Metalcasting Engineering

The purpose of education in the field of Metalcasting Engineering (CAST) for the Advanced Manufacturing Industry, conducted at the Faculty of Foundry Engineering, is to prepare engineers with the ability to use knowledge from basic disciplines, metallurgy, alloys with special properties, metal and alloy processing, science of casting materials and materials, mold technology and casting defects, thermal technology, computer networks and computer simulation systems in technology. Utilization of technological waste and ecology in individual and team engineering activities in industrial production conditions in large and small metallurgical and foundry plants. Metal processing plants, laboratories of research facilities of plants, design and consulting units and other economic and administrative units where technical knowledge is required.
Taking into account the connections between foundry and other branches of the economy, the main focus of education is on foundry technologies for advanced manufacturing.
The experience gained so far shows that the graduates of the Faculty of Foundry Engineering AGH are well prepared for the requirements of all aspects of modern foundry and excel at methods, designing and implementing modern technologies as well as managing foundry production in advanced manufacturing.

Mentor of the field of study: PhD, DSc Magdalena Kawalec, AGH UST Professor

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Study programme determined by Resolution No. 8/2023 of the AGH UST Senate of 1 February 2023

Winter semester, 2023/2024

Course	Number of hours	ECTS credits	Form of verification
Properties of materials and test methods	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Computer networks and computer aided systems in technology	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Theory of metallurgical and foundry processes	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	4	Exam	O
Technological processes shaping the structure and properties of castings	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	4	Exam	O
Computer casting design optimization	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Molds technology	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10 Project classes: 10	4	Exam	O
Elective Block	Total number of contact hours: 60	9	Completing the classes	O
The student chooses one block and completes all modules in the selected block
Elective block: Precision casting 1	Lectures: 30 Laboratory classes: 20 Seminars: 10	9	Completing the classes	W
Computer aided technology of art castings	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Molding and core sands in ecological aspect	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Basics of designing industrial forms	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Elective block: General casting 1	Lectures: 30 Laboratory classes: 30	9	Completing the classes	W
Foundry mold and cores materials	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Special properties alloys	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Special casting methods	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Sum	190	30

Summer semester, 2023/2024

Course	Number of hours	ECTS credits	Form of verification
Heat treatment of castings	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Plastics and their processing	Lectures: 15 Laboratory classes: 15	4	Completing the classes	O
Reverse engineering	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Casting defects and non-destructive testing	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
Elective Block	Total number of contact hours: 90	15	Exam	O
The student chooses one block and completes all modules in the selected block
Elective block: Precision casting 2	Lectures: 35 Laboratory classes: 35 Project classes: 20	15	Exam	W
Mold design for artistic and precision casting	Project classes: 20	4	Exam	O
Surface treatment of metal products	Lectures: 10 Laboratory classes: 10	4	Exam	O
The technology of art and precision castings	Lectures: 25 Laboratory classes: 25	7	Exam	O
Elective block: General casting 2	Lectures: 45 Laboratory classes: 45	15	Exam	W
Technology of non-ferrous metals melting and casting	Lectures: 15 Laboratory classes: 15	5	Exam	O
Technology of cast steel melting and casting	Lectures: 15 Laboratory classes: 15	5	Exam	O
Technology of cast iron melting and casting	Lectures: 15 Laboratory classes: 15	5	Exam	O
Elective Block G1	Lectures: 20 Seminars: 10	2	Completing the classes	O
The student chooses two modules from the group
Thin wall castings: technology and applications	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 5	1	Completing the classes	W
Corrosion Science	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 5	1	Completing the classes	W
Modern methods to determination of ecological aspect in molding and core sands	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 5	1	Completing the classes	W
Sum	210	30

Winter semester, 2024/2025

Course	Number of hours	ECTS credits	Form of verification
Diploma Seminar	Seminars: 15	1	Completing the classes	O
Diploma Thesis	Diploma Thesis: 0	20	Completing the classes	O
Elective Block G2	Lectures: 15 Seminars: 15	4	Completing the classes	O
The student chooses one module from the group
Molecular spectroscopy for metallurgy. Basis and application	Lectures: 15 Seminars: 15	4	Completing the classes	W
Experimental methods and numerical simulation for mechanical characterization of solids: application	Lectures: 15 Seminars: 15	4	Completing the classes	W
Humanities or Social Sciences Electives 1	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 10	3	Completing the classes	O
The student chooses one module from the group
Minimalism and other modern philosophies of life	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 10	3	Completing the classes	W
Principles of production management	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 10	3	Completing the classes	W
Humanities or Social Sciences Electives 2	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 5	2	Completing the classes	O
The student chooses one module from the group
Problems of contemporary engineering	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 5	2	Completing the classes	W
Reverse logistics in all aspects of lifestyle and ecology	Lectures: 10 Seminars: 5	2	Completing the classes	W
Sum	80	30