SA_NE_VTE Production Technologies for Economists

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Ladislav Socha, MBA, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Ladislav Socha, MBA, Ph.D.
Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SA_NE_VTE/P01: Tue 13:05–14:35 E6, L. Socha
SA_NE_VTE/S01: Tue 14:50–16:20 E6, L. Socha
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The subject is focused on obtaining findings about progressive technologies of production of technical materials used in the engineering practice. Attention is paid to basic technological connections at production and treatment of individual materials presenting: raw materials resources, technology of production and treatment of metals and their alloys. Students get an idea about the basis of technological processes of production, treatment and casting of metals and their alloys which in large measure participate in utility properties of metal materials. This knowledge is the basis for getting an idea about the possibilities of application of technical materials in the engineering practice. Knowledge and competences from the transfer of technical and technological know-how into the processes of economical management of production companies are the results of this study. The study enables to obtain unique findings about the basic technologies of production and treatment of metals and their alloys within the compact technological series during the study of economy and management.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able after finishing this subject:
- to define basic dividing of steel grades, cast irons and alloys of nonferrous metals and to describe mechanical, technological properties of given materials;
- to describe basic processes, refining technologies and secondary metallurgy used during metallurgical treatment of steel, cast irons and nonferrous metals;
- to apply theoretical and practical findings from the field of metallurgy for the management of metallurgical treatment of steel, cast irons and nonferrous metals;
- to use the findings of foundry technologies in deciding about using of suitable metallurgical process and following procedure of treatment at production of steel, cast irons and nonferrous metals;
- to determine basic types of metallurgical defects, causes of their origin and possibilities of their elimination.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • 1. Introduction into the production technologies – importance, state of art and perspectives of individual technologies.
  • 2. Characteristics of types and marking of steels, principles of batch preparation for casting of steel and basic metallurgical reactions.
  • 3. Technology and principle of steel production in primary aggregates – oxygen converters, electric arc furnaces.
  • 4. Treatment of steel on units for secondary metallurgy – ladle furnaces and vacuum stations.
  • 5. Casting of casts, course of casts solidification, casts defects – casting into forms, mould and units for continuous casting.
  • 6. Basic classification of foundry cast irons, principles of batch preparation for casting of iron cast.
  • 7. Foundry units and processes of casting - cupola furnaces, electric and induction furnaces.
  • 8. Characteristics of metallurgical processes of production and secondary metallurgy treatment of cast irons – basic metallurgical reactions, inoculation and modification.
  • 9. Production of casts, foundry mixtures and forms, types of models, gating system, classification and characteristics of metallurgical defects of cast irons.
  • 10. Basic types of aluminium, magnesium, copper and zinc alloys – chemical composition, batch raw materials.
  • 11. Materials properties of alloys of nonferrous metals – mechanical, physical and technological.
  • 12. Principles of metallurgical treatment – melting and holding furnaces, modification, inoculation, refining processes.
  • 13. Basic methods of casting of alloys of nonferrous metals and their classification, inspection of cast and defects repair.
  • Seminars:
  • 1. Introduction seminar → work with standards → characteristics, classification, marking of steels, cast irons and nonferrous metals; safety instructions for visits of foundry plants.
  • 2. Laboratory practice → Modelling of process of steel crystallization → preparation and realization of modelling of crystallization, evaluation and drawing up a laboratory report.
  • 3. Laboratory practice → Influence of casting parameters on creation of shirkage → preparation and realization of laboratory casting, evaluation and drawing up a laboratory report.
  • 4. Laboratory practice → Study of heterogeneity of casts of steel → preparation and realization of study of segregation on selected steel grades, evaluation and drawing up a laboratory report.
  • 5. Excursion → video-sequences of production in selected steelworks → ArcelorMittal Ostrava a.s. , Třinecké železárny a.s., Vítkovice Heavy Machinery a.s. and ŽĎAS, a.s.
  • 6. Computational exercises → Inoculation and modification of cast irons → determination of metallurgical effects of inoculation and modification of melts, drawing up a calculation report according to the individual task.
  • 7. Laboratory practice → Light microscopy → preparation of samples of various g rad es of cast irons → analysis of structures and determination of individual types of cast irons, evaluation and drawing up a laboratory report.
