Course detail
Machining Technology
FSI-DTB-A Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester
The course deals with the following topics: Fundamentals of machining. Dimensioning and tolerances. Physics of machining. Cutting forces, heat and temperature of cutting. Cutting materials and their use. Productivity and economy of machining. Wear of cutting tools. Main groups of machines and technologies. Technology of turning, drilling and milling. Shaping, grinding, honing and reaming. Non-conventional methods of machining (EDM, laser, plasma assisted machining, ultrasonic, water jet). Gear production. CNC machining. Rapid prototyping, 3D print. Tolerance and dimension chains. Selective assembly.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the subject ”Production Technologies II”, knowledge of fundamental methods of machining. Knowledge of mathematics, physics and material science.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Examination consists of a written and an oral part. The written part is focused on the solution of a technological problem. The assessment reflects student’s professional skills. The oral part tests student's knowledge of a topic selected randomly from the concerned areas to assess the depth of understanding.
Recommended participations in lessons. Compulsory and checked participations in exercises and labs. Obligatory full presence in all exercises. Inspection of senior professors. According to the studied topic some lessons will be practical – carried out in the lab, and some will be focused on the theory – calculations carried out in the classroom in a seminar form. Absence from seminars should be substituted for by attending a seminar with another study group or individually by the agreement with the teacher. Lessons may be occasionally inspected by the head of the department.
Successful completion of two knowledge tests on the subject.
Successful defence of their written works, protocols or technical reports.
Language of instruction
English
Aims
The aim of the course is for students to master fundamental machining technologies based on the principles of physical and chemical interactions of the machine-workpiece-tool system. In addition, manufacturing assembly and other concerned disciplines are dealt with. Students will be familiar with physics and other aspects of machining. They will be able to define technological processes for all fundamental manufacturing methods and will have an overview of principles applied for technological assembly.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-STI-A: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's
branch ---: no specialisation, 6 credits, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Fundamentals of machining.
2. Physics of cutting, chip formation.
3. Force analysis, heat and temperature when cutting, rezidual stresses and other metal cutting phenomena.
4. Tool materials for cutting. HSS, cemented carbides, ceramics, diamond, etc. CVD, MTCVD and PVD coatings.
5. Turning. Turning of outer and inner surfaces.
6. Milling. Face and shoulder milling,grooving, copying, special operations.
7. Drilling and boring, reaming.
8. Finishing technologies. Non-conventional methods of machining.
9. Machine tools for automatic production.CNC machining.
10. Economics of machining. Productivity, costs.
11. Gear production. Machine tools. Rapid prototyping.
12. Special technologies – HSM/HSC/HFM.
13. Fundamentals of technology and assembly managements.
Laboratory exercise
39 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Fundamentals of machining.
2. Calculations.
3. Metal cutting phenomena.
4. Tool materials for cutting.
5. Productivity and economics of machining.
6. Machine tools.
7. Turning.
8. Drilling and boring.
9. Milling.
10. Grinding and other finishing methods.
11. Machine tools for automatic production.
12. NC/CNC machining. Sinumerik 810D.
13. Gear production. Non-conventional methods of machining.