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Casting technology

General Information

Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Norbert Hoffmann, Prof. Klaus Dilger
Start: see StudIP
Degree: Master
Credit points: 5
Module number: 2537000002
Rotation: winter semester

To the exam dates

Notes: All information, files and videos of the lecture and exercise can be found in Stud.IP at "Lecture: Gießereitechnik".

 

 

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Norbert Hoffmann
Dr.-Ing. Norbert Hoffmann
+49 531-391-95523
lmzs-ifs(at)tu-braunschweig.de

Qualification goals

Massel in Schmelze

After completing this module, students will have mastered the theoretical fundamentals of foundry technology for ferrous and non-ferrous materials. With the knowledge they have acquired, they will be able to evaluate and apply manufacturing processes. Students will also be able to optimise production from a technological point of view.

Content

Introduction to foundry technology with the following focal points:

  • Fundamentals of foundry technology
  • Design requirements
  • Casting materials
  • Casting processes for ferrous materials
  • Casting processes for non-ferrous materials and special casting processes
  • Simulation of casting processes

Lecture notes & Downloads

Lecture notes are made available to participants via the StudIP.

 

Literature

  • A. Bühring-Polaczek, W. Michaeli und G. Spur, Handbuch Urformen. Carl Hanser Verlag, 2014. ISBN: 978-3-446-42035-9
  • R. Roller et al., Fachkunde Gießereitechnik: Technologie des Formens und Gießens. Verlag Europa-Lehrmittel,
    9. Aufl., 2021. ISBN: 978-3-7585-1179-0 .
  • B. Nogowizin, Theorie und Praxis des Druckgusses. Schiele & Schön, 2011. ISBN: 978-3-7949-0796-0
  • E. Brunhuber, Gießerei-Lexikon. Schiele & Schön, 1991. ISBN: 978-3-7949-0516-4

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Only the information in the module manual applies. In addition, only the information in the examination regulations of the respective course of study is legally binding.

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