Poznań University of Technology to launch innovative locomotive

06.12.2019

Poznan University of Technology students from the Scientific Club of Public Transport Engineers operating at the Faculty of Transport Engineering constructed a locomotive. A half-ton machine of a scale of 1: 5.5 was presented at the Lecture Center of the University of Technology.

The young constructors project was realized in the international Railway Challenge 2019 competition organized by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Stapleford in Great Britain. The Poznań locomotive received many distinctions in various categories.

The PUTrain team won a special award for the materials used and the innovations introduced in the project. As a debut team in 2019, they won the 7th place in the overall classification of 14 teams. In addition, the team won: 2nd place in the Innovation competition, 2nd place in the Technical Poster competition, 3rd place in the Comfort of Travel competition, 4th place in the Business Presentation competition and 5th place in the Ease of Maintenance competition.


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