Course detail
Technological Preparation of Foundry Production
FSI-PTC Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer semester
Supervisor
Department
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.