Course detail

Technological Preparation of Foundry Production

FSI-PTC Acad. year: 2026/2027 Summer semester

The course covers the selection of casting production technologies, with a focus on sand mold casting, including the design of gating and riser systems. Students will learn to prepare technical documentation, such as process drawings, layout design of castings within molds, and perform necessary technological calculations. The course emphasizes the application of metal flow and solidification principles to the production of real castings, as well as the optimization of manufacturing processes to enhance efficiency and quality. Students will also gain experience in the use of numerical simulation for designing casting production technologies and in the calculation of production costs for castings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Supervisor

doc. 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

Aims

The course aims to provide students with knowledge of designing and preparing technical documentation for casting production, with an emphasis on applying numerical methods to ensure the required casting quality and optimize production costs. Students will learn to develop technical documentation for casting production, applying theoretical knowledge to real manufacturing processes. They will also acquire the skills to practically use numerical simulation to evaluate and optimize technological processes.

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.