Castings Quality Control (FSI-PKO)

Academic year 2023/2024
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Antonín Záděra, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚST all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Aims of the course unit:
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic methods of analysing chemical, physical, operational-technological properties of foundry materials, non-destructive testing and its application. Students should learn the principles and systems of ensuring quality management in engineering plants. They will make use of this knowledge when working on their diploma projects and in practice.
Learning outcomes and competences:
The course will provide students with a broad overview of the area of individual inspection methods and related systems of quality management.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of quality and metrology. A good grasp of foundry-engineering technologies. Knowledge of materials, mechanical and technological properties. Fundamentals, principles and SI units used in non-destructive methods (Materials science, Physics).
Course contents:
Economic aspects of quality. Quality and protection of the environment. Legislation. Systems of quality management assurance. Quality Journal. Preparing a quality manual - analysis and application. The Deming principles, the Juran trilogy, the Taguchi loss function. Methods of chemical analysis, electrochemical and spectrometric methods. Determining the content of gas in metals. Application of mechanical testing to castings. Physical testing for operational & technological properties. Visual inspection. Principal methods of non-destructive testing based on capillary phenomena, magnetic and electrical properties of substances, acoustic and radiologic methods, infrared flaw detection. Fundamentals and application of ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation. Principles of statistical quality inspection. Metrology laboratories.
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Conditions of awarding the course-unit credit: being present in exercises.
The subject of examination is the student's knowledge of individual methods of materials testing and evaluation of materials properties and their application, using practical examples. Oral examination with preparation in writing.
Controlled participation in lessons:
Attendance at lecture is recommended. Attendance at seminars is required. Understanding the subject-matter delivered by the lecturer is checked in practicals. Students agree with the course supervisor on making up for absence from classes. If there are more cases of absence, an individual programme will have to be worked out and defended before the course-unit credit can be awarded.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 3 hrs. optionally                  
    Laboratory exercise  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. Quality - protection of the environment, Quality Journal
2. Methods of chemical and electrochemical analyses
3. Spectrometric analyses
4. Gases in metals, mechanical testing of castings
5. Physical testing
6. Operational-technological testing
7. Machinability, fracture mechanics
8. Non-destructive testing - ultrasonic and electromagnetic testing
9. Ultrasound and radiography
11. Isotopes, visual inspection
12. Behaviour of defects under stressing
13. Quality manual
    Laboratory exercise 1. Visit to a spectrometry laboratory
2. Ultrasound - defects, mechanical properties
3. Measuring residual stress, E-modulus
4. Measuring residual stress radiographically
5. Mechanical testing
6. Non-destructive testing, electromagnetic testing
7. X-ray application
8. Statistics software Q-DAS
9. Metrology for laboratories
10. Manual of quality
11. Manual of quality
12. Selection of foundry materials
13. Awarding the course-unit credit
Literature - fundamental:
1. KOPEC, B. Nedestruktivní zkoušení materiálů a konstrukcí: (nauka o materiálu IV). Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2008, 571 s. ISBN 978-80-7204-591-4.
2. ČECH, Jaroslav. Vady a kontrola odlitků. 2. vyd. Brno: VUT Brno, 1991, 140 s. ISBN 80-214-0278-4.
3. Metals Handbook: Volume 10, American Society for Metals, USA, 1998
4. ČECH, Jaroslav. Technická měření ve slévárenství. 3. vyd. Brno: VUT Brno, 1990, 178 s. ISBN 80-214-0093-5.
5. Metals Handbook: Volume 15, American Society for Metals, USA, 1998
Literature - recommended:
1. Čech,J.: Technická měření ve slévárenství, VUT FSI Brno, 1990
2. Čech,J.: Vady a kontrola odlitků, VUT FSI Brno, 1991
3. Mizuno,S.: Řízení jakosti, VP Praha, 1993
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
N-SLE-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 5 Compulsory 2 2 W