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Theory of foundry processes

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 618-3021/02
Abbreviation TSP
Course title Theory of foundry processes
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Metallurgy and Foundry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Hampl, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Properties of liquid metals, the theory of internal structure melts, the types of solutions. Viscosity, surface tension metals and alloys, non-metallic inclusions.
2. Metal crystallization, nucleation and crystal growth, homogeneous and heterogeneous crystallization, segregation and segregations. Thermal and gravitational convection.
3. Volumetric shrinkage metals. Morphology and solidification zone of melts, melt filtration in dendritic skeleton, two-phase zone, the kinetics of shrinkage.
4. Solidification of metals, solidification kinetics, shrinkage of metals in liquid state. Thermal and thermal node axis. Transformation shrink stress, cracking.
5. Directionally solidified casting, casting module. Boss, function, module riser, riser sizing, pressure ratios and scope riser.
6. Physical fundamentals of fluid flow. Hydraulic conditions during casting. Gating system, the flow of metal in the gating system.
7. Pressure in the mold. Dimensioning and optimization of gating systems. Types gating. Filtration of metals in the gating system.
8. Gases in the casting form. Reoxidation processes in metal form. Endogenous and exogenous bubbles. Condensing zone of the water in the sand form.
9. Properties of metals in the solidus temperature. Heat, phase and shrink tension. The emergence of tensions and cracks in the casting, measurement and removal of residual stresses. Collapse castings.
10. Definition of basic physical quantities in thermal heat transfer between the casting and the mold. Coefficient of thermal expansion.
11. Gravity casting in vacuum and pressurized atmosphere. Centrifugal casting. Moulding under pressure. Low-pressure casting. Casting with crystallization under pressure and in semi-solid state.
13. Solidification of castings in metal molds. Heat mode of the metal mold.
12. The use of acoustic emission in the study of related disorders.
14. Modeling of thermal processes during solidification of castings.

Povinná literatura

[1]GOODRICH,M.G. Iron Castings Enginering Handbook.Illinois:American Foundry Society, 2006.ISBN 0-87433-260-5.
[2]FRUEHAN,R. et al.: The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel. Pittsburgh: 1998. ISBN 0-930767-02-0.
[3]Allibert, M. et. al. Slag atlas. Düsseldorf, 1995. ISBN 3-514-00457-9.

Advised literature

[1] CAMPBELL, J. Castings practice: the 10 rules of castings. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 07-506-4791-4.
[2]FRUEHAN, R. Casting volume: Ladle operations. Pittsburgh: AISE Steel Foundation, 2003. ISBN 0-930767-04-7