Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) thanked the “VATAN” and “KARABAĞ X” teams of Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU).

Thus, two of the three AzTU teams that won the “TAI Lift Up 2024 Industry-Oriented Graduation Project – Graduate Projects” competition in the 2024/2025 academic year, “VATAN” and “KARABAĞ X”, were thanked by “TAI Lift Up” for fully fulfilling their obligations. The “VATAN” team, consisting of 4th-year students, completed a diploma project on the topic “Reduction of residual stresses and optimization of NC program depending on the rolling direction of the material in mechanical processing parts” under the leadership of Sarvan Aziz, associate professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology of AzTU.

Within the framework of the project, the possibilities of application in the aerospace industry, the regularity of formation of residual stresses and the characteristics of changes in mechanical indicators during the hot rolling process of aluminum alloys were determined based on the physical, mechanical and chemical properties of aluminum alloys, the degree of influence of the parameters of the hot rolling process of aluminum alloys on the formation of residual stresses was examined, and based on the study of the mechanical properties of the ultra-high-strength Al-Zn-Mg-Cu compound intended for use in aircraft, the technological analysis of the recrystallization process and residual stress under deformation during hot rolling of the 7055 aluminum alloy was carried out.

The “KARABAĞ X” team, under the leadership of Professor Nizami Yusubov, head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology of AzTU, completed a diploma project on the topic “Green mechanical processing and durability of cutting tools”. In order to measure the surface integrity and cutting force during milling of titanium alloy with two different cooling methods, the optimization of cutting parameters using different cutting speeds, feeds and depths of cut in the final milling process was carried out using ANOVA and Taguchi methods to analyze the effect on surface integrity and tool life. In the study, faster heat removal was observed during the milling process with minimal lubrication compared to the dissolved oil. “TUSAŞ Lift Up 2024 Industry-Oriented Graduation Project – Graduate Projects” competition provides the participation of AzTU undergraduate engineering students by forming teams.

The coordination of the project work is carried out by the School of Lifelong Learning.