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Terminated in academic year 2010/2011

Machinery of Ceramic Industry

Type of study Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-0057/01
Abbreviation ZKZ
Course title Machinery of Ceramic Industry
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Pavel Hašek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Lectures
1.Principles for selecting and equipment design ceramic factories
2.Mining - excavators, loaders. Species use.
3.Transport raw materials - Transport of bulk and granular materials (angle of repose, belt conveyors, screw conveyors and bucket), transport of powder materials (Fuller pump-type containers Cerra), transport of liquids (pumps, pump efficiency and regulation).
4.Feeders - Types, usage
5.Diminution - Crushers (types, usage), Mills (crushers and grinding mills zdrobňovacími tools, grinding tools without Crumbling, non-mechanical size reduction method).
6.Partitioning - Screens, grates, screens, types of networks, network analysis.
7.Mixing and homogenization - Heaps different types of mixers
8.Pressing - Dry and semidry pressing. Granulation. Unilateral and bilateral pressing, isostatic pressing, principle, wet pressing, pressing short-acting forces (vibrolisování, daubing, vibratory compaction).
9.Plastic molding - Drag (band press), the presence of air in the batter, rotating.

Exercise
1.Surface and bulk theory.
2.Calculations of performance ball mill and grist milling bodies.
3.Excursions to TONDACH Česká republika, s.s.o.
4.Excursions to Rockwool, a.s.
5.Excursions to Keravit, s.r.o.
6.Excursions to REFRASIL, s.r.o.
7.Excursions to PÓROBETON Ostrava, a.s.
8.Excursions to Cement Hranice, a.s.

E-learning

In the present study support are available.

Literature

1. ROUTSCHA, G. Refractory materials: Basics – structures Propeties. 2nd Ed. Essen: Vulkan Verlang, 2004. 512 p.

Advised literature

1. STAROŇ, J., TOMŠŮ, F. Žiaruvzdorné materiály: Výroba, vlastnosti a použitie. Bánská Bystrica: MEDIA, 2000. 445 s.