calendar>>December 28. 2017 Juche 106
Valuable Sci-tech Achievements Made in 2017
Pyongyang, December 28 (KCNA) -- A number of sci-tech achievements which are of the state's significance have been made in the DPRK this year.

Sci-tech achievements made by the State Academy of Sciences are making great contribution to putting national economy on a Juche, modern and self-supporting basis.

The Institute of Automation introduced into practice the PLC special functional module and motor regulating valve needed for establishing the integrated production system at thermal power plants and automatic system at mines, while the Manufactory No. 111 and the IT Sci-tech Institute completed integrated circuit for metering and measuring and various kinds of industrial IT products.

The Bioengineering Branch registered such latest research achievements as breeding of highly productive fishes and development of a technology of cultivating fruit sapling based on tissue culture.

The Mechanical Engineering Institute developed PMMA intra ocular lens process equipment and decanter centrifuge, the Environmental Engineering Institute metal cutting machine using hydrogen and the Control Machine Institute new-type CNC device.

The Hydraulic Engineering Institute, the Electricity Institute, etc. completed tidal generating installations and generating system of water supply and drainage in downtown areas.

The Microbiological Research Institute laid foundations for producing red yeast in an industrial method.

Besides, oxygen-pulverized coal firing technology, heat-resisting cement, generator excitation, speed regulator control system and combined water control system were introduced into thermal power plants and hydro-power stations across the country.

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