Course detail

Castings Quality Control

FSI-PKOAcad. year: 2011/2012

Economic aspects of quality. Quality and protection of the environment. Legislation. Systems of quality management assurance. Quality Journal. Preparing a quality manual - analysis and application. The Deming principles, the Juran trilogy, the Taguchi loss function. Methods of chemical analysis, electrochemical and spectrometric methods. Determining the content of gas in metals. Application of mechanical testing to castings. Physical testing for operational & technological properties. Visual inspection. Principal methods of non-destructive testing based on capillary phenomena, magnetic and electrical properties of substances, acoustic and radiologic methods, infrared flaw detection. Fundamentals and application of ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation. Principles of statistical quality inspection. Metrology laboratories.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jaroslav Čech, CSc.

Department

Institute of Manufacturing Technology (ÚST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course will provide students with a broad overview of the area of individual inspection methods and related systems of quality management.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of quality and metrology. A good grasp of foundry-engineering technologies. Knowledge of materials, mechanical and technological properties. Fundamentals, principles and SI units used in non-destructive methods (Materials science, Physics).

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions of awarding the course-unit credit: being present in exercises and handing in the final report.
The subject of examination is the student's knowledge of individual methods of materials testing and evaluation of materials properties and their application, using practical examples. It is a written as well as oral examination.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic methods of analysing chemical, physical, operational-technological properties of foundry materials, non-destructive testing and its application. Students should learn the principles and systems of ensuring quality management in engineering plants. They will make use of this knowledge when working on their diploma projects and in practice.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Absence from experimental exercises has to be made up for. If there are more cases of absence, an individual programme will have to be worked out and defended before the course-unit credit can be awarded.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Metals Handbook: Volume 10, American Society for Metals, USA, 1998 (EN)
Metals Handbook: Volume 15, American Society for Metals, USA, 1998 (EN)

Recommended reading

Čech,J.: Technická měření ve slévárenství, VUT FSI Brno, 1990
Čech,J.: Vady a kontrola odlitků, VUT FSI Brno, 1991
Mizuno,S.: Řízení jakosti, VP Praha, 1993

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-SLE , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jaroslav Čech, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Quality - protection of the environment, Quality Journal
2. Methods of chemical and electrochemical analyses
3. Spectrometric analyses
4. Gases in metals, mechanical testing of castings
5. Physical testing
6. Operational-technological testing
7. Machinability, fracture mechanics
8. Non-destructive testing - ultrasonic and electromagnetic testing
9. Ultrasound and radiography
11. Isotopes, visual inspection
12. Behaviour of defects under stressing
13. Quality manual