COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METAL MELTING 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DÖK 4201 METAL MELTING 1 COMPULSORY 2 1 0 3

Offered By

Foundry

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

BAHATTIN AGADAY

Offered to

Foundry
Foundry

Course Objective

Basic knowledge of general properties of metals and alloys and melting furnaces melting techniques to learn.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to recognize casting metals used .
2   To be able to explain the theoretical basis of the melting process.
3   To be able to understanding working methods of the types of melting furnaces.
4   To be able to perform safe furnace charge preparation, melting and casting application.
5   To be able to make furnace repair and maintenance.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic knowledge of cast iron melting alloys.
2 Recognition of the melting furnace types.
3 Theoretical description of the melting process and melting security.
4 Charge of preparing melting and casting applications.
5 Temperature measurement of the sample and test strips to be made casting alloys.
6 Melting alloys and savers.
7 Mid-term exam
8 Mid-term exam
9 Alloy construction and calculations
10 Burning fuels and refractories.
11 Combustion losses slag oxidation-reduction processes.
12 Analysis of alloying elements making and control.
13 Melting errors and measures.
14 melting furnace repair.

Recomended or Required Reading

Dersin %70 ine katılım zorunludur.1. Casting Technology I Methods-Cast Iron Casting, Pro Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Offset Warehouse, London, 1992,
2. General Casting Information, Volume I, II, III., S. Fidaner, S. Steel, H. Was born in C. Filtering, A.D.Duran, Ministry of Education. Vocational and Technical Education Books, Ankara, 1978
Assistant source: Lecture notes. B.Agaday.
References:
Other course materials:
1. Factory melting reports.
2. Graduation projects

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Question Solution

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam
2. Assignment / presentation
3. final

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam, assignments and a final examination shall be measured with the five learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% of course attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

GSM:0535 275 09 29
Mail:b.agaday@hotmail.com

Office Hours

Every day: 17:00, 17:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 1 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 65

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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