GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
LOST WAX CASTING/KMT-324-S
Course Title: LOST WAX CASTING
Credits 5 ECTS 7
Semester 6 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Lecturer Mehmet Fatih ÖZDEMİR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mfozdemir
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  mfozdemir@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Be able to wax modelling
Acquire knowledge of precise casting techniques.
Acquire knowledge the vacuum and centrifugal casting equipment.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Casting methods, investment casting and application steps.
2. Week  Designing for casting.
3. Week  Creating 3D form for designing with wax.
4. Week  Detailed work on the wax model.
5. Week  Calculating the amount of metal to be pour
6. Week  Rubber molding steps (plating, firing, cutting)
7. Week  Mid-Term Exam
8. Week  Injecting the wax into the rubber mold
9. Week  Typesetting of wax patterns
10. Week  Calculating gypsum-water rate and process of investing
11. Week  Burn-out and firing process
12. Week  Amount of metal, preparing alloy and pouring process
13. Week  Cleaning metal trees and whitening
14. Week  Seperating models from counterfoils
15. Week  Final Exam
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Anonim. (2000). Altın Takı Üretimi Teknik El Kitabı. İstanbul: Dünya Altın Konseyi Aras, N. (1996). Modern Kuyumculuk. İstanbul: Fatih Ofset. Ayter, A. (1996). Kuyumculuk Meslek Bilgisi ve Mücevherat Sanatı. İstanbul: Arset. Özer, H. ve Arkadaşları. (2004). Kuyumculuk Meslek Bilgisi. İstanbul: Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü. Untracht, O. (1988). Jewelry Concepts and Technology. London: Robert Hale Ltd. Vitiello, L. (1995). Modern Teknik ve Pratik Kuyumculuk. Ankara: M.E.B.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Demonstration, Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
2
20
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
4
56
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Reading
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Designing and Applying Materials
14
4
56
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
12
12
 Final and Studying for Final
1
12
12
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
164
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6.56
 ECTS: 
7
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Be competent in the terminology of Jewelry fieldX
2Be competent in jewelry manufacturing processX
3Be competent in jewelry materials; gems, metals, traditional and contemporary alloysX
4Have the ability to transfer 3D objects to 2D environment
5Be competent in cold and hot working circumstances related with jewelry and small-scale objectsX
6Be competent in all kinds of metal casting processesX
7Have the knowledge of the history of Jewelry art and technology
8Have the ability to design and redesign according to a given subject, problem solving, etc. related with design
9Acquire intellectual understanding of jewelry related subjects
10Having the ability to work in different interdisciplinary areas
11Have sense of professional and ethical responsibility
12Have awareness about the need for lifelong learning and develop their professional knowledge and skills continuously.
13Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level.