Component Casting 7,5 Credits
Course Contents
The purpose of the course it to give the student sufficient skills and understanding of engineering design, material properties and manufacturing of casting components.The course contains the following parts:
Freedom of design in casting manufacturing, examples of what can be made by casting processes. Overview of resource efficient casting manufacturing methods of components. Pattern technology and prototypes. Mould and core materials, properties of core materials. Permanent mould materials, Sand and ceramic materials. Cast materials, phase diagrams, solidification and microstructure development and mechanical properties of alloys. Defect formation. Shrinkage and porosity formation. Calculation of solidification, mould filling and feeding etc. Modeling and simulation of the casting material and process. Stress and warping of castings. Integration of CAD/CAM and simulation in design of castings. Design of castings and material selection. Quality control.
Prerequisites
Basic course in Material Science and in Manufacturing methods, or similar type of knowledgeLevel of Education: Undergraduate G1F
Course code/Ladok code: TKGK12
The course is conducted at: School of Engineering
