Manufacturing Processes I

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge on Science and Engineering of Materials are required in order to fulfill the objectives of the curricular unity. Only the comprehension of the interdependence between chemical bonding, atomic structure and matter properties, as well as on the mechanical behaviour of materials, in a wide range of temperatures, enables the quick understanding of the high temperature production and transformation technologies to be taught.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes, where the syllabus contents are introduced, and the teaching of theoretical-practical classes, where students are called to solve in group, and discuss, basic problems of casting and welding technologies selection and cost analysis, or eventually, to read and discuss scientific papers in the field of the technologies taught. The theoretical-practical teaching also comprises the completion of study visits, which work as a teaching supplement enabling the students to become familiarized with the industrial application of the theoretical concepts taught during the classes.

Learning Outcomes

The Curricular Unity syllabus was established upon defining the basic learning requirements of the Industrial Engineering and Management students, which relies

- on the comprehension of the chemical, physical and mechanical principles subjacent to the casting and joining technologies to be taught;

- on the basic understanding of the main casting and joining technologies operating principles;

- on the comprehension of the interdependence between those technologies, the materials to be processed and the characteristics of the components to be produced;

- in developing skills for the autonomous updating of knowledge on materials processing by casting and joining;

- in adopting an inquisitive attitude, which will enable them to deal with complex and/or non-familiar industrial requests during engineering active life.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

-              Melting and solidification principles;

-              Casting technologies;

-              Melting apparatus;

-              Castings planning;

-              Selection of casting technologies;

-              Basic principles of welding;

-              Welding processes classification;

-              Welding and cutting technologies;

-              Related welding technologies;

-              Selection of welding technologies;

-              Adhesive joining principles;

-              Adhesive joining techniques;

-              Quality control in casting, welding and adhesive joining;

-              Economic analysis on casting, welding and adhesive joining.

Head Lecturer(s)

Dulce Maria Esteves Rodrigues

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

D.M Rodrigues; Fundamentos de Tecnologias de Fundição, Universidade de Coimbra, 2007.

J.F.O. Santos e L. Quintino, Processos de Soldadura, Vol. I e II, Ed. ISQ, 1993.

Richard W. Heine, Carl R. Loper, Philip C. Rosenthal, Principles of metal casting, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

R. W. Messler, Joining of Materials and Structures, Elsevier, 2004

Gerd Habenicht, Applied Adhesive Bonding, Wiley-VCH,2006.