618-2047/01 – Machinery and Equipment of Foundries (SZS)
Gurantor department | Department of Metallurgy and Foundry | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Tomáš Válek, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Tomáš Válek, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Acquired knowledge:
- the student will be able to characterize the systemization of machinery and equipment of foundries,
- the student will be able to describe the premises for the preparation of raw materials, equipment for the preparation of batch mixture, and smelting facilities,
- the student will be able to assess suitable machinery for moulding and core making,
- the student will be able to assess suitable machinery and equipment for the production of casts poured into permanent moulds
- the student will be able to assess the use of suitable equipment for the finishing of castings,
Acquired skills:
-the student will be able to use their basic knowledge to determine of appropriateness use of machinery and equipment in foundries
- the student will be able to make use of his basic theoretical knowledge in the sphere of machinery and equipment in the foundry.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
The subject deals with theoretical and practical aspects connected with machinery and equipment of foundries. Attention is mainly paid to the areas of preparation of raw materials, equipment for preparation of batch mixture, areas of transport, lifting equipment and plants of melting shops. Machinery for the preparation of sand mixtures in moulding boxes and automated moulding lines are presented, as well as machinery and equipment for individual types of casting and a suitable way of the final finish of castings.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
http://www.fmmi.vsb.cz/cs/urceno-pro/studenty/podklady-ke-studiu/studijni-opory
Other requirements
Elaboration of semestral projects and completion of the test
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Significance of foundry technology, production types of foundry plants.
2. Areas for preparation of raw materials and equipment for preparation of the charge.
3. Production aggregates in foundries.
4. Equipment of melting shops, linings of production aggregates.
5. Basic components of production aggregates.
6. Pouring equipment.
7. Dressing shops for new and regenerative sand mixtures, regeneration.
8. Mechanisation of moulding shops, machines for moulding in frames, automatic moulding lines.
9. Sand slingers, equipment for ST technology, equipment for manufacture of shell moulds, V – process technology and technology for burn casting.
10. Machines and equipment for manufacture of cores.
11. Machines and equipment for casting into ingots and for low-pressure casting.
12. Machines and equipment for centrifugal and die casting.
13. Equipment for cleaning the surface of castings and release of castings from their moulds. Equipment for finishing of castings.
14. Environment, wastes and safety at work.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction