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Production of long and flat products

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Course Unit Code633-2007/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter 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
RUS37Ing. Stanislav Rusz, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject deals with technological aspects of metal heating, rolling, wire drawing, section rolling, surface treatment and heat treatment. The subject is focused on description of recent trends of various technologies and on technologies used in Czech steel works.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- student will be able to digest bulk forming technology
- student will be able to describe flow of material in rolling and drawing mills, will be acquainted with recent trends
- student will be able to describe basic procedures of surface treatment, heat treatment and galvanizing in rolling and drawing mills
Course Contents
1. The basic classification and characteristics of forming technologies.
2. Assortment of rolled products, basic techniques and methods of rolling.
3. Heating of materials before hot forming (physical basics, forming temperature, heating furnaces)
4. Types and construction of rolling mills, layout and technical equipment of rolling mills.
5. Production and processing of semi-products in rolling mill.
6. Rolling of heavy sections, blocks and billets, universal mills
7. Rolling of rough, medium and fine shapes, bars and wire.
8. Hot rolling of heavy sheets and strips.
9. Surface treatment before cold forming and cold strips rolling.
10. Production of thin-walled bended profiles and welded tubes.
11. Cold wire drawing
12. Manufacture of seamless steel pipes.
13. Special methods of forming (cross-rolling, rolling of wheels and rings).
14. Thermal processing of rolled products (controlled cooling, annealing, patenting).
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1] GINZBURG, V.B. Metallurgical Design of Flat Rolled Steels. New York : Marcel Dekker, 2005. ISBN 0-8247-5847-1.
[1]http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI/633/633-Technologie%20tvareni%20I.pdf
[2]KOLLEROVÁ, M. aj. Valcovanie. Bratislava: ALFA, 1991. ISBN 80-05-00729-9.
[3]GINZBURG, V.B. Metallurgical Design of Flat Rolled Steels. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2005. ISBN 0-8247-5847-1.
Recommended Reading:
[1]ALTAN. T., S. OH, H. GEGEL. Metal forming – fundamentals and applications. Metals Park: ASM, 1983. ISBN 0-87170-167-7.
[1]SOMMER, B. Technologie tváření kovů. Skripta VŠB-TU Ostrava. 2003.
[2]ALTAN. T., S. OH, H. GEGEL. Metal forming – fundamentals and applications. Metals Park: ASM, 1983. ISBN 0-87170-167-7.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work
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 51
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