Academic Catalog

METE441 MELTING AND CASTING

Course Code:	5700441
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	5.0
Department:	Metallurgical And Materials Engineering
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. EKREM SELÇUK
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Foundry sands. green sand concept. quartz-clay interface. clay-clay interface. Quartz-clay-water interface. Moulding mixtures. additives core concept; oil bonded cores. CO2 process. cold setting. core making. Casting processes; sand casting. die casting. centrifugal casting. investment casting. other processes. Melting methods. melting furnaces. Melting of cast iron in cupola. Non-ferrous industrial alloys; Al-alloy Cu-alloy. other non-ferrous alloys. Steel casting processes.