Technological Preparation of Foundry Production (FSI-PTC)

Academic year 2024/2025
Supervisor: Ing. Vladimír Krutiš, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚST all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
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Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 3 hrs. optionally                  
    Computer-assisted exercise  13 × 3 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture

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

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.
Literature - fundamental:
1. Vilčko,J.-Slovák,S.: Zlievárenská technologia, SNTL Praha 1987
2. Campbell,J.: Castings, second edition, Butterworth, 2003
Literature - recommended:
1. Roučka,J.: Slévárenská technologie, , 0
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 6 Compulsory 2 2 S
N-STG-P full-time study STM Manufacturing Technology and Management in Industry -- Cr,Ex 6 Compulsory-optional 2 1 S
N-STG-P full-time study STG Manufacturing Technology -- Cr,Ex 6 Compulsory-optional 2 1 S