  • 8. Excursion to the cast iron foundry → realized at industry partners of ITB in České Budějovice.
  • 9. Laboratory practice → Physical modelling of refining of aluminium alloys → preparation and realization of physical modelling on model FDU (Foundry Degassing Unit), evaluation and drawing up a laboratory report.
  • 10. Laboratory practice → Thermal analysis of alloys of nonferrous metals → preparation and melting of selected alloys, realization of thermal analysis, evaluation and drawing up a laboratory report.
  • 11. Laboratory practice → Determination of gassing of aluminium alloys → preparation and melting of selected alloys, realization of gasification with determination of Dichte Index, Straube-Pffeifer test, Drosstest, evaluation and drawing up a laboratory report.
  • 12. Excursion to the aluminium and zinc foundry → realized at industry partners of ITB in České Budějovice.
  • 13. Drawing up a test aiming the discussed topics and individual seminars.
Literature
    required literature
  •  ANGELO, P. C.; RAVISANKAR, B. Introduction to Steels: Processing, Properties, and Applications. 1st ed. CRC Press LLC, 2019, 167 p., ISBN 9781138389991.
  •  WILLIAMS, R. V. Control and Analysis in Iron and Steelmaking. 2nd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2016, 287 p., ISBN 9780408107136.
  •  BREBBIA, C. A.; CONNOR, J. J. Progress in Materials Science and Engineering. 1st ed. Springer, 2018, 203 p., ISBN 9783319753393.
  •  RAO, P. N. Manufacturing Technology - Foundry, Forming and Welding, 5e (Volume 1). 1st ed. McGraw-Hill Education, 2018, 582 p., ISBN 9789353160517.
  •  HAIDEMENOPOULOS G. N. Physical Metallurgy: Principles and Design. 1st ed. CRC Press LLC, 2018, 490 p., ISBN 9781138627680.
  •  LUMLEY, R. Fundamentals of Aluminium Metallurgy: Recent Advances. 1st ed. Elsevier Science & Technology, 2018, 594 p., ISBN 9780081020630.
  •  GRUSHKO, O.; OVSYANNIKOV, B.; OVCHINNOKOV, V. Aluminum-Lithium Alloys: Process Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, and Welding. 1st ed. CRC Press LLC, 2016, 321 p., ISBN 9781498737173.
    recommended literature
  •  SAHOO, M.; SAHU, S. Principles of Metal Casting. 3rd ed. McGraw Hill Professional, 2014, 795 p., ISBN 9780071789752.
  •  BEDDOOES, J.; BIBBY, M. J. Principles of Metal Manufacturing Processes. 1st ed. Elsevier Science & Technology, 1999, 337 p., ISBN 9780340731628.
  •  CAMPBELL, J. Castings Practice: The Ten Rules of Castings. 1st ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004, 218 p., ISBN 9780750647915.
  •  BEELEY, P. R. Foundry Technology. 2nd Elsevier Science & Technology, 2001, 731 p., ISBN 9780750645676.
  •  CAMPBELL, J. Casting. 2nd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003, 349 p., ISBN 9780750647908.
  •  LUMLEY, R. Fundamentals of Aluminium Metallurgy: Production, Processing and Applications. 1st ed. Woodhead Publishing, 2011, 862 p., ISBN: 9781845696542.
  •  MICHNA, Š. Aluminium Materials and Technologies from A to Z. 1st ed. Děčín: Alcan Děčín Extrusions, 2007, 613 p., ISBN 978-80-89244-18-8.
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for the Mid-term Test26 
Preparation for Lectures26 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial15 
Preparation for the Final Test26 
Attendance on Lectures12 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion25 
Total:1300
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Exam – written 70 %
Test – mid-term 30 %
Exam conditions
At the beginning of the semester, the teacher informs the students how to successfully complete the course. A continuous test will take place at the end of the semester (30 %). The exam will be written for 70 points (70%). In total, the student must meet min. 70% to pass the course successfully. Overall classification of the subject, i.e. points for the test (70 - 0) + points from the interim assessment (30 - 0): A 100 – 90, B 89.99 – 84, C 83.99 – 77, D 76.99 – 73 , E 72.99 - 70, FX 69.99 - 30, F 29.99 - 0.
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subjet in a semester.
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