Course detail

Technological Preparation of Foundry Production

FSI-PTC Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer semester

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-SLE-P: Foundry Technology, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 6 credits, compulsory

Programme C-AKR-P: , Lifelong learning
branch CLS: , 6 credits, elective

Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
branch STG: Manufacturing Technology, 6 credits, compulsory-optional

Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
branch STM: Manufacturing Technology and Management in Industry, 6 credits, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Syllabus

1. Rules, standarts and documentation used by casting technology project.
2. Principles of casting design and technology proposal.
3. Design of a mould, dimensions, number and layout of castings in a mould.
4. Positioning of cores in a mould, buoyant forces of metal.
5. Temperature field in the casting and its influence on solidification.
6. Metal flow in a mould, dimensions of pouring system.
7. Solidification of metal in a mould, modulus, solidification time calculation.
8. Calculation of risers, optimation of risers yield.
9. Modern methods of pouring and riser system design.
10.Solidification and risering of graphitic cast irons.
11.Finishing of castings.
12.Casting design.
13.Standartisation of technogical projects.

Computer-assisted exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Accuracy of castings, technological additions, standarts used by making up the technological projects.
2. Signs used on technological drawings.
3. Making up a single technological design.
4. Presentation of the project.
5. Calculation of stress efects of metal in a mould.
6. Calculation of thermal modulus and feeding regions.
7. Calculation of risers.
8. Presentation and analysis of pouring and solidifying of some castings.
9. Calculation of ingate system.
10. Analysis of technogical projects.
11. Making up the projects.
12. Checking the solution by numerical simulation.
13. Finishing the projects and discusion.