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Rough and Noble Stone-Cutting Industry

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Course Unit Code542-0079/08
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
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
JAR60Ing. Mária Jarolimová, Ph.D.
Summary
Students are introducing with the surface mining of rock blocks for a rough and
noble stone-cutting industry. The subject deals with the technology of cutting,
drilling, blasting, transport of mined blocks, mining technology in quarries,
processing of blocks, splitting technology for treatment of mined blocks and
accompanying processes.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of this subject is education technology and ulitization stone for rough and noble stone production.
Course Contents
Syllabus of lectures:
1. Stone in human society, from history to the present, and its role in the development of human society. Types of rocks suitable for coarse and fine stone production and their classification according to various criteria. Occurrences of the main types of natural stones in the Czech Republic and examples of quarries extracting blocks of stone for HCV and UKV.
2. Stone block mining (basic concepts, block mining for rough and fine stone production, mining in soft and hard materials). Factors influencing block mining. Main principles for opening quarries for block mining. Block quarrying technology - a brief overview of quarrying methods.
3. Stone quarrying by wedging, from history to the present. Stone quarrying with rope saws.
4. Stone quarrying by cutting with circular saws. Stone quarrying by carving with chainsaws.
5. Stone quarrying by drilling. Stone quarrying by blasting.
6. Disconnecting stone by means of non-explosive mixtures - cevamite and its use for block quarrying and processing, advantages , disadvantages and uses of cevamite.
7. Specific methods of stone block extraction (water jet, thermal cutting...).
8. Technology of rough and fine stone processing. Characteristics of rough and fine stone products. Technology of stone finishing with hand tools and instruments.
9. Manufacturing processes with fine stone finishes - cutting methods and machinery used for this.
10. Manufacturing processes with fine stone finishes - stone cutting and polishing and the machinery used for this.
11. Methods of handling quarried blocks of stone in quarries. Methods of handling material and products of rough and fine stone production in stone works.
12. Auxiliary processes to ensure stone production.
Water and sludge management in stone works. Production processes using water. Composition of water management. Sludge management.
13. Production of technical stone. Principle, requirements for raw material. Use of technical stone and its properties.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
B.A. Kennedy. - 2nd ed.. Surface Minig, Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990 - xi, 1194 s. : il., mapy ISBN 0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7
1. DOJČÁR, O. Dobývanie a spracovanie kameňa. Bratislava: ALFA, 1984. 217 s. ISBN 63-772-84.
2. RYBÁK, Bohumil. Stroje pro těžbu a zpracování kamene. Praha 1985, SNTL
3. SMETÍK Karel a kol. Technologie těžby a zpracování kamene. Praha 1978.SNTL
4. Rybařík, V. Ušlechtilé stavební a sochařské kameny České republiky. Hořice: Nadace SPŠ kamenické a sochařské v Hořicích v Podkrkonoší, 1994.
Recommended Reading:
Hummel, M.: Mining and Environment, Ostrava, 2005
1. VOLF,Miroslav. Těžba a zpracování kamene I. Praha 1983. SNTL
2. VOLF,Miroslav. Těžba a zpracování kamene II. Praha 1983. SNTL
3. Ashmole, I., Motloung, M.: Dimension Stone: The Latest Trends in Exploration and Production Technology, The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Surface Mining 2008
4. SLOUKA, Jiří. Kámen: od horniny k soše. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1258-1.
5. KOUTNÍK, Petr, Petr ANTOŠ, Pavlína HÁJKOVÁ, et al. Dekorační kameny Čech, Moravy a Slezska. V Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, Fakulta životního prostředí, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7414-974-0.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, 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 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18