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Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

The students will master the objective of the course, i.e. mechanization and automation in building industry, machines and equipment for earthworks, for transportation and assembly, concreting and masonry works and engineering works.

Basic knowledge of Fundamentals of mechanical engineering, soil mechanics, technology of construction processes, occupational safety in civil engineering.

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1.Introduction into the subject. Driving units of building machines. Combustion engines. Spark ignition engines. Diesel engines. Special engines. Electric motors. Undercarriages of building machines. Gear aggregates. Couplings. Division of building machines.
2.Energy machines. Pneumatic motors. Hydraulic motors. Compressors. Pressure vessels. Fans. Pumps. Electric control rooms. Air-heating sets. Steam generators.
3.Types of rocks. Technological properties of rocks. Earth-moving works. Excavators working in cycles. Continually working excavators. Special excavators. Rock works. Dozers. Rippers. Scrapers Rippers. Graders. Drilling rigs. Theory of drilling. Types of drilling equipment. Hammer drills. Chipping hammers.
5.Transportation of rocks. Transport equipment. Band conveyors. Screw conveyors. Vibrating conveyors. Loaders. Unloading equipment. Sampling equipment. Interplant transportation. Motor-driven transport cars. Railway transportation. Lorry transportation.
6.Treatment of rocks. Machines for rock treatment. Crushers. Theory of rock crushing. Mills. Sorters. Washers. Dryers. Declayers. Granulators.
7.Storage of bulk materials. Containers. Silos. Closures. Gauges. Dozers. Scales. Pneumatic conveyance. Hydraulic conveyance.
Material treatment machines and equipment. Mixing equipment. Mixers. Blasting machines. Homogenisation machines. Washing out equipment.
Forming machines. Presses. Moulds. Cutting machines. Packing machines.
Heating equipment. Dryers. Furnaces. Mills. Coolers. Filters. Heat exchangers. Cyclones.
Production, transportation and storage of concrete mixes. Cyclic mixers. Continuous mixers. Central production plants for concrete mixes. Machines for cyclic transportation of concrete mixes. Machines for continuous transportation of concrete mixes. Machines and equipment for compacting of concrete mixes. Vibrating technology. Machines and equipment for preparation of reinforcement. Welding technology. Overhead transportation. Bridge cranes. Portal cranes. Cantilever cranes. Tower cranes. Ropeways. Lifts. Lifts. Stacking equipment. Fork-lift trucks. Handling means.
Special machines and equipment for ceramics production. Special machines and equipment for brickwork goods.
Special machines and equipment for production of concrete. Special machines and equipment for concrete goods. Special machines and equipment for porous concrete.
Automation and robotics application of building material production. Ergonomics and environment in production plants for building materials and their impact on the surrounding
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· Providing the students with complete overview of function, principle and application of machinery and equipment in production of building materials. Individual machines from rocks mining, transportation, treatment, homogenisation up to transportation of raw materials into the plant itself are described. The subject deals with all machines for raw material processing in the production of mortars, raw ceramics, light building materials, concrete goods. The stress is laid on automation and robotics application in production of building materials.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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Lízal P. a kol: Technologie stavebních procesů. Hrubá spodní stavba. VUT Brno, 2003.
Maršál P.: Stavební stroje. VUT Brno, 2004.
Vaněk A.: Moderní strojní technika a technologie zemních prací. Academie Praha, 2003.

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