Course syllabus

010623205-63 วิศวกรรมการหล่อโลหะ (Foundry Engineering)

Course Syllabus

Data entry : Asst.Prof. Dr.Rungsinee Canyook
1. Course number and name

010623205-63 วิศวกรรมการหล่อโลหะ (Foundry Engineering)

2. Credits and contact hours

3(3-0-6)

3. Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name

Asst.Prof. Dr.Rungsinee Canyook
Asst.Prof. Dr.Krittee Eidhed

4. Text book, title, author, and year

  1. Beeley, P. (2001). Foundry Technology. United Kingdom: Elsevier Science.
  2. Sahoo, M., Sahu, S. (2014). Principles of Metal Casting, Third Edition. United States: McGraw Hill LLC.

5. Specific course information

  1. brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
    Basic casting; casting process of special metals; pattern; cavity pattern; core and core materials; flask and binder; casting sand testing and controlling; refractory; furnace; pouring and riser system; solidification; ferrous and nonferrous casting; casting specimen design; defects and solutions of casting; iron casting, copper and copper alloy, aluminium and aluminium alloy magnesium and magnesium alloy, zinc and zinc alloy casting technologies; low pressure casting process; high pressure casting process; die casting process; semi-solid casting.
  2. prerequisites or co-requisites
  3. indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the program
    Elective :

6. Specific goals for the course

  1. specific outcomes of instruction (e.g. The student will be able to explain the significance of current research about a particular topic.)
  2. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other outcomes are addressed by the course.
    ABET Student Outcome (SO) Listed in Criterion 3 Performance indicator
    SO1 an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
    • PI-1.1 Identify the problems and applicable theories, variables and concepts.

7. Brief list of topics to be covered
Week Topic Details Activities
1 ● Basic principles of casting technologies
2 ● Pattern
3 ● Foundry Sand
4 ● Design of gating and feeding systems
5 ● Melting Furnaces
6-7 ● Casting Techniques
8 Midterm examination
9 ● Principle of solidification
10 ● Metallurgy of casting: structures and properties of casting
11 ● Cast iron
12 ● Aluminum casting
13 ● Magnesium casting
14 ● Casting defects and their correlation to manufacturing parameters
15 ● Quality control and inspection of metal casting
16 Final examination
8. Course Assessment
Course assessment Weight score (%) Assessment tools Date
Assignment 20 assignment 22 Jun 2026 - 16 Oct 2026
Midterm examination 40 midterm examination 17 Aug 2026 - 21 Aug 2026
Final examination 40 final examination 19 Oct 2026 - 30 Oct 2026
The grading table
Grading Rank
>= 80% A
75% - 79.99% B+
70% - 74.99% B
65% - 69.99% C+
57% - 64.99% C
49% - 56.99% D+
40% - 48.99% D
0% - 39.99% F

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