Subject syllabus
Lecture
Production of pig iron
1. Blast furnace production of pig iron, heat and reduction processes in the blast furnace.
2. The importance and use of blast-furnace slag, possibilities of desulphurization and the quality of pig iron.
3. Current environmental aspects of pig iron production and alternative ways of pig iron production.
Steel production
1. The importance and use of steel in the present-day company. Production technology in oxygen convertors and tandem furnaces.
2. Production technology in electric arc furnaces and induction furnaces.
3. The importance, function and technology of secondary metallurgy.
4. Current technologies of steel casting (characterization) and equipment of continuous casting.
Production of non-ferrous metals
1. Technical division, production and processing of nonferrous metals. Basic technological processes (characterization).
2. Pyrometallurgical technology, drying, calcination, processes of roasting, melting and products.
3. Hydrometallurgical technology of obtaining nonferrous metals (characterization). Electrolysis, basic patterns, metals produced by electrolysis.
4. Survey of technologies of producing copper, lead, zinc, nickel, aluminum, noble metals and other selected metals.
Foundry industry
1. The importance of foundry industry, preparation of a mould, production of moulds and coremaking.
2. The bases of foundry processes, most important alloys for cast production, melting and casting metals, finishing of casts.
Lecture
Production of pig iron
1. Blast furnace production of pig iron, heat and reduction processes in the blast furnace.
2. The importance and use of blast-furnace slag, possibilities of desulphurization and the quality of pig iron.
3. Current environmental aspects of pig iron production and alternative ways of pig iron production.
Steel production
1. The importance and use of steel in the present-day company. Production technology in oxygen convertors and tandem furnaces.
2. Production technology in electric arc furnaces and induction furnaces.
3. The importance, function and technology of secondary metallurgy.
4. Current technologies of steel casting (characterization) and equipment of continuous casting.
Production of non-ferrous metals
1. Technical division, production and processing of nonferrous metals. Basic technological processes (characterization).
2. Pyrometallurgical technology, drying, calcination, processes of roasting, melting and products.
3. Hydrometallurgical technology of obtaining nonferrous metals (characterization). Electrolysis, basic patterns, metals produced by electrolysis.
4. Survey of technologies of producing copper, lead, zinc, nickel, aluminum, noble metals and other selected metals.
Foundry industry
1. The importance of foundry industry, preparation of a mould, production of moulds and coremaking.
2. The bases of foundry processes, most important alloys for cast production, melting and casting metals, finishing of casts.