April 2024

UCT Fluid Delivery Solutions s.r.o.
5 April – On 22 March 22 and April 5, Czech and foreign students of FME TUL had excursions to the company UCT Fluid Delivery Solutions s.r.o. in Liberec. The students got acquainted with the production processes of the high-tech equipment and lines for the production of chips and other electronic components. The excursion was attended by 11 students from Czech study programmes of FME TUL and 11 students from English study programmes accompanied by colleagues from the Departmen of Manufacturing Systems and Automation.

Škoda Road Show
April 8 April – The Škoda Road Show promotional event was held at FS TUL. During the event, the latest Škoda Auto hybrid cars and the latest Fabia RS Rally 2 racing special were presented. A lecture by Škoda Motorsport representatives on the development of the chassis of the Škoda Rally 2 racing specials was also held in the shared Uni.Lab.

Robotics and Pneumatic Systems Workshop
April 12 – Graduates from the Secondary School of Mechanical Engineering, Construction and Transport from Liberec tried out practical tasks prepared for them by colleagues from the Department of Glass Producing Machines and Robotics in our laboratories.

Students of our faculty on an excursion at Preciosa a.s.
April 19 – Our students got acquainted with the production technologies and machinery for jewellery production. Thanks to Preciosa a.s. for providing us with this opportunity.

Students from Trutnov Gymnasium visited our faculty
April 22 – This morning students from Gymnasium Trutnov spent with us. In the laboratories they got acquainted with the construction of machines and equipment for the production of nanofibre structures, with technologies of bioplastics processing including methods of their biological degradation and with additive technologies. At the end of the tour, they also met the team of the Student Formula FME TUL Racing.

Small modular reactors
April 23 – Energy, and especially electricity, is nowadays addressed at every corner and affected by many aspects. One of them is the ageing coal-fired power plants that we will have to replace with new sources in the future. All this can be achieved, for example, by converting coal sites to nuclear. What is involved in preparing a site for a source? What kind of sources will they be? And which sites are involved? Small modular reactors (SMRs) have become perhaps an overused word in the media. But what is the reality of these words, and how far do the CEZ Group's ambitions in building SMRs extend? Why, if it is a well-known technology, is there still none standing in the Western world? Wouldn't just large units be enough in our energy sector? The answers were provided by nuclear power experts from CEZ at the lecture.