COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARBLE FACTORY MACHINES AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NBG 5006 MARBLE FACTORY MACHINES AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AHMET HAMDI DELIORMANLI

Offered to

NATURAL BUILDING STONES AND GEMSTONES

Course Objective

Types of CaCO3 and hard rock end products, main production lines of slab and tile, sealer lines, antiquating and mosaic products, product estimation machines, CNCs, production techniques, consumables and their properties, quality control, storage, utilization water refining systems and reuse of wastes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be informed of natural stone processing machines
2   To make efficiency analysis in natural stone processing units.
3   To define and compare processing operations of natural stone.
4   Awareness of environmental conscious and natural stone processing units.
5   To search about technological development of natural stone processing.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Types of marble end products Classification of production lines, general information. Properties of factory construction and general facility planning.
2 Tile line machines and marble production. S/Ts, their types and properties. Strip production. Properties of circular saw and its usage.
3 Cross- cutting machines, properties, usage. Splitting machines, properties, usage. Introduction of polishing units.
4 Calibrators, properties, usage. Polishing group, properties, usage.
5 I. Written Exam
6 Horizontal cutting machines, properties, usage. Vertical cutting machines, properties, usage. Side calibrating machines, properties, usage. Side chamfering machines, properties, usage. Chamfering machines, properties, usage.
7 Tile line product quality control, properties. Quality control desks. Packaging and crating.
8 Tile line machines and marble production. Gang saws; types and properties., Tile production. Blade properties, usage.
9 Bridge saws, properties, usage. Band polishing machines, properties, usage. Band polishing machines compared to polishing machines. Arranging abrasive series. Tile quality control and crating.
10 Sealants, types, purposes. Sealants and their prescriptions. Sealant machines, properties, usage. Product- sealant relation. Quality control of products with sealant.
11 Antiquating and its purposes. Antiquating machines, properties, usage. Mosaic production and design. Product estimation techniques. Bordure machines, properties, usage. CNC machines, properties, design, usage. Other machines, properties, purposes, usage.
12 Refining systems, properties, comparisons Existence of marble wastes and their reusage. Cost analysis and selling methods Block and product storage. Inside or outside transportation systems, techniques of loading and unloading. Export field scheme
13 II. Written Exam
14 Presentation of homeworks

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
1. Amrhein, J. E. & Merrigan, M. W. (1989), Marble and Stone Slab Veneer. 2. Baskı, Masonry Institute of America, California, USA.
2. Chacon, M. A. (1999), Architectural Stone Fabrication. Installation and Selection, John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA.
3. Graves, K., Stone Fabrication Techniques & Tips
4. Stone: Building Stone. Rock Fiil and Armourstone in Çonstnıction (1999). Geological Society Engineering Geology Special PublicatIon, UK.
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Yavuz.A.B., 2001. Muğla Yöresi Mermer Ocaklarında Blok Mermer Üretimini Etkileyen Jeolojik Parametreler. D.E.Ü. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Doktora Tezî (Yayımlanmamış).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course + homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahmet.deliormanli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 1 3 3
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 158

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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