Top News of Last Week with ANA
Azad News Agency (ANA) published a number of scientific and technological news during the past week whose top ones are as follows:
New Method Designed by Iranian Specialists to Improve Performance of Sliding Foundations
The head of a technological company in Iran said that the academic experts have presented an initiative to improve the performance of sliding foundations in the special conditions of Iran to protect the atmospheric and soil conditions.
Mohammad Reza Qorbani Param, the manager of Arman Sazeh Sazan technological company, said that in addition to providing effective communication between ‘industry and university’, the technological company seeks to indigenize construction technologies with the creativity and innovation of Iranian experts and develop sliding foundations in Iran.
“Conducting research and field tests on the optimal use of sliding foundations in Iran's special conditions, including local soils and weather conditions, providing expert advice to construction companies and organizations for the optimal use of sliding foundations in the design and implementation of structures, designing and developing new technologies for improving the performance and efficiency of sliding foundations in Iran's special conditions and publishing scientific articles and reports about the use of sliding foundations in buildings and civil structures in Iran's conditions are among our company’s measures,” he added.
Industrial Autoclaves Indigenized in Iran for Production of Carbon Fiber Parts
A knowledge-based company in Iran managed to fully indigenize the design and manufacturing technology of modern industrial autoclave devices, providing the ground for production of carbon fibers used in making aircraft and drone parts.
“A strategic equipment of our company is the industrial autoclave device which is used in strategic industries like aircraft manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, and tile and ceramic and tire and tube production, and construction and glass industries,” said Mohammad Limouchi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.
He added that production of earthquake and fire-resistant building glass without the use of precise industrial autoclaves that are controlled by computers is not possible either.
Autoclaves are often used to process critical parts that must meet stringent safety and quality requirements. Autoclave curing helps achieve the correct resin-to-fiber ratio in aerospace and aircraft composite parts. During this process, the part is placed in a vacuum chamber where it is exposed to high temperatures.
Iran Inaugurates Production Line of 16-Slice CT Scanners
Iranian Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Rouhollah Dehqani Firouzabadi inaugurated the production line of 16-slice CT scan devices and the export of Iran-made ventilators manufactured by a knowledge-based company.
The ceremony was held at Khorassan Razavi’s Science and Technology Park in the Northeastern part of Iran.
After the ceremony, Dehqani Firouzabadi visited the production lines of parts made in Iran for respiratory aid equipment, Tubofan Dion respiratory ventilators, professional valve resuscitation and ventilation calibrator and other equipment made the specialists of the knowledge-based company.
“At present, we have a cooperation agreement with the Health Ministry to make and deliver 35 CT scanners. Without doubt, we can produce and deliver 250 16-slice CT scans to the Health Ministry within one year,” said Khosro Heydari, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.
“By producing certain parts of CT scanners, the company has joined the club of manufacturers of CT scan parts in the world, and in the future we can mass-produce and export the CT scan parts,” he added.
Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Produces Smart VR Glasses for Education
Specialists of an Iranian knowledge-based company stationed at Isfahan Science and Technology Park succeeded in designing and manufacturing smart virtual reality (VR) glasses for teaching students.
“The 3D smart glasses enjoy the capability of modeling and simulating educational spaces and workshops for students,” Elyas Nateq, the managing director of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.
Noting that students from the 3rd to the 12th grades are the users of this product, he said, “All details of the textbooks (650 subjects) and even their practical lessons that require a workshop space have been considered in these glasses.”
Nateq underlined that the smart virtual reality glasses are widely used in fields like simulation of industrial lines, laboratory spaces in petrochemicals, surgical operations in the medical industry.
“These smart glasses do not require installation of any special software on the user's cellphone, and all information exists in the glasses, and merely, a management software is installed for the teacher as the interface user, which is very simple and easy,” he added.
Iranian Knowledge-Based Company Meets Country’s Need for LED Bulbs
An Iranian knowledge-based company has met the country's need for LED lights by relying on domestic experts and producing high quality LED bulbs.
“Our company was founded in the year 2021 and was recognized as a type-2 manufacturing knowledge-based company in May 2023. Our knowledge-based product is LED bulbs which has met the country's need for such products and their spare parts,” said Kaveh Nazari Leskoklayeh, the managing dorector of the company, according to Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy.
“The company opened with the use of 10 advanced plastic injection molding machines, with the capacity to produce 23 million pieces per year, and currently has 38 workforces, which is a great achievement for a newly-founded firm. Currently, we have used 35% of our SP capacity and we are launching the production of products that were expensive before and there was a need to import them from different countries, especially China. We have been able to supply to the markets products similar to imported ones even with much higher standards and quality,” he said.
