Course detail

Technological Preparation of Foundry Production

FSI-PTC Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester

Choice of appropriate technology of casting production. Elaborating of technical documentation, technological drawings, design of a mould, technological calculations. Aplication of metal flow and solidification rules on the production of real castings. Optimation of casting design and manufacture processes. Numerical simulation in development of technology of casting production. Calculation of production costs.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Supervisor

Ing. Vladimír Krutiš, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Manufacturing Technology

Entry knowledge

Knowledges of technology of foundry moulds production, metalurgical and technological properties of alloys

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit: Participation and appropriate knowledge in courses, elaborating 2 technological projects in the course of a semester
Exam: Credit, numerical part of exam, verbal part of exam
Elaborating of 2 technological projects

Aims

The aim of course is to get knowledges about principles of design of cast details, about methods of casting technology development, the choise of optimum production methods, dimensions of pouring and riser system. Relations the casting technology to casting defects is discussed in details. A accent is given on economical optimation of the manufacturing method.
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Study aids

The materials will be accessible via e-learning.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-SLE-P: Foundry Technology, Master's, compulsory

Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
specialization STG: Manufacturing Technology, compulsory-optional

Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
specialization STM: Manufacturing Technology and Management in Industry, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Syllabus


  1. 1Rules, standarts and documentation used by casting technology project.

  2. Principles of casting design and technology proposal.

  3. Design of a mould, dimensions, number and layout of castings in a mould.

  4. Positioning of cores in a mould, buoyant forces of metal.

  5. Temperature field in the casting and its influence on solidification.

  6. Metal flow in a mould, dimensions of pouring system.

  7. Solidification of metal in a mould, modulus, solidification time calculation.

  8. Calculation of risers, optimation of risers yield.

  9. Modern methods of pouring and riser system design.

  10. Solidification and risering of graphitic cast irons.

  11. Excursion to the foundry operation – TPV (steel)

  12. Excursion to the foundry operation – TPV (cast iron)

  13. Design for manufacturing related to manufacturing processes.

Computer-assisted exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Accuracy of castings, technological additions, standarts used by making up the technological projects.
2. Signs used on technological drawings.
3. Making up a single technological design.
4. Presentation of the project.
5. Calculation of stress efects of metal in a mould.
6. Calculation of thermal modulus and feeding regions.
7. Calculation of risers.
8. Presentation and analysis of pouring and solidifying of some castings.
9. Calculation of ingate system.
10. Analysis of technogical projects.
11. Making up the projects.
12. Checking the solution by numerical simulation.
13. Finishing the projects and discusion.