GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BASIC CASTING TECHNIQUES/MEM-321
Course Title: BASIC CASTING TECHNIQUES
Credits 4 ECTS 5
Course Semester 5 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Türkçe
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this course, The required mold material, mold, runner system, their design and quality control after casting operations are learned.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Face to face, question and answer, laboratory application
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Foundry and sections. Safety apparel for working in the foundry,
2. Week  Introduction of mold sand preparation (green sand), grade, model and casting tools,
3. Week  Physical and chemical analysis of mold sand,
4. Week  Patternless mold preparation and testing of mold tightness, Manual mold cavity formation in sand mold. Patternless mold preparation and testing of mol
5. Week  Sand casting system design and application studies and casting,
6. Week  Models and properties used in casting processes. Molding and casting simple geometric casting models by sand molding method,
7. Week  Midterm
8. Week  Different gating system applications. Extruder, feeder and cooler applications and casting,
9. Week  Different gating system applications. Extruder, feeder and cooler applications and casting,
10. Week  Different gating system applications. Extruder, feeder and cooler applications and casting, Core production. Technology and process applications for d
11. Week  Molding and casting of complex geometric casting models by sand molding method,
12. Week  Preparation of sand mold casting, pre-melting charge calculations, melting, liquid metal gas and slag removal process applications, mold casting, mold
13. Week  Mold preparation (resin sand), molding and casting, Furnaces and working principles used in the melting of metals and alloys. Flux application in liqu
14. Week  Furnaces and working principles used in the melting of metals and alloys. Flux application in liquid metal, degassing processes, globalization, modifi
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
10
40
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
14
3
42
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Material Design and Implementation
10
3
30
 Report Preparing
10
1
10
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
7
1
7
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
1
14
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
131
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.24
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Professional and ethical responsibility gains knowledge.X
2Ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, analyze and interpret the results of experiments.X
3The project-based work culture adopts workplace practices, awareness of employees health, environment and work safety; To train graduates with an awareness of the legal consequences of their engineering practices.X
4Ability to select and use the techniques and modern tools necessary for engineering applications and computer software, information and communication technologies.X
5To be aware of the problems of the age and awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation.X
6Knowledge of the necessity of using information resources and lifelong learning, including developments in science and technology.X
7The breadth of education required to understand the effects of engineering solutions on universal and social dimensions.X
8Ability to communicate effectively with oral and written and technical drawings in Turkish and English.X
9Professional and ethical responsibility.X
10Defining and formulating engineering problems, and selecting and applying appropriate analytical methods and modeling techniques for this purpose.X
11Ability to work in their own discipline and in multi-disciplinary teams.X
12The ability to design a system, part, or process that meets the desired requirements by considering realistic constraints and conditions.X
13Ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, analyze and interpret the results of experiments.X
14Knowledge of mathematics, science and own branches and having sufficient knowledge in engineering subjects and knowledge of application skills.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof.Dr. Kadir Kocatepe , Prof.Dr. Ferhat Gül , Prof.Dr. Bülent Bostan , Dr. Lecturer Hasan Hasırcı , Dr. Lecturer Necati Yalçın , Dr. Lecturer Melika Özer , )
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/kadirk , https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/fgul , https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/bostan , https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hasirci , https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/neyalcin , https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mcerah)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (kadirk@gazi.edu.tr , fgul@gazi.edu.tr , bostan@gazi.edu.tr , hasirci@gazi.edu.tr , neyalcin@gazi.edu.tr , mcerah@gazi.edu.tr)