Course detail
Technology and Machines in Building Industry
FSI-QSV Acad. year: 2022/2023 Winter semester
The course deals with the technology of mining and processing of stones, gravel and sand. Types of preparing plants are presented. Also dealt is the technology production of mortars, plaster, lime, cement. The course focuses also on the production lines for non-watered and watery method of cement production., and on the technology production: brick ceramic, fire-resistant ceramic, stone ware, building ceramic, hygienic ceramic, earthen ware. Technology of mortars, concretes, building elements production is also included.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be made familiar with the technical and chemical procedures in building industries, and learn how to set the flow-sheets as a basis for development records.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the course is conditional on the knowledge of technical mechanics, physics, higher mathematics, machine parts and their mechanisms, physics of materials and principles of electrical engineering.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Examination test student’s knowledge and skills, and the ability to apply them in practice.
Aims
The objective is for students to have an overview of technologies in building industry, their development and sequences to design and exploitation machines.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the course supervisor.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ADI-P: Automotive and Material Handling Engineering, Master's, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Characteristics and dismemberment of building materials.
2. Fundamental physical and mechanical properties of building materials.
3. Inorganic building materials.
4. Technology extractions and processing of stones and gravel-sands.
5. Technology of mortars, plaster, lime, cement production.
6. Technology of cement production.
7. Ceramic products – heavy clayware.
8. Ceramic products – fine ceramics.
9. Asbestos-cement products and their replacements.
10.Mortars, concretes.
11.Building elements – technology production.
12.Sealing materials.
13.Recycling of building materials, special technology.