With respect to creating jobs by their firm, Nazari said, adding, “Currently, we have 38 employees, and the company operating 24/7, and there are around 55 to 60 indirect employees in different departments, as well.”
“We also hope that by increasing our production capacity, which we have currently only activated by 35%, we will also be able to get to the market neighboring countries to export to them light bulb parts. Currently, as a lamp manufacturer, our products have received warm welcome from the consumers and our high-quality products can meet global standards,” the director of the company said.
Iranian Company Develops Water Quality System with 7 Sensors
Researchers at Tehran-based Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) have developed a system in the prototype phase that is capable of monitoring 7 elements in water using 6 sensors.
Amirhossein Jalaian, one of the researchers of the project,said in an interview with Iranian media that their device is Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) sensors.
“This system has 7 sensors which include sensors for PH, profile, conductivity, temperature, oxygen and salinity and organic compounds,” he added.
He said that the system is to monitor the quality of water in dams or oceans and stated, “This device is released on the water surface at a depth of 70 to 80 meters and presents these parameters to the user in an Excel file.”
Stating that the user can access the data from the device through the Internet, Jalaian added, “This device enables the operator to measure the water quality.”
Adding that the prototype of the system has been produced, the researcher also said, “This device has been tested on the ground. This was one of the tests in the Karun 4 Dam."
Researchers at Iranian Knowledge-Based Company Develop Laboratory Stirrers
Researchers at a knowledge-based company have developed and produced a variety of mechanical mixers that can be used in laboratories and research centers of various industries.
According to a report by the Iranian Vice Presidency and Knowledge-Based Economy, Ahmad Shams, the managing director of the knowledge-based company said that in their knowledge-based company, specialized groups are doing research on developing equipment in various departments of surface and shaping engineering, mechanical engineering, automation, electrical engineering, and industrial engineering.
“This group has produced its laboratory mechanical mixers in three categories: It has designed 150 to 6,000 Rotation Per Minute (rpm). Our mixers can easily mix solutions with higher viscosity than honey. Due to being equipped with a cooling and anti-vibration system, the TNS mechanical mixer is able to continue mixing continuously even for several days without stopping,” he said.
“This collection of mechanical mixers is designed in a way that the mixing time can be programmed. This way, the stirring action will be automatically terminated at the programmed time. Controlling the speed and time in this device, in addition to the body part, can be done through Android software specifically designed for mechanical mixers.
Iranian Knowledge-Based Company Produces Solar Inverters to Compete with Foreign Rivals
Researchers at one of the Iranian knowledge-based companies operating in the field of electronic equipment have managed to produce solar inverters to boost urban power grid.
Solar power invertor converts the electricity produced in solar panels into electricty that can be used in urban power grid.
“The machine we have produced is completely localized in terms of technology and knowhow 100 percent. One of the important features of this machine is its adaptability to Iran climatic conditions, which can perform at an absolutely acceptable level in climatic conditions such as extreme weather changes which is happens in some regions in Iran,” Ahmed Nikravesh, the managing director of the knowledge-based company said, according to a report by the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science and Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy.
“There are various models of this product in our country's market especially the products of Chinese companies which are very active in the Iranian market,” he noted.
“Competing with the Chinese in terms of price is not an easy job. The annual production of some Chinese companies exceeds five million devices. If an Iranian company wants to compete with these companies with an annual production of 1,000 devices, it has no chance unless it is supported,” Nikravesh further pointed out.
Iranian Experts Design, Build Hybrid Suburban Train with 3 Wagons
Head of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research of University Science and Technology in Tehran Valiollah Roshan announced that the University’s researchers have gained the technological know-how for designing and construction of a hybrid suburban train with 3 wagons.
“The design and construction of these types of trains has been completed and the sample train has been subjected to many tests based on the standards and has received international approval for passenger transportation and use in Tehran subway lines at a speed of 80 km,” Roshan said.
“We can also design a high-speed train that will lead to a significant change in the country's rail transportation; for instance, the time for traveling from Tehran to Mashhad city can reduce to four or five hours instead of the current 12 hours,” he added.
“This train is a type of electric train that brings an important evolution in the public transportation by decreasing the pollutants, noise, and the total weight of the train and making travel for passengers easier,” Roshan said.
