Technique and Technology of Heat Treatment (FSI-DTZ)

Academic year 2026/2027
Supervisor: Ing. Miloslav Kouřil, CSc.  
Supervising institute: ÚMVI all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Course type: departmental course
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The subject has to teach the students the basic techniques used in current hardening shops.It fils up the subjects Material science I and II, Engineering materials and other ones, with knowledge of media, techniques and plants of the heat treatment. It speaks about hardening shops organization, ekology aspects of clasical and newly developed techniques and plants, quality controll, e.t.c..
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    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Laboratory exercise  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
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    Lecture

1. The diagram of heat treatment as a systemic approach to the heat treatment technigue creation
2. The selected high temperature propertes of metals
3. The heat treatment media. The heating media. The oxygen iron chemical reactions. A stain origin
4. The protection atmospheres.The nature of their protection effects
5. The active protecting atmospheres. The basic chemical reactions in the Fe-C-H-O system and their equilibrium constants
6. The imperfect burning of hydrocarbons. Exothermic and endothermic atmospheres
7. The atmosphere controll. Carbon potential. Dew point and oxygen probe.
8. The carburising atmospheres. The nert protecting atmospheres
9. The vacuum heating and furnaces. Non conventional heating
10. Quenching media. The basic types and its tests. The quenching media without a change of condition
11. The quenching media with a change of condition
12. Heat treatment plants. Furnaces and quenching facilities
13. Auxiliary equipment of hardening rooms. Cleaning technigue and technology.
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1. The heat treatment diagram. 2. The selected technigue calculations. 3. A temperature field of furnace measurement. 3. The temperature measurement and controll means. 4. The quenching media and the shape distortionn I. 5. The quenching media and the shape distrtion II. 6. The atmosphere measurement. Dew point. 7. The Oxygen probe.its design and use 8. The hardness measurement in hardening rooms. Means and use. 9. The excursion. 10. The faults of heat and chemical heat treatment Samples and light microscopy. 11. Test. 12.The ungreasing and other auxiliary media in hardening rooms. 13. The hardening room organization.The credit confirmation.
Literature - fundamental:
1. Ryš, Cenek, Mazanec, Hrbek: Nauka o materiálu I/4. Železo a jeho slitiny. Academia Praha 1975
2. Eckstein, Hans Joachim: Technologie der warmebehandlung von stahl. VEB Deutscher Verlag fűr Grundstoffindustrie Leipzig, 1977
3. Physical metalurgy Handbook. Sinha, Kumar Anil; Mc Graw Hill Handbooks 2002. 712 s., ISBN 0-07-057986-5
Literature - recommended:
1. Pluhař a kolektiv: Nauka o materiálech. Vysokoškolská učebnice. SNTL 1989
2. Dorazil a kolektiv: Nauka o materiálu 1 . Skripta VUT FS v Brně
2. Skočovský, P. – Durmis, I.: Technológia tepelného spracovania kovov. Skripta VŠDS v Žilině, Alfa 1984
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B-ZSI-P full-time study MTI Materials Engineering -- Cr,Ex 5 Compulsory 1 3 W
C-AKR-P full-time study CZS -- Cr,Ex 5 Elective 1 1 W