Course description:

The aim of the Metalcasting Engineering (CAST) for the Advanced Manufacturing Industry course conducted at the Faculty of Foundry Engineering is to prepare engineers who are able to apply their knowledge of basic disciplines, metallurgy, alloys with special properties, metal and alloy processing, casting materials and materials science, mould 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 plant research facilities, design and consulting units and other economic and administrative units where technical knowledge is required.

Taking into account the links between the foundry and other branches of the economy, the main focus of the study is on foundry technologies for advanced manufacturing.

The graduate of the Master’s degree program has knowledge in the area of:

• Manufacturing technologies
• Numerical simulations
• Modern and ecological moulding and core sands
• Casting defects and non-destructive testing
• Technology of non-ferrous metals, cast steel, iron cast melting and casting
• Theory of metallurgical and foundry processes
• Properties of materials and test methods
• 3D Printing and reverse engineering
• Computer-Aided Casting Design Optimisation

A graduate of the Master’s degree program can:

• design and implement the process of manufacturing cast components,
• manage teams of people in industrial plants,
• select and prepare appropriate metal alloys or composite materials for a given component,
• use modern methods to test the properties of engineering materials,
• optimize the component production process,
• practically apply various technologies, including special methods of manufacturing components for the automotive industry and other mass production industries,
• correctly select and apply heat treatment, chemical treatment, corrosion protection, and component finishing processes.

Graduates of the course can work as:

• production process engineer,
• engineer-technologist,
• parts and subassemblies constructor,
• supervisor engineer and quality engineer,
• computer-aided manufacturing processes specialist,
• logistics manager,
• transport manager,
• laboratory technician,
• scientific staff.

Jobs:

• production plants in the foundry and automotive industries,
• design and construction offices,
• technical and quality inspection units for products and materials,
• accreditation and certification units and others requiring technical knowledge,
• own business activities,
• research laboratories,
• scientific units.