Course detail
Product Management, Technology, and Quality
FSI-PMT Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
The aim of the course is to deepen the students' knowledge in the field of production technology, production management system and machining of castings, quality and product audit and technological process audit.
In the production technology lectures, the student will learn about casting methods and casting materials. In addition, the student will be introduced to the methods and principles of machining, machining tools and production machinery suitable for roughing and finishing castings of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys. The student will also gain an insight into the principles and procedures for planning, organising and conducting audits of quality management systems. In addition, the student will learn how to manage audit programmes and how to plan, conduct and evaluate internal audits of management systems. The student will also gain an overview of the current requirements for auditor competencies and audit teams.
As part of the exercise, students will work in teams to develop a design for a selected casting for its manufacture and machining technology, including the development of a geometric and total quality control methodology, including the development of an audit of the product and complete manufacturing technology.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Supervisor
Entry knowledge
Knowledge acquired in previous studies is required, particularly in the following areas: materials science and engineering, foundry production technology, machining theory and technology, metrology and statistics.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Conditions for the granting of classified credit:
Active participation in the exercises, completion of the term paper. To obtain classified credit, the semester work of each team for the project must be defended in front of a committee made up of the lecturers of the course. Evaluation of the student by ECTS classification grade.
Attendance of lectures is recommended. Participation in the tutorial is one of the conditions for the award of the classification credit. In case of excused absence, the teacher may determine an appropriate method of compensation.
Aims
The aim of the course is to apply knowledge of production technologies, materials science, machinery and equipment design, materials control methods, process and product management and control, quality and metrology to the production of castings and their conventional and CNC machining.
The student will acquire the knowledge and skills to make informed choices in the manufacture of parts using foundry technology and to determine part clamping methods, manufacturing (cutting) conditions, cutting tools and materials, production times, dimensional and part quality control, including process and product control and monitoring.
A sub-objective of the course is to further enable the student to understand the principles and procedures for planning, organising and conducting quality management system audits and to become familiar with the rules for managing an audit programme, planning, conducting and evaluating management system audits.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-KSB-P: Quality, Reliability and Safety, Master's, compulsory
Programme N-SLE-P: Foundry Technology, Master's, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Management system audits, types of audits, internal audits, supplier audits, third party audits and the internal and external audit process, audit programme and its management processes.
2. Conducting an audit and describing its activities, gathering and verifying information, methods of analysing results, preparing audit conclusions.
3. Preparing and distributing the audit report and closing the audit, conducting follow-up audits, corrective action and final evaluation, auditor competencies and auditor evaluation criteria.
4. Basic casting production technologies, distribution and principles of each method, applications and benefits of the technologies. Production of castings in sand and metal moulds, technology of casting design, quality and testing of castings.
5. Alloys for castings, their structure and properties. Mechanical and technological properties of casting materials and their testing. Influence of production technology and solidification conditions on the properties of casting materials.
6. Properties of casting materials, machinability, material additions to castings, design technology, effects on machining, clamping of castings for machining and measurement.
7. Theory of milling and drilling, machining of shaped surfaces of castings, company catalogues. Videos of real processes.
8. Turning theory. Company catalogues. Videos of real processes.
9. Technology of machining of non-rotating shapes of castings. Machines, fixtures, tools.
10. Technology of machining of rotary forms of castings. Machines, fixtures, tools.
11. CNC machines for machining castings. Machinery equipment. Manual finishing of castings. Inspection procedures in piece and batch production, gauges, frequency.
12. Cost of production equipment. Automation and robotics, control and organisation of production processes, MES systems, management of production stoppages.
13. Presentation of projects. Award of classified credit.
Laboratory exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Distribution of the drawings of the components for the term paper (pulley, cover, valve), assembly of the teams, visit to the foundry.
2. Design of the casting drawing for the assigned drawings, i.e. semi-finished product for moulding and subsequent machining (definition of technological and machining allowances).
3. Design of foundry technology, casting, choice of casting material.
4. Design of specific milling and drilling operations. Demonstrations in the school workshop.
5. Design of a specific turning operation. Demonstrations in the workshop.
6. Design of a technological process for casting a non-rotating shape.
7. Block diagram of NC programme for more complex casting (gear, lever).
8. Evaluation of quality of machined surfaces, Ra, Rz.
9. Design of control and measurement of shape and dimensions of the casting, design of methods of non-destructive quality control of the casting, statistical confirmation of deviations of the manufactured dimensions.
10. Design of the complete manufacturing process, inspection and measurement operations, design and implementation of product and process audits.
11. Preparation of process diagrams. Proof of alternative technology.
12. Preparation of the presentation of the semester project, validation of the foundry and machining technology, summary of the methods of control of shape and dimensional accuracy of castings and internal quality of products.
13. Presentation of the term paper. Award of classified credit.