ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Apr 10, 2026 – ASCON is excited to announce the winners of XXIII 3D Modeling Expert Contest, an annual event for professional KOMPAS-3D users. Every year, the competition allows experienced designers and young professionals to showcase their skills.
In 2025, ASCON received 108 projects from 63 companies using KOMPAS-3D.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: OVER 5,000 PARTS
1st place – 4-strand continuous casting machine
The continuous casting machine casts low- and high-carbon, high-alloy, and stainless steel grades into high-quality billets with customizable cross-section and length.
Company name: Bardin Central Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy
2nd place – Compact articulated loader
A multifunctional compact loader with an articulated frame that provides excellent maneuverability. It has an extendable boom that increases the working envelope. With pre-installed hydraulic lines, the loader can operate a large number of attachments.
Company name: Road Construction Equipment
3rd place – Train wheel reprofiling lathe
This is a 3D model of a train wheel reprofiling lathe.
Company name: Southern Heavy Equipment
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: 1,000 TO 4,999 PARTS
1st place – Methanol supply and transfer pumping station
The station supplies methanol to the pipelines and the integrated gas treatment plant.
Company name: TECHNOTEX
2nd place – Single-girder overhead electric crane, 10 tons capacity
A reduced height, single-girder bridge crane with a hoist is used to maintain a slurry pumping station.
Company name: DIM Stroy
3rd place – Sorting machine
Sorting machine consists of rotating, slightly inclined rolls with gaps of varying widths between them.
Company name: MARLING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: UP TO 999 PARTS
1st place – DIESEL RR1200 hydraulic boom mower
The mower is designed for agriculture and municipal services. It can mow the edges of airfields, highways, and waterways. The boom and rotor are floating.
Company name: Prankor
2nd place – Components of the Kaplan KP3000 hydroelectric generator No. 2, Grodno Hydro Power Plant
The components enable trouble-free operation of one of the largest hydro power plants in Belarus: Grodno HPP. A distinctive feature of this plant is that it does not affect the river flow, as it runs on domestic wastewater only.
Company name: BELENERGOREMNADKA
3rd place – Helios-1 3D printer
3D printer (FFF technology) with a print area of 300×200×290 mm. The built-in Repka Pi4 single-board computer with the Klipper firmware provides high speed, excellent accuracy, and extensive printing capabilities (input shaping, web interface, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet). The 3D printer is intended for schools, universities, and design contractors.
Company name: Obukhov Factory
INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION
1st place – Condensate stabilization unit, Achimovsk deposit development project
The condensate stabilization unit rectifies condensate with high quality. The project is an assembly of four components (evaporator, column, heat exchanger, and air cooler), part of the utilities module, and the interconnectors.
Company name: Technomir Engineering Center
2nd place – Slug catcher
The slug catcher separates volumes of liquid and gas from wet condensate.
Company name: TECHNOTEX
3rd place – Checkpoint building
The checkpoint is a single-story, prefabricated building consisting of four shippable shelters and mounting parts. It is assembled on site on a foundation into a single building 12,360 x 9,300 x 5,765 mm.
Company name: URALTECHSYSTEMS
DIGITAL MODEL
Isolation module for cathode protection
The BSZ isolation module is used in cathode protection (CP) of underground steel structures (pipelines, cables, etc.) It mitigates interference from adjacent utilities.
Company name: Neftegazkompleks-EKhZ
BEST PROJECT IN THE SUCCESSFUL IMPORT SUBSTITUTION CATEGORY
High-speed variable centrifugal turbo blower
The project is a 3D assembly of a high-speed centrifugal turbo blower with variable rpm. The blower is designed for variable flow systems, ensuring consistent aerodynamic performance across the entire operating range.
Company name: Engineering and Technological Solutions
BEST PROJECT IN THE SUCCESSFUL IMPORTED CAD SUBSTITUTION CATEGORY
Metering and quality assessment system for wide spread of light hydrocarbon fractions
The system measures the quantity and quality of a wide spread of light hydrocarbon fractions online.
Company name: Automation-Metrology-EXPERT
Wristwatch self-winding movement
A movement is an intricate network of interacting components that converts the energy of a spring into the movement of the hands that display the time. Self-winding technology uses the kinetic energy of the owner’s hand swings to automatically wind up the spring.
Company name: Petrodvorets Raketa Watch Factory
FOR THE BEST APPLICATION OF THE LARGE ASSEMBLY TOOLS
Lifting platforms for the main stage, opera and ballet theater
These are four main lifting platforms, a counterweight, an access ladder in the understage, drives, and guides with supports.
Company name: Sole Proprietor Nikolay Volkov
BEST DEBUT PROJECT
The stern shaft seal ensures the watertightness where the propeller shaft exits the hull. The seal also serves as a support for bearings lubricated and cooled by seawater.
Company name: Fox Cast
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST APPLICATION OF KOMPAS-3D MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PLUGINS
Electric overhead crane for foundries Q=200+50/16 t
The Q=200+50/16t electric overhead crane carries steel casting ladles to the continuous casting machine and the slab rolling mill.
Company name: Severstal
BEST PARAMETERIZATION
Artificial climbing wall generator
The generator creates a climbing wall model in KOMPAS-3D from an Excel file.
Company name: 3M ENGINEERING
All competition entries are available in the Project Gallery.
About ASCON
Founded in 1989 as a private company, ASCON, becoming one of the first CAD/AEC/PLM developers and integrators in Russian and CIS member countries. Its software solutions address key engineering design issues, such a accurate 3D modeling, preparation and release of drawings and design documentation, business process development, and engineering data management.
Today, ASCON is a dynamic company employing 800 highly qualified specialists. The company operates 60 offices and dealer centers in major industrial regions worldwide. Each branch office provides a full range of services in software implementation, IT consulting, personnel training, software integration and support.
The number of KOMPAS installations exceeds 80 000 seats in automotive, heavy machinery, aerospace and defense, agriculture, oil production and power generation, manufacturing and construction, electronics and engineering industries. For more information, visit https://ascon.net.
