618-1809/01 – Manufacturing Process and Casting Simulation (TPVS)
| Gurantor department | Department of Metallurgy and Foundry | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Tomáš Elbel, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Tomáš Elbel, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2012/2013 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
to interpret results of simulation programmes of foundry processes;
to know the principles of economical casting design;
to know the means of computer support of foundry technologies;
to analyse the casting design feasibility.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
Principles in the design of castings. Requirements for the optimum design.
Proposals of castings. The computer’s simulation of metal feeding into foundry
moulds, solidification and cooling-down of castings, examination of structure
and prediction of the mechanical properties.
Compulsory literature:
Midea,T. Process Simulation Software Round-Up. = Modern Casting,August
2002,s.32-37.
Recommended literature:
Schieg,F.P. : Technology of Metalcasting. American Foundry Society,Des
Plaines,IL 2003.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
2 intermediate test scores
E-learning
http://www.fmmi.vsb.cz/cs/okruhy/studium-a-vyuka/podklady-ke-studiu
Other requirements
There are not additional requirements on students in the field of this subject.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Role and status of operation scheduling of technology in the foundry.
2. Manufacturing process documentation of casting.
3. Internal holes and passageways of a casting. Core and mould allowance and tolerancy.
4. Clamping and weighting of moulds. Venting system of gases
5. Principles of pattern manufacturing.
6. Computer aids of foundry technology. Rapid prototyping methods.
7. Casting process simulation software.
8. General approach to correct casting design.
9. Feasibility study of casting design. Cooperation between foundryman and designer.
10. Cost-effective casting design for mould and core manufacturing operations.
11. Cost-effective casting design for directional solidification, feeding and metal contraction.
12. Cost-effective casting design for casting cleaning and finishing operations.
13. Economic consideration about cost reduction of casting.
14. Casting quality and production costs.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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