Prof. Emilio Bassini

• Slides used during classes are uploaded on the course portal web.
• Exercise lessons: the topic of the final project, practical exercises, materials and plants datasheet, parts of international standards and handbooks are given during front lessons and uploaded on the portal web.

Argomenti del programma: FOUNDRY Principles of solidification of the alloys. Flow diagram and processing cycle typical of a foundry. Models, shapes and dies, traditional and special forming methods. Gravity casting, centrifugal casting and die casting. Investment Casting. Squeezecasting, Rheocasting, Thixomolding. Finishing operations and quality control; typical alloys and their fields of application, quality assurance.

Argomenti del programma: Part 1: Advanced ferrous alloys Recall on traditional steels, their application and relative economic values. - Advanced Steels: properties, related applications and relative added value with respect to the application. - Modern Steelmaking in relation to the devoted market sector. - Decarburization challenge for Steel. - Powder Metallurgy as manufacturing route for steel semi-products.