Course: Heat treatment of metals

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Course title Heat treatment of metals
Course code UTM/PX098
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Beneš Libor, prof. Dr. Ing. IWE
  • Michnová Lenka, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kraus Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Nature and purpose of heat treatment. Classification of methods of thermal and chemical-thermal treatment of metals. 2. Objectives and methods of annealing (soft, homogenization / diffusion, normalization, recrystallization, isothermal, stress relief annealing). 3. Hardening - essence and methods (straight, angled, intermittent), hardening temperature, hardenability and its evaluation. 4. Tempering - essence and methods, use in tool and structural steels, tempering brittleness. 5. Processes in chemical-thermal treatment, individual methods (cementing, nitrocementing, nitriding, sulfonitriding, boriding, alitization). 6. Current trends, promising materials and technologies for thermal and chemical-thermal processing of metals. 7. Practical aspects of heat treatment technologies - steels for springs and rolling bearings, structural steels, stainless (austenitic, martensitic) steels, tool steels. 8. Terminology and classification of methods of heat treatment of non-ferrous metals. 9. Heat treatment of aluminum alloys (homogenization annealing, soft annealing, removal of internal stress, recrystallization annealing). 10. Nature and methods of hardening of Al - alloys (goal of hardening, procedures - natural and artificial hardening). 11. Nature and methods of heat treatment of hot pressed powder metals (powder metallurgy).

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Most manufacturing companies use at a point in its technological process, some form of heat treatment of material. In metal processing, metal manufacturing semi-finished or finished products from metallic materials will need to heat treatment. Therefore, personnel working directly in manufacturing, technical preparation, control or in the laboratory must know the substance of change and its target, which occur during heat treatment and obtaining such knowledge is the aim of the course.
Mastering the basic knowledge and ability to determine appropriate procedures for heat treatment of metallic materials. Knowledge of the nature and course of processes taking place during the heat treatment of metals. Ability to determine the most suitable heat treatment procedure for the case of the material used. Orientation in individual methods of heat treatment and knowledge of its possible influence on the material.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • CALLISTER, W. D., Jr. Materials Science and Engineering. John Wil, 2004.
  • FISCHER, U. a kol. Základy strojnictví. Europa - Sobotáles CZ s.r.o, 2004.
  • FREMUNT, P., KREJČÍK, J., PODRÁBSKÝ, T. Nástrojové oceli. Dům techniky Brno, 1994.
  • FREMUNT, P., PODRÁBSKÝ, T. Konstrukční oceli. Akadem. Naklad. CERM, s.r.o., Brno, 1996.
  • Michna Š., Nová, I. Technologie a zpracování kovových materiálů. 2008. ISBN 978-80-89244-38-6.
  • NOVOTNÝ, J., ŠANOVEC, J., BEDNÁŘ, B., KREIBICH, V. Technologie I. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha, 2006.
  • SINHA, S., KUMAR, A. Physical Metalurgy Handbook. Mc Graw Hill Handbooks, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Study plan (Version): Materials (17) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer