Under
the auspices and support of Prof. Mohammed Abdel Samiea, Assiut University
President and Prof. Mohamed Abul-Qasim, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering,
Fourth- Year Engineering students have devised a machine that will save millions
of Egyptian pounds spent on importing candles.
Many
professors, investors, Engineering firms got very impressed by this machine
which won several prizes of which is its selection among the best 25 projects
passing to the second round of the competition UN100 organized by the Nile
University for youth inventors of distinctive projects nationwide.
Regarding the machine, Student Mahmoud Khamis Abul-Yazeed, team coordinator,
said that the idea of the machine arose to produce candles in a short time and
high quality complying with the Egyptian market. He assured that machine will
produce more than light candles or decoration candles, and that the cost of the
machine will be around LE. 20.000 (around twenty thousand Egyptian Pounds)
compared to the cost of the imported machine which reaches about 50.000 (fifty
thousand) Egyptian Pounds.
Dr. Wael Khair-allah Professor of Design, Department of Mechanics, Faculty of
Engineering, asserted that the project will cover the demands of the Egyptian
market within 6-8 months. He added that production of decoration candles with
will commence next February. The team developing this project was composed of 6
Engineering student and a volunteer legal team to carry out the procedures.
Candle Manufacturing Machine Developed by Engineering Students Assiut University