"Uralelectromed" (enterprise of the UMMC metallurgical complex) summarized the results of rationalization activities for 2016 and the first half of this year. The economic effect from the introduction of proposals and inventions amounted to 14.1 million rubles.

According to Chief Engineer Alexei Korolev, more than 400 employees are involved in technical creativity. It's not only engineers, but also representatives of working specialties.

"During the year and a half, 165 proposals were put into production. All of them allow to use the internal resources and potential of the enterprise more fully and more efficiently, as they are aimed at reducing the cost of production and increasing labor productivity, "he stressed..

Thus, the project on the application of a heat-resistant ceramic composite for the coloring of anode molds, proposed by the team of the copper smelting shop and the research center, saved about 760 thousand rubles.

The profit from the technical decision of specialists of the Polymetal Production Branch (Kirovgrad) on the use of pine oil during ore processing amounted to 1.6 million rubles a year. A new method of cleaning solutions in the chemical and metallurgical shop gave a saving of 1.2 million rubles.

Last year the company issued four applications for inventions to Rospatent. Three of them are associated with the improvement of the technology of galvanizing products, the fourth - with the integrated treatment of mine water. At present, JSC "Uralelectromed" owns 51 patents of the Russian Federation for inventions.