Course detail

Mechanical equipment

FAST-1W0Acad. year: 2021/2022

Problems of machines used in building operations. Survey of machines with regard to their technological utilisation in operation. Application of machines with regard to the safety and health protection. Individual characters of machinery with respect to constructional assemblies, principles of their function. Utilisation of machines from the starting phase in a quarry, clay pit, sandpit or other raw material base up to the phase of raw material transport into the plant. The subject includes all the machines for treatment of raw materials in the manufacture of mortars, rough ceramics, porous concrete and their utilisation in automated manufacture.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Department

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Fundamentals of mechanical engineering, and Technology of building materials production.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Introduction into the subject. Driving units of building machines. Combustion engines. Spark ignition engines. Diesel engines. Special engines. Electric motors. Undercarriages of building machines. Gear aggregates. Couplings. Division of building machines.
Energy machines. Pneumatic motors. Hydraulic motors. Compressors. Pressure vessels. Fans. Pumps. Electric control rooms. Air-heating sets. Steam generators.
Types of rocks. Technological properties of rocks. Earth-moving works. Excavators working in cycles. Continually working excavators. Special excavators. Rock works. Dozers. Rippers. Scrapers Rippers. Graders. Drilling rigs. Theory of drilling. Types of drilling equipment. Hammer drills. Chipping hammers.
Transportation of rocks. Transport equipment. Band conveyors. Screw conveyors. Vibrating conveyors. Loaders. Unloading equipment. Sampling equipment. Interplant transportation. Motor-driven transport cars. Railway transportation. Lorry transportation.
Treatment of rocks. Machines for rock treatment. Crushers. Theory of rock crushing. Mills. Sorters. Washers. Dryers. Declayers. Granulators.
Storage of bulk materials. Containers. Silos. Closures. Gauges. Dozers. Scales. Pneumatic conveyance. Hydraulic conveyance.
Material treatment machines and equipment. Mixing equipment. Mixers. Blasting machines. Homogenisation machines. Washing out equipment.
Forming machines. Presses. Moulds. Cutting machines. Packing machines.
Heating equipment. Dryers. Furnaces. Mills. Coolers. Filters. Heat exchangers. Cyclones.
Production, transportation and storage of concrete mixes. Cyclic mixers. Continuous mixers. Central production plants for concrete mixes. Machines for cyclic transportation of concrete mixes. Machines for continuous transportation of concrete mixes. Machines and equipment for compacting of concrete mixes. Vibrating technology. Machines and equipment for preparation of reinforcement. Welding technology. Overhead transportation. Bridge cranes. Portal cranes. Cantilever cranes. Tower cranes. Ropeways. Lifts. Lifts. Stacking equipment. Fork-lift trucks. Handling means.
Special machines and equipment for ceramics production. Special machines and equipment for brickwork goods.
Special machines and equipment for production of concrete. Special machines and equipment for concrete goods. Special machines and equipment for porous concrete.
Automation and robotics application of building material production. Ergonomics and environment in production plants for building materials and their impact on the surrounding.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

·Providing the students with complete overview of function, principle and application of machinery and equipment in production of building materials. Individual machines from rocks mining, transportation, treatment, homogenisation up to transportation of raw materials into the plant itself are described. The subject deals with all machines for raw material processing in the production of mortars, raw ceramics, light building materials, concrete goods. The stress is laid on automation and robotics application in production of building materials.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Maršál P.: Stavební stroje. VUT Brno 2004
Prokeš, J.: Strojní zařízení na výrobu maltovin. SNTL Praha 1989
Prokeš, J.: Strojní zařízení pro výrobu hrubé keramiky. SNTL Praha 1989
Prokeš, J.: Příklady výpočtů strojních zařízení. SNTL Praha 1989
Vaněk A.: Moderní strojní technika a technologie zemních prací. Academie Praha 2003

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer