Course detail

Special Welding Technology

FSI-HSV Acad. year: 2026/2027 Winter semester

Special fusion welding technology. Welding technology with highly concentrated energy sources – plasma, electron beam and laser welding. Special methods of welding, bolts welding . Special methods of welding using pressure, friction welding. Metal 3D printing methods. Information on the influence of the welding process on limit states such as dynamics, statics, fatigue, brittle fracture and creep. The influence of the welding process on the deformations of the welded parts and the explanation of the concept of residual stress. The possibility of measuring typical parameters and quantities during and after the welding process.

Supervisor

Ing. Kamil Podaný, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Manufacturing Technology

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-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
branch STG: Manufacturing Technology, 5 credits, compulsory

Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
branch STM: Manufacturing Technology and Management in Industry, 5 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Syllabus


  1. Introduction. Importance, advantages and disadvantages of special welding methods.

  2. Summary of materials and their weldability.

  3. Friction welding, FSW.

  4. Laser, electron beam welding.

  5. Laser, plasma, water jet cutting.

  6. Adhesive bonding.

  7. Hybrid joining.

  8. Deformation in welding. Welding induced residual and internal stresses.

  9. Explosion welding, electromagnetic pulse, stud welding.

  10. The possibility of measuring quantities during and after welding – temperature field, deformation, residual stress, macro/micro, hardness

  11. Welding and limit states – statics, dynamics, fatigue

  12. Welding and limit states – brittle fracture and creep

  13. 3D printing of metal materials – WAAM.

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Syllabus


  1. Weldability of selected materials

  2. Assessment of the quality of the weld joint, weldability

  3. Plasma cutting – excursion

  4. Electron beam welding – excursion

  5. Laser welding – excursion

  6. Welding of studs

  7. Measurement and evaluation of roughness on laser burns

  8. Welding of plastics

  9. Hybrid joining

  10. Flow drill

  11. The possibility of measuring quantities during and after welding – temperature field, deformation, residual stress, macro/micro, hardness

  12. Welding and limit states – statics, dynamics, fatigue

  13. Welding and limit states – brittle fracture and creep