The course primarily discusses welding procedures. Students acquire knowledge about equipment and different welding methods, i.e. basic welding procedures, pressure welding, adding auxiliary materials for welding and weldability, which are basic elements for appropriate selection of the welding method and operations in joining and refining of steels, cast iron, non-ferrous metals and their alloys, plastic ... Read more
The main procedure in making and processing metal materials is heat treatment of steels and alloys of non-ferrous metals. A controlled process of heat treatment leads to the formation of microstructures that define mechanical and technological properties of semi-products and final products. The goal of the course is to acquire theoretical foundations of structural changes ... Read more
Goals: The student gets insight into numerous procedures of plastic forming and can evaluate them in terms of technological, economic and environmental factors. Students acquire basic knowledge about forming machines and tools. Using integral calculus, the student can define the loads acting on forming machines and tools for bulk and sheet forming. The topics of ... Read more
Students acquire knowledge on the technology of making castings: making moulds, moulds and cores, pouring and feeding systems, melting and charge composition, melting furnaces, analysing and testing of melts, control procedures, designing castings by computer simulated mould filling, solidification and shrinkage and stress conditions. Students acquire knowledge on the technology of pressure, precision and centrifugal ... Read more
The course is divided into two parts: (a) production and preparation of a melt and (b) casting (a final product). The first part aims at acquiring skills for independent preparation of a test, thus developing student’s own initiative and ability for developing a technological process. The course also provides guidelines for safe work and relevant ... Read more
The course is specifically designed for industrial production enterprises and discusses examples from Slovenian practice. Students acquire knowledge on the role of management through understanding the concepts of company formation, development of a learning organisation and system analysis.
Goals: acquiring theoretical bases of testing methods, ability to carry out major mechanical, technological and non-destructive testing methods on laboratory and industrial scale. Destructive methods include: tensile, compressive, shear and bending tests, permanent static test, permanent dynamic test, impact indentation test and tensile test; non-destructive methods: ultrasound, radiographic testing methods, electrical and magnetic methods, etc. ... Read more
Goals: acquiring fundamentals of process techniques and technology of extraction of non-ferrous metals. Lectures are combined with mathematical calculations for better understanding of metallurgical processes. Topics include: natural mineral raw materials, secondary raw materials, energy, survey of metallurgical procedures, economics, environmental protection, methods of extraction of some metals: aluminium, magnesium, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, nickel, ... Read more
Goals: acquiring basic knowledge necessary for operating a steelmaking process, learning about the role of steel in modern society. By understanding the basic physico-chemical, thermodynamic and heat processes in metallurgical aggregates, students acquire fundamental knowledge for solving practical problems. The course also upgrades and integrates the knowledge acquired through other core courses. The contents of ... Read more
Goals: The student acquires basic knowledge in metrology; Learns some basic measuring methods; Gets to know the characteristics of different kinds of measuring instruments; Understands disturbances and errors occurring in measuring techniques and can interpret them; Becomes familiar with electric measurements of physical parameters; Learns how to process measuring data in the form of heat ... Read more