calendar>>May 8. 2018 Juche 107
33rd National Festival of Science and Technology
Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- The 33rd National Festival of Science and Technology took place in Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK.

The festival was held, divided into 29 panels including power, metal, chemistry, machinery, coal, construction, IT and bio-engineering, in the form of exhibition and presentation of sci-tech achievements, exchange of new technologies and sale of new products.

On display at the festival were a number of achievements highly appreciated at sci-tech festivals of commissions, ministries, national institutions and provinces (municipalities).

What drew visitors' attention were those presented by the State Academy of Sciences, like independent wind- and solar-power supply system, rooftop greenhouse for soilless cultivation based on production cycle, PMMA intra ocular lens production equipment and technology of producing foamed-lag with tuff cement.

Visitors also took interests in force pump for concrete mixture presented by the Rakwon Machine Complex, power- and labor-saving shoemaking machines by the Pothonggang Footwear Factory, banister made with pumice by 216 Division and multi-functional smart power-trowel for floor plastering by the Junggu Public Building Construction Company.

Among the exhibits were the technology of designing and manufacturing S-shaped turbine displayed by the Kapsan County Science and Technology Commission of Ryanggang Province, vertical biaxial wind-powered generator by the Sunchon Chemical Complex and IT technology for positioning line fault through wireless network by the Rason City Power Distribution Station.

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