Earlier, in November, an Iranian student of electrical engineering with expertise in electrical transportation at Islamic Azad University’s Najaf Abad branch had also presented an idea that helps the optimal use of the energy resulting from braking in the subway trains.
Iranian Researchers Produce Hazardous Detection Kit to Alert Deaf
Researchers at Islamic Azad University(IAU)-Kermanshah branch have built a smart device to alert deaf and hard of hearing people to the potentially fatal presence of hazardous gases as the mentioned people can not hear sound alarms.
The knowledge-based company "Houshmand Pishro Omid", active in the field of electronics and computers, succeeded in obtaining the knowledge-based approval in 2022.
This knowledge-based company operates in the field of making electronic circuits smart, design and manufacture of automation equipment, design, development and manufacture of mobile applications, design, manufacture and implementation of traffic control and security equipment, and design and manufacture of printed circuit fiber.
In addition to designing and manufacturing electronic and computer equipment, this knowledge-based company also has a hand in the field of research, and with its research activities, it has succeeded in achieving successful ideas for the development of electronic and computer devices.
“Last year, we managed to obtain knowledge-based approval from the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy,” Hamed Abbasi, the managing director of the company told ANA.
“We work in the field of producing electronic devices, programming, mobile and computer programs,” he said.
Iranian Researcher Produces Kit to Detect Genetically Modified Seeds
A professor of molecular genetics at Islamic Azad University (IAU) has designed and developed a kit to detect the rate of transgenicity and genetic modification in seeds and seedlings imported from overseas.
“The GMO detecting kit has been produced to detect the rate of transgenicity and genetic modification in seeds and imported seedlings," Abbas Doosti, the professor of molecular genetics at the Islamic Azad University (IAU)-Shahrekord, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, said.
He added that a genetically modified organism (GMO) is an animal, a plant, or a microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.
According to the researcher, the kit to detect the products which have been modified transgenically and genetically is of great help to increase safety of food stuff.
Also, the imported transgenic seeds can be evaluated for the degree of transgenicity and the amount of genetic modification before planting in the country's farms.
Knowledge-Based Firm in Iran Produces 3D Printer with Capability to Maintain High Quality
The technical experts of an Iranian knowledge-based company succeeded in designing and building a 3D printer with high speed and concurrently maintaining the quality of printing.
“The new 3D printer enjoys the ability to increase the printing speed while maintaining the quality and can print at a speed of 450 to 600 mm/s,” Hamidreza Rabbani, a technical expert and a representative of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.
He elaborated on the technological advantage of the 3D printers, saying, “The automatic calibration of the printing table during, at the beginning and at the end of the printing process is the technological capability of this product.”
“When the printing process starts, the print table goes up and down automatically, and based on the map of the bumps and depressions on the surface of the table, the best print quality comes out of the machine,” Rabbani said.
He noted that most of the customers of the product are companies active in the field of printing and packaging.
Iranian Kids Crowned at 21st PAMA Global Abacus & Mental Arithmetic Competition 2023
Iran's smart children's team have become the champions of 21st PAMA Global Abacus & Mental Arithmetic Competition 2023 held in India.
The competitions were held in Navi Mumbai city in India on 28th Dec. 2023 with the participation of 450 students aged between 7 to 15 from 24 countries.
The Iranian 23-member team won 2 champion of champions, 19 championships, one first spot and one runner up to stand at the top of the world competitions.
The Iranian team from the provinces of Ardabil, Bushehr, Tehran, Fars, Qom, Kermanshah, Golestan, Lorestan and Hormozgan competed in 5 levels in the event.
Knowledge-Based Company in Iran Indigenizes In-Situ Heaters for Heavy Vehicles
In-situ heaters for heavy and semi-heavy vehicles were designed and produced by the experts of an Iranian knowledge-based company.
“During a one-to-two-year process, the company's specialists were able to produce the equipment needed to make in-situ heaters for heavy and semi-heavy vehicles by using the Iranian experts’ know-how,” Helia Mohammadi, a representative and technical expert of the Iranian knowledge-based company, told ANA.
She explained that the advantage of in-situ heaters is that there is no need to keep the car engine on and the entire car cabin is kept warm by this heater, adding that the product enjoys the capability to save electricity and car fuel, and the amount of electricity consumed in this in-situ heater is as much as the vehicle’s audio system.
“So far, we have exported several in-situ heaters, and we have also met the needs of domestic auto-making companies which manufacture heavy and semi-heavy vehicles,” Mohammadi said.
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