Moulding Technologies

Code:

EM0079

Acronym:

TM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Manufacturing and Automotive Engineering

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Materials and Technological Processes Group
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Mechanical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEM	17	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	6	45,5	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course is divided in two: casting and aditive manufacturing.

Casting -To consolidate previous knowledge acquired on the Masters in Mechanical Engineering regarding casting technologies, mainly focused on injection casting of light alloys and zamack, in low pressure casting of aluminium and copper alloys and investment casting of steel, nikel alloys and titanium alloys, namelly ficused in equipemnts and  mould design. Aditive manufacturing - Revision of the main concepts of technologies and materials. Specific concepts for the development of metal and plastic technical products; computing tools in metals tool design.

Learning outcomes and competences

 

Knowledge to design foundry tools

 

Knowledge to develop and improve foundry processes

 

Knowledge to develop metal and plastic products applying advanced additive manufacturing technologies and metal/plastic conversion technics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knowledge to design foundry tools

Knowledge to develop and improve foundry processes

Knowledge to develop metal and plastic products applying advanced additive manufacturing technologies and metal/plastic conversion technics

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

Casting: properties and the most relevant characteristics of alloys; Fusion equipment, maintenance and leakage Materials and technologies used in different processes, namely in moulding, core boxes and wax injection moulds. Reference to complementary tools of sprue cutter, overflow groove, and quality control of flow production and final; Development and dimensioning of tools and equipments, with a reference to component tolerance; Production flows and selection processes concerning mechanical properties required by casted components; validation of moulding projects using numerical simulation tools of filling and solidification.

Aditive manufacturing - Sl,SLS,FDM,LOM, DMLS,SLM,SLM and TDP thecnologies.Plastic and metal conversion of prototypes. Interest of AM in the product development of plastic and metal parts.

Mandatory literature

Campbell, John; Castings practice. ISBN: 0-7506-4791-4
Apontamentos diversos propostos ao longo das aulas.

Complementary Bibliography

Ashby, Michael F.; Materials selection in mechanical design. ISBN: 0-7506-6168-2
Malloy, Robert A.; Plastic part design for injection molding. ISBN: 3-446-15956-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

The presentation of this course program will be based both on theoretically classes and on visits to relevant companies. There will be visits to companies such as Sonafi for injected casting, to Cifial for low pressure casting , to Zollern & Comandita for investment casting and INEGI for AM. Students will have the opportunity to see how AM processes works in a practical session that will take place at INEGI. Mini exams will assess students’ knowledge on fundamental concepts that have been taught. It may also be followed the concept of engineering teaching where students have to do some application assignments.

Software

Experto
SolidWorks

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Project engineering
Technological sciences > Technology > Industrial technology > Mechanical design
Technological sciences > Engineering > Simulation engineering
Technological sciences > Engineering > Process engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho de investigação	62,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

According to Article 4 of General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

Calculation formula of final grade

FM=A*0.5 + B*0.5 FM- Final Mark A- Average grade of the mini-exams B- Average grade of the practical assignments.

Examinations or Special Assignments

According to Article 5 paragraph 6 of General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to Article 6 paragraph 7 of General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

Classification improvement

According to Article 10 of General Evaluation Rules of FEUP