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Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleNumber of ECTS Credits Allocated
632-0803/01Molding Sands and Mixtures5 ECTS credits
Type of Course UnitCompulsory
Level of Course UnitSecond Cycle
Year of StudyFirst Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech, English
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
617-0822Macromolecular Chemistry
632-0801Theory of Foundry Engineering Processes I.
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
JEL40prof. Ing. Petr Jelínek, CSc.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student will be able:
-to know the rules for using quartz and non-quartz base sands;
-to know processes of the cooling effect control of a foundry mould;
-to explain kinds and importance of base sands surfaces and principles of their
measurements;
-to know types and means for reclamation of foundry base sands;
-to analyze physical and chemical nature of binding property and strength of moulding
mixtures;
-to explain principles of classification of binder systems of the Ist up to IVth generation;
-to design a binder system for the given technological process of casting manufacture;
-to explain physical principles of binding the mixtures of the IIIrd generation;
-to describe chemical hardening processes of inorganic and organic binders
condensation, polymerization, addition, copolymerization).

Recommended Optional Programme Components
Study of basic foundry sands, binders and additives of foundry mixtures - collections of Department of Foundry Engineering
Course Contents
Evaluation of the quality synthetic and natural sand.
Regeneration, the quality of regenerate.
Natural sands. Inorganic and organic binder.
Interaction binder-sand.
Activation of grog.
Process of CO2, SO2-process, Hot Box, Cold Box.
The fully forms.
Special technology of molds and cores art castings.
Plaster molds
(hard mix), Lost Foam, organobentonity, cement mixture,
Shaw-method, silicone-rubber-method, Lost Foam, Replicast.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
FLEMMING, E., TILCH, W. Formstoffe und Formverfahren Deutscher Verlag fur Grundstoffindustrie, Leipzig - Stuttgart, 1993 ISBN 3-342-00531-9
ŽUKOVSKIJ, S., S. Pročnost litějnoj formy. Moskva, Mašinostojenije 1989, ISBN 5-217-00434-7
Jelínek, P.: Disperzní soustavy slévárenských formovacích směsi. OSTŘIVA. Oftis, Ostrava, 200. ISBN 80-238-6118-2
Jelínek, P.: Pojivové soustavy slévárenských formovacích směsí (Chemie slévárenských pojiv). Oftis, Ostrava, 2004, ISBN 80-239-2186-6
Rusín, K.: Formovací směsi, SNTL Praha, 1991
Recommended Reading:
LEWANDOWSKI, J., L. Tworzywa na formy odlewnicze "Akapit" Kraów, 1997, ISBN 83-7108-21-2
Jelínek, P.: I. Ostřivo formovacích směsí
II. Pojivové soustavy
III. Reakce forma-kov a ve slévárenské formě
Skripta VŠB-TU Ostrava, ES.
Rusín, K. a kol. SLévárenské formovací materiály, SNTL Praha, 1991, ISBN 80-03-00278-8
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined
Work placement(s)
the practice is not part of the subject

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