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Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Technology of metalcasting and manufacturing processes conditioning

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 632-0403/01
Abbreviation TPVO
Course title Technology of metalcasting and manufacturing processes conditioning
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Materials and Technologies for Vehicles
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Tomáš Elbel, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Lectures
1. Role and status of operation scheduling of technology in the foundry.
2. Documentation of casting manufacturing process.
3. Position of casting in a mould. Practical examples.
4. Internal holes and passageways of a casting. Core choice.
5. Buoyancy force calculation. Clamping and weighting of moulds.
6. Gating system design.
7. Riser and feeding design.
8. Venting system of gases.
9. Cleaning and inspection of castings.
10. Principles of pattern manufacturing.

Practice
1st home safety training, the role of technical preparation of production
2nd sequence of technological operations in the foundry
3rd reading drawings, recognition of machined surfaces
4th choice of location and size of the machining allowances, allowances Technology
5th předlévání holes
6th right kernel, the core of false, tokens nuclei, will
7th technological process of design
8th calculations risers
9th calculations of gating
10th midterm week

Literature

Schieg,F.P. : Technology of Metalcasting. American Foundry Society,Des
Plaines,IL 2003.
Herfurth,K.;Ketscher,N.;Köhler,M. : Giessereitechnik KOMPAKT ,
Giesserei-Verlag,Düsseldorf, 2003.

Advised literature

Schieg,F.P. : Technology of Metalcasting. American Foundry Society,Des
Plaines,IL 2003.