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Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Nonferrous Foundry Metallurgy

Type of study Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 632-0013/02
Abbreviation SNK
Course title Nonferrous Foundry Metallurgy
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Materials and Technologies for Vehicles
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Rudolf Kořený, CSc.

Course aims

The student will be able as follows:
- to define and compare basic types of alloys based on nonferrous metals used for casting manufacture;
- to know principles of metallurgical treatment of individual foundry alloys;
- to gain an ability of designing a suitable technological process for manufacture of castings from basic types of alloys;
- to analyse nonferrous metal casting defects.

Literature

Grégerová, T. :Zlievarenstvo neželezných kovov
Lukáč, J.
Kořený, R. ALFA - SNTL, Bratislava, 1988
Jorstad, J.L. : Aluminum Casting
Wazne, M. : Technology. 2 un Edition, AFS,
Des Plaines, Illinois
Backerud, L. : Solidification Characteristics of Aluminum Alloys.
Chai, G. Volume 2, Foundry Alloys, AFS/Scaualuminion,Stockholm 1990
Tamminen, J. .

Advised literature

No advised literature has been specified for this subject.