Foundry ferro-alloys

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Department of Manufacturing Technology

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Syllabus of lectures:

Ferrous cast metals.Their properties and uses.Cast iron.Effect of composition and cooling rate.Lamellar graphite cast iron.Inoculated cast iron. Malleable cast iron. Vermicular cast iron.Spheroidal cast iron.Melting of metals.The cupola.Induction furnaces.Electric-arc furnaces.The properties and uses of plain carbon steels.Alloy steels.General effects of alloing.Stainless and heat-resisting steels.Brief out- line of steel manufacture.Heat-treatment of plain carbon steels

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Study Objective:

Ferrous cast metals.Their properties and uses.Cast iron.Effect of composition and cooling rate.Lamellar graphite cast iron.Inoculated cast iron. Malleable cast iron. Vermicular cast iron.Spheroidal cast iron.Melting of metals.The cupola.Induction furnaces.Electric-arc furnaces.The properties and uses of plain carbon steels.Alloy steels.General effects of alloing.Stainless and heat-resisting steels.Brief out- line of steel manufacture.Heat-treatment of plain carbon steels.

Study materials:

Plachý J.,Němec M.,Bednář B.: Teorie slévání,ČVUT Praha 1997

Plachý J.,Němec M.:Metalurgie a technologie slévárenských slitin,ČVUT Praha 1993

Gedeonová Z.,Jelč I.:Metalurgia litin,HF TU Košice 2000

Bailey F.W.J.:Fundamentals of engineering metallurgy and materials,Cassell Co.Ltd.London 1975

Sylvia Gerin J.:Cast metals technology,Addison-Wesley Publ.Comp. London 1972

Karsay S.I..:Ductile iron production practises.American Foundrymen´s Society,1975

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