Academic Catalog

METE539 NEAR NET SHAPE PROCESSING

Course Code:	5700539
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Metallurgical And Materials Engineering
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. ALÝ KALKANLI
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

The methods for manufacturing small section products such as strip, fibre, flake, wire directly from molten metal. Spray rolling, the Taylor wire process, melt spinning, melt overflow, melt drag, melt extraction, double roll quenching, thin slab casting (belt drive) and laser glaze process. Mass and heat flow analysis. Alloy design, dimensional control. Alloy parameters such as melt delivery speed, viscosity and surface tension.