Introductory :: Specialised :: Technical Specialist
Specialised courses
10 modules. Once per week.
Certificate in Foundry Technology: 10 modules:
Entrance requirements: Certificate in Engineering Metallurgy or equivalent qualification and/or satisfactory experience.
This course covers the following:
- Foundry melting and holding of Cast Irons, Steels, Aluminium alloys and Copper alloys.
- Moulding and coremaking.
- Foundry sand.
- Investment casting.
- Die casting.
- Foundry methods.
- Foundry metallurgy.
- Finishing of castings.
- Heat treatment of castings.
- Casting defects:
- Origin and prevention of defects.
- Foundry quality control.
Certificate