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The basics of technical standardisation

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Course Unit Code636-2010/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KRA58Ing. Martin Kraus, Ph.D.
Summary
The lectures deal with the evaluation of the quality of products and semi-products related to the testing of their material characteristics as the whole complex immediately downstream activities such as testing and calibration procedures and their validation, uncertainty testing and evaluation, metrology and calibration of measuring and test equipment to the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Student will be able to describe the standard test methods and the
procedures in the field of materials engineering.
2) Student will have knowledge on how to create the standards at the
national, European and international level.
3) Student will be able to elaborate an instruction for the execution of
standardized tests of mechanical properties of materials.
4) Students will be able to define the basic activities of testing
laboratories.
5) Student will be able to determine the uncertainty of testing and
evaluation of uncertainties.
Course Contents
1) History of technical standardisation in the Czech Republic. Basic concepts in technical standardisation. Technical standardisation system in the Czech Republic.
2) The basics of standards at the international, European and national level.
3) Basics of metrology Terms and definitions. Test methods and procedures in the field of material engineering.
4) The accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories.
5) Quality management system, quality manual, quality procedures, quality instructions.
6) Calibration and Metrology.
7) Law No. 22/1997 Coll., The Law on technical requirements for products and amending and supplementing certain acts. Certification, authorization, authorized persons.
8) The uncertainties of testing and evaluation.
9) Validation. The role of validation in the context of accreditation.
10) The methods of mathematical statistics.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
ASTM Volume 03.01 Metals – Mechanical Testing; Elevated and Low-Temperature Tests; Metallography. Materials Park,Ohio: ASM International, 2017. ISBN ISBN 978-1-6822-1216-5.
MATOCHA,K. Základy technické normalizace, Ostrava: VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2013. Dostupné z:

http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI/636/636-Z%C3%A1klady%20normalizace.pdf

Metodické pokyny pro akreditaci. MPA 00-01-11 Základní pravidla akreditačního procesu. Praha: Český institut pro akreditaci, 2012. Dostupné z: http://www.cai.cz/attachment.aspx?id=1426

Metodické pokyny pro akreditaci. MPA 00-02-12 Předpisová základna akreditačního procesu. Praha: Český institut pro akreditaci, 2015. Dostupné z: http://www.cia.cz/Download.ashx?Type=Document&Id=22966

ASTM Volume 03.01 Metals – Mechanical Testing; Elevated and Low-Temperature Tests; Metallography. Materials Park,Ohio: ASM International, 2017. ISBN ISBN 978-1-6822-1216-5.
Recommended Reading:
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Section XI Rules for In service
Inspection of Nuclear Power plant Components. 1995 Edition, 1995.
Výuka technické normalizace. Praha: ÚNMZ a ČSTN, 2011. Dostupné z: http://www.acri.cz/uploads/CTN-vyukovy_material_UNMZ/UNMZ_2_System_technicke_normalizace.pdf

HENDL, J. Přehled statistických metod zpracování dat. 2. vyd. Praha: Portál s.r.o., 2006. ISBN 80-7367-123-9.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 15
        ExaminationExamination70 36