"Tractor Construction" (1-37 01 03)

Training corresponds to the developed educational standard and curricula. Highly qualified lecturers use complex scientific and methodological support and extensive resource base. The students study in depths computer science, CAD, tractor theory, tractor design and calculation, tractor testing, etc.

The Department cooperates closely with the Department "Wheeled Tractors" located on the premises of Minsk Tractor Works (MTW).The above-mentioned Department is equipped with advanced training and production facilities: modern bench test equipment and design systems for mechanical engineering.

The graduates obtain the qualification of a mechanical engineer providing the possibility to work at:

Tractor and transport engineering enterprises (MTW, Minsk Automobile Plant, etc.);
Metal working industry;
Defense industry;
Enterprises dealing with design, production, testing, service and maintenance of modern caterpillar wheeled vehicles (Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MWTP); JSC "Amkodor", BELAZ etc.)
Scientific and research organizations;
Higher education and vocational training institutions;
Enterprises and organizations engaged in maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles,
Pre-sale preparation, maintenance, and manning machine and tractor units.

"Multipurpose Caterpillar Wheeled Vehicles" (1-37 01 04)

Training corresponds to the developed educational standard and curricula. Highly qualified lecturers use complex scientific and methodological support and extensive resource base. The students study in depths such advanced general and special disciplines as vehicle operation and diagnostics system, ergonomics and habitability of multipurpose vehicles, CAD for vehicle components and assemblies.

The Department cooperates closely with the Department "Wheeled Tractors" (MTW) and the branch located at MTWP. The students have the possibility to work with most modern equipment, integrated engineering systems, and resource base of the two enterprises.

The graduates obtain the qualification of the mechanical engineer providing the possibility to work at:

Tractor and transport engineering enterprises (MTW, Minsk Automobile Plant, etc.);
Metal working industry;
Defense industry;
Enterprises dealing with design, production, testing, service and maintenance of modern caterpillar wheeled vehicles (Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MWTP); JSC "Amkodor", BELAZ etc.)
Scientific and research organizations;
Higher education and vocational training institutions;
Enterprises and organizations engaged in maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles,
Pre-Sale preparation, maintenance and manning the machine and tractor units.

"City Electric Transport" (1-37 01 05)

Training corresponds to the developed educational standard and curricula. Highly qualified lecturers use complex scientific and methodological support and extensive resource base.

The students study general and special disciplines, such as the organization of production and management, theory of automatic systems of rolling stock, electrical substation and traction electric drive, electronics, diagnostics systems and microprocessor technology in urban electric transport, etc.

Graduates of the speciality obtain the qualification of electromechanical engineer providing the possibility to work at:

Maintenance and repair services of trolleybus and tram depots;
Subways (e.g. Minsk Metro);
Enterprises producing trolleybusses, trams, electric vehicles, and means of transport with electric transmissions (e.g. OJSC "Holding Management Company "Belkommunmash"; BELAZ);
Research and design organizations.

"Design of caterpillar and wheeled vehicles" (1-37 05 01) (SPECIALTY from 2013).

Training of design-engineers is carried out on a daily basis for obtaining higher education.
The professional knowledge, skills and experience obtained by graduates of this specialty will enable them, having basic engineering training, to work in close contact with designers and technologists, to jointly create design projects for mobile machines.

The designer concentrates on the problems of users, on consumer quality, in contrast to the classical engineer, who focuses on the performance of the product, its technical quality and the possibilities of optimal production. Engineers-designers are responsible for ensuring that the product they design is representative, safe, convenient to use, suitable for human labor.
The training of such specialists contributes to the development of the scientific, technological and creative potential of the engineering corps of enterprises oriented towards the creation and production of competitive industrial products.
In the process of training future design engineers, the main attention is paid to the methods and means of artistic design, the requirements of technical aesthetics, patterns of design shaping and composition in accordance with world trends, the study of layout techniques, prototyping and three-dimensional computer simulation of the upper structure design, cabin interiors, workplace operator caterpillar and wheeled vehicles with the use of modern applied software packages in the field of information technologies, the use of modern materials for the manufacture and assembly of carrier systems of mobile machines.
The graduates receive the qualification of an "engineer-designer" and can work as designers, engineers, designers for the development of design projects for mobile cars, in various fields related to design, research in the field of engineering, at enterprises for the production of automotive equipment, transport and other multi-purpose caterpillar and wheeled vehicles, in research and design organizations, design bureaus.

Research

In May 2005, the Research Laboratory of Tractors, a research division under the Department within the BNTU Research Division, was renamed the Laboratory of Tractors, Mobile Systems and Equipment (SRL TMSO). Prof Boykov V.P., DSc in Engineering, became the Research Advisor at the Laboratory. Cheslaw I. Zhdanowich, Associate Professor, PhD in Engineering, was appointed the Head of the Laboratory.

Main directions of scientific and innovative activity:

Design and development of tractors, mobile machinery, agricultural machinery, their units and assemblies;
Strength calculations using finite element method;
Design and study of equipment for processing agricultural raw materials and food production;
Development of new technologies for food production;
Development of simulation software for tractors, mobile machinery, agricultural machinery, equipment for processing agricultural raw materials, and food production;
Development of automated systems for designing tractors, mobile machinery, agricultural machinery, and equipment for processing agricultural raw materials and food production;
Development of design documentation, device design, and research activities.

Agricultural machines are needed not only for crop production but also for its processing. Since 2001, the Laboratory (together with JSC "Mashpischeprod" within the GTIN "Agrocomplex" and "Industrial Biotechnology") has been designing machinery for processing agricultural raw materials.

Currently, the Laboratory and Research and Production Enterprise "Engineering-Effect" are developing a family of special electrical machines on the basis of new energy saving technologies. In 2008, the Department developed a prototype of an electric wheelchair to be manufactured for Belarusian Prosthetic and Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center.

The Department carries out various tasks within the framework of State Scientific and Technical Programs, including the major state programs "Belarusian Automobile and Tractor Engineering", "Mechanics", etc.

Contributing to the development of the national scientific school of engineering, the Department trains graduate students in the specialty "Caterpillar Wheeled Vehicles".

Foreign specialists have prepared and defended their PhD (5) and DSc (4) theses under the guidance of the Department's scientific supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Guskov V.V. - 10 DScs and 27 PhDs;
Prof. Dr. Boykov V.P. - 3 DScs and 9 PhDs;
Prof. Dr. Bogdan N.V. – 1 DSc and 11PhDs;
Prof. Dr. Lefarov A.H. - 1 DSc and 9 PhDs.

Students are actively involved in research. Annually they present 15 - 25 reports at national and international conferences. Most promising students have the opportunity to take graduate studies, apply for patents, publish articles, participate in various competitions, and obtain grants.

The Department has close ties with production. The leading enterprises of the country, such as MTW, "Belkommunmash", "Amkodor", and MWTP employ the Department"s specialists to carry out research and provide the Department with grounds for student practical training.

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