Course detail

Heat Treatment of Metalic Materials

FSI-WST Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester

Supervisor

Ing. Miloslav Kouřil, CSc.

Department

Institute of Materials Science and Engineering

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-MTI-P: Materials Engineering, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 5 credits, compulsory

Programme C-AKR-P: , Lifelong learning
branch CZS: , 5 credits, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Havlík, Ph.D.
Ing. Miroslava Horynová, Ph.D.
Ing. Miloslav Kouřil, CSc.

Syllabus

1. The overwiew of the heat and chemical heat treating types; The resumption of the physical principles, material and technology respects
2. The nitriding. Its principle, suitable steels,structure and properties of the nitriding layers
3. The gas nitriding; Conditions, use, advantages and disadvantages. The Lehrer´s diagram; The process controll
4. The nitriding based derivative processes; Nitrocarburisation; Nitrooxidation; Nitrosulfonisation; The plasma nitriding; The salt bath nitriding and nitrocarburisatin; The tenifer process.
5. The carburisation; The resumption of the basic principles and technigues; The low presure carburisation; The pulse vacuum carburisation; The plasma aided carburisation
6. The boronizing; Principles, structures, technigues, materials, use
7. The nonconventional heating methods; The energy aplied technigues.
8. The high temperatures plasma technigues
9. The laser beam technologies
10. The electron beam technologies
11. The resistance heating; Electromagnetic heating
12. The Quality Management Systems (QMS) and heat treatment of metals
13. The metals heat treatment in condition of "Up to date" machinery

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Havlík, Ph.D.
Ing. Miroslava Horynová, Ph.D.
Ing. Miloslav Kouřil, CSc.

Syllabus

1. The residual stresses
2. The rools for designing of machine parts from point of wiev of heat treatment
3. The temperature measurement and controll in heat treatment
4.,5. The excursions in Job Shop hardening room Q.I.P. Brno; Atmosphere technigues
6.,7. The excursions in Job Shop hardening room Schmolz and Bickenbach Hustopeče; Vacuum technigues
8.,9. The excursions in Job Shop Laser plant of Kuličkové šrouby Kuřim
10. The samples and basic experiments in electron beam laboratory
11. The test and its evaluation
12. The faults and risks of heat and chemical heat treatment; The proces FMEA
13. The practise series interpretation. The credit