Goals: understanding texts related to raw materials, engineering materials, process manufacturing techniques, materials processing and forming, equipment, energy, company management and organisation, etc. and acquiring other foreign language competences. Practising reading skills: reading technical data, graphs; Building general and specific vocabulary; Writing skills: reports, letters, minutes of a meeting; Speaking skills: language of meetings, presentations, ... Read more
Goals: raising awareness and importance of knowledge about modern entrepreneurship for technical professionals. The course provides knowledge for all those aiming to open a private business, i.e. acquiring knowledge and skills for managing a business in various fields. This includes theoretical foundations on entrepreneurship, practical guidelines for starting and managing a business (business plan), complexity ... Read more
Goals: knowing basic techniques of artistic forming of metals: forging, casting, welding, surface protection; ability to design and operate the procedure of making a metal product (from the stage of design to production); knowing materials and forming technologies; understanding different forming capacities of materials and using appropriate technology; designing unique artistic forms (artistic forging, artistic ... Read more
Continuous processes–hot strip rolling chain; Forming techniques with special focus: metals adjusted forming, high inner-pressure forming, sandwich forming, magnetic forming and explosive forming.
Goals: acquiring knowledge on possible industrial applications of coarse and fine metallurgical ceramics; using appropriate procedures of making metallurgical ceramics, selecting an appropriate type of raw material to achieve target properties. Special emphasis will be given to insulation in production processes and energy saving issues and reducing energy per product unit in a metallurgical reactor.
Goals: acquiring basic concepts on quality and quality control and how quality management has developed; knowing standard models of quality management, statistical methods and tools for quality assurance, interpreting the results of measurements in statistical process control, ability to carry out complex analyses of the phenomena and analyse and evaluate costs in quality management.
Goals: knowing basic groups of casting materials and technologies of making and processing of these materials; survey of metal and non-metal materials; knowing typical casting alloys based on Fe, Al, Mg, Zn, Cu and Ti, their applications, mechanical and technological properties, using different casting techniques for making or processing these materials; classification of materials by ... Read more
The course focuses on the importance of furnaces for particular technological procedures in manufacturing, metal processing and heat treatment. The student studies elements of the furnace, fundamentals of dimensioning and selection of the furnace, their structure, accessories and equipment for optimal management of the technological procedure, develops the skills necessary for individual, team and project ... Read more
For making metal materials, e.g. steel, we need basic raw materials (ores and concentrates) as well as auxiliary materials, which may be metals or non-metals, and energy sources. Their composition has decisive effects on the quality of the product, production costs and ecological acceptability. The course provides knowledge on different testing methods for making complex ... Read more
Goals: acquiring knowledge about basic groups of engineering materials, particularly metals and their applications. Students are able to classify materials according to their chemical composition, purpose of use, criteria for the selection in a particular application, compatibility of materials, substitution and standardisation. Use of engineering materials in major industrial branches; development trends and possible substitutions. ... Read more