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Technological design and preparation of casting production.

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 652-3026/01
Abbreviation TKO
Course title Technological design and preparation of casting production.
Credits 7
Coordinating department Department of Metallurgical Technologies
Course coordinator Ing. Filip Radkovský, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The importance of technological design and technical preparation for
production of castings in foundries.
2. Technological design cast as an optimal combination of features, quality and
price of the casting.
3. Methodology of technological process of casting. The basic procedure for the production of patterns.
4. Mold making, molding technology, materials and core models. Venting and ventilation molds, loading and downloading forms.
5. Cast holes and cavities, cores and core types, degassing, casting will, studs, stiffeners. Marking castings.
6. The use of computer technology in the technical preparation of production. Methods for Rapid Prototyping.
7. Simulation programs of foundry processes. Simulation, flow, solidification, stress and the internal homogeneity in castings.
8. General principles of good design cast in sand molds cast in terms of performance, download, shrinkage and internal stress.
9. Technological design with regard to technology, design, material, quality and efficiency of production of castings.
10. Principles of construction industry with regard to the technique of molding and core production.
11. Design principles with regard to the setting, volumetric shrinkage of the casting and sizing of risers.
12. Design principles with regard to finishing, machining, casting and editing.
13.Methods of quality control of castings, castings testing, metallographic analysis, mechanical tests
14. Reflections on the costs of production and their reduction.

Literature

[1]GOODRICH, George. M. Iron Castings Enginering Handbook. USA, Illinois: American Foundry Society. Schaumburg, 418p. 2006,ISBN 0-87433-260-5.
[2]ARNOLD,M. et al. Stahlguss. Konstruiern+gissen. 2004, 29/2004,Nr.1,2-64.
[3]CAMBELL,J. 10 Rules for Good Castings. Modern Casting. 1997, 87(IV), 36-39.ISSN 0026-7562 
[4]HAMPL,J. Technological Design and Preparation of Casting Production. e-learning. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava,2016
[5]SCHLEGG,F.P. et al. Technology of Metalcasting, AFS Publication,2003. ISBN-13: 978-0874332575 , ISBN-10: 0874332575.

Advised literature

BARTELS, Ch. Gusseisen mit Kugelgraphit. Konstruiern+gissen. 2/2007, 2007. ISSN-0341-6615.