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Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Inspection and Quality Control of Casting

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 632-0853/01
Abbreviation kontrodl
Course title Inspection and Quality Control of Casting
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Materials and Technologies for Vehicles
Course coordinator Ing. František Mikšovský, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. introduction to the organization of production and quality kontrol, costs of quality, ISO
2. quality management systems, Shewhart control charts
3. control of liquid metal, temperature detection
4. thermal analysis, DTA
5. test of technological foundry properties and metals
6. nondestructive testing of mechanical properties, control of material structure
7. defectoscopy (visual, capillary, magnetic, ultrasound, X-ray)
8. defects in shape and surface of castigs
9. cooling of castings, hot cracks and cold craks
10. gas holes, shrinkage cavity
11. inclusions, defects of microstructure
12. production kontrol of castings


1. the definition of quality castings, graphic methods in quality kontrol, works standard
2. Shewhart control charts - examples
3. xcursions into the foundry, focused on a sample of NDT methods
4. test, seminář of nondestructive testing
5. demonstrations of casting defects and their evaluation
6. metallographic cleaness of metal and distribution of inclusions
7. temperature measurement, cooling curve, examples of use
8. seminary – possibillities elimination of inclusions. Control Test
9. cooling of castings, shrinkage cavity
10. credit

Literature

- Altman W.: Practical Control for Engineers and Technicans. Newnes-Elsevier 2005
- International Atlas of Casting Defects. 1st ed. Illinois: American Foundrymen's Society. 1993.
- Casting Defects Handbook: Iron & Steel Published: 2008 ISBN: 978-0-87433-314-5 Softcover, 232 pages Product No: GM0800

Advised literature

- Baier, J. - Köppen, M.: Manual of Casting Defects, IKO-ERBSLÖH 1994, MARL (D)
- D.V. Neff. “Using Filters and Evaluating their Effective¬ness in High Pressure Die Casting Furnaces,” Transactions, NADCA 2002.