618-2026/01 – Introduction to the Art Foundry Engineering (USUS)
| Gurantor department | Department of Metallurgy and Foundry | Credits | 7 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Lichý, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Lichý, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student will be able to:
- Describe the basic steps of producing castings;
- Define the technological process of production of artistic castings, briefly describe the basic requirements for production of the permanent and permanent model;
- To characterize basic casting technologies into disposable and permanent molds;
- Use the knowledge of metallurgy of foundry alloys for their optimal use in the production of art castings;
- Distinguish basic casting technologies;
- Describe the influence of casting technology on the structure and mechanical properties of the material.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
The course focuses on the description of the foundry technologies used for the production of art castings, the description of the principles of the production of the permanent and permanent foundry model in dependence on the technology used in the production of the non-durable form and the analysis of the foundry materials used in casting production. Students will be briefed on the possibilities of Rapid Prototyping.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
3 x průběžný test
E-learning
Other requirements
The credit is awarded on the basis of the active participation of the student at the exercises. Only one absence is allowed on the exercises.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to the study. The history of the production of art casts in the history of mankind.
2. Introduction to art casting production. Brief characteristics of foundry technologies.
3. Casting technology using a one-time casting model.
4. Casting technology using a permanent casting model.
5. Casting technology using one-time casting mold.
6. Casting technology using permanent casting molds.
7. Metal materials for the production of art castings.
8. Melting and metallurgical treatment of foundry alloys.
9. Casting alloy casting processes.
10. Finishing operations of castings.
11. Surface treatment of final castings.
12. Possibilities of using Rapid Prototyping technologies for the creation of art castings.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction