| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Learning the concepts and principles of cold forming.
- Learning the concepts and principles of hot forming.
- Learning how to perform forging, rolling and extrusion processes.
- Obtaining information about wire drawing and rod drawing processes and applications.
- Learning how seamless pipes are produced.
- Having knowledge about cutting, bending, plastering, stretch forming, high speed forming and deep drawing.
- Learning shaping errors and shaping criteria.
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| Course Description | Classification of methods. Principles of metal forming. Shear, cold and hot forming, dislocations, fractures, internal stresses. Free forging and pressing, forging and pressing applied to the free processes, features and principles of construction. Open die forging and compression. Processes implemented in open die forging and compression, their characteristics and construction rules. Forging and compression machines, power hammers, special forging machines, presses, die forging and compression methods, arrangement of forging dies, materials for forging dies, manufacturing of forging dies, deburring, upsetting processes in forging dies. Extrusion method and its principles, implementation, extrusion equipment and specific methods. Rolling method, rollers, roll and roll equipment, Plastic pipe manufacturing, manufacturing of welded pipe, manufacturing of seamless pipe, pipe forming. Cold forming, wire-drawing, sheet metal forming. Mechanics of metal forming, stress, friction, deformation resistance in plastic forming. Applications of metal forming methods. Casting technique. Design of mold and core in steel castings, preparation of mold and core sand, runners, feeders and coolers, painting, drying and preparation for casting of molds. Facing and sintering of induction furnace. Preparation, melting and casting of steel alloys. Types of steel castings, effects of the alloying elements on microstructure, mechanical properties, solidification and fluidity. Mold and core applications for cast iron alloys. Molding of cored and coreless models to make of cast iron by hand, in the molding machine and on the floor. Heat-resistant materials. Furnaces and malting pots used in melting of cast iron. Definition of cupola, its types and preparation for casting. operating of cupola. Melting of cast-iron and pouring to molds. Performing tests. Breakdowns occurred in cupola and their elimination. Cleaning of components casted and their quality-control. Properties of lamellar graphite (gray) cast iron. Elements and effects of the elements within it. Casting errors of lamellar graphite (gray) cast iron. Ferrous alloys. |