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Technology (Metallurgy, Welding, Casting)
FSI-WTCAcad. year: 2017/2018
Metallurgy of the iron alloys. The foundation technical information about production of iron from ores in the coke blast furnaces. The Simultaneous production of steel in the oxygen converter and in electrical arc and induction furnaces. The main technologies used in a steel production. The continuous casting and ingot casting. The technology of gray cast iron and ductile cast iron. The furnaces used to the steel and cast iron production. Metallurgy of the non-iron metals and alloys. The trends of development. The foundry technologies. The mould and moulding materials, the preparing of moulds, the pouring and casting processes, crystallization, solidification of alloys. The casting from iron and non-iron materials. The heat treatment of these casting. Welding and weldability of materials. The welding technologies, manual welding and automatic welding, arc welding and additional materials. The welding of iron metals and non-iron metals and alloys. The reclamation welding. The defects in metallurgical, foundries and welding processes.
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Basic literature
PILOUS, V. – STRÁNSKÝ, K. Structural Stability of Deposits and Welded Joints in Power Engeneering. Gambridge International Science Publishing, Gambridge 1998.
TURKDOGAN, R. T. ,Fundamentals of Steelmaking.The Institute of Materials, London 1996.
Recommended reading
LEVÍČEK, P. – STRÁNSKÝ, K. Metalurgické vady ocelových odlitků. SNTL, Praha 1984.
RUSÍN, K. Teorie slévárenských procesů. SNTL, Praha 1990.
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2. Technology of steel production in oxygen converter and in electrical furnaces.
3. Technology of gray cast iron, ductile iron and special cast iron production.
4. The continuous casting and ingot casting technology. The trends of development.
5. Metallurgy of the non-iron metals and alloys.
6. Foundry technologies. Physical characteristics of the liquid and mould.
7. The moulding materials in the foundry. The temperature of a pouring of the casting.
8. Solidification of the casting and ingots.
9. The risering of the casting, the modulus of casting. Heat treatment of a casting.
10. The foundry of a non-iron metals and alloys.
11. Weldability of materials. The welding technologies (manual, automatic).
12. Additional welding materials. The welding of steel and another materials.
13. The mechanical properties and tests of weld joints. Reclamation welding. Metallurgical, foundry and welding defects. Classification systems.