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Production and material technologies

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Course Unit Code632-2024/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BUJ37doc. Ing. Kateřina Skotnicová, Ph.D.
SZU02doc. Ing. Ivo Szurman, Ph.D.
CEG004Ing. Tomáš Čegan, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The graduate of the course is able to classify and clarify individual production and material technologies that are applied in the automotive industry. Attention will be focused mainly on the production and processing of components based on metals and their alloys (steel, alloys based on Al, Mg, Ti, etc.). The student is able to describe the principle and basic parameters of individual technologies for the preparation of selected types of materials, as well as define their advantages and disadvantages. The graduate is also able to discuss the development of new materials for these applications and current trends in the automotive industry.
Course Contents
1. Metallurgical technologies for the preparation of castings (gravity, centrifugal casting, squeeze casting, high-pressure casting, low-pressure casting, production of metal matrix composites (MMC) from the melt, stir casting, infiltration, etc.), principle, advantages, materials, applications.

2. Powder metallurgy (production and testing of powder materials, compaction of powder mixtures, sintering processes); hot isostatic pressing, forging.

3. Additive manufacturing technology - application in automotive (classification of additive manufacturing technologies, main steps in the additive manufacturing process, powder bed fusion methods (DMLS, SLM, EBM, MJF), principles, materials, subsequent processing, applications.

4. Metal injection molding - process stages, advantages, materials, applications.

5. Forming processes (hot and cold forming, free and die forging, extrusion, rolling of thin sheets, surface forming, forming by internal excess pressure (hydroforming), etc.).
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KURSA, M. a K. SKOTNICOVÁ. Prášková metalurgie, studijní opory. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. ISBN 978-80-248-3378-1.
RAMAKRISHNAN, P. Powder Metallurgy: For Automotive, Aluminium Alloys, Hard And Super Hard Materials. New Delhi: MedTech, 2013, 213 p. ISBN 9381714487.
GIBSON, I., D. W. ROSEN, B. STUCKER a Mahyar KHORASANI. Additive manufacturing technologies. Third edition. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, [2021]. ISBN 978-3-030-56126-0.
KURSA, M. a K. SKOTNICOVÁ. Prášková metalurgie, studijní opory. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. ISBN 978-80-248-3378-1.
RAMAKRISHNAN, P. Powder Metallurgy: For Automotive, Aluminium Alloys, Hard And Super Hard Materials. New Delhi: MedTech, 2013, 213 p. ISBN 9381714487.
GIBSON, I., D. W. ROSEN, B. STUCKER a Mahyar KHORASANI. Additive manufacturing technologies. Third edition. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, [2021]. ISBN 978-3-030-56126-0.

Recommended Reading:
YADROITSEV, Igor, Ina YADROITSAVA, Anton DU PLESSIS a Eric MACDONALD, ed. Fundamentals of laser powder bed fusion of metals. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, [2021]. Additive manufacturing materials and technologies. ISBN 978-0-12-824090-8.
UPADHYAYA, G. S. Powder metallurgy technology. Cambridge: Cambridge International Science Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-898326-40-1.
HOSFORD, William F. a Robert M. CADDELL. Metal forming: mechanics and metallurg
YADROITSEV, Igor, Ina YADROITSAVA, Anton DU PLESSIS a Eric MACDONALD, ed. Fundamentals of laser powder bed fusion of metals. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, [2021]. Additive manufacturing materials and technologies. ISBN 978-0-12-824090-8.
UPADHYAYA, G. S. Powder metallurgy technology. Cambridge: Cambridge International Science Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-898326-40-1.
HOSFORD, William F. a Robert M. CADDELL. Metal forming: mechanics and metallurgy. 3rd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-88121-0.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work, Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 (30)20
                Seminární práceSemestral project12 7
                Protokoly z laboratorních cvičeníLaboratory work18 13
        ExaminationExamination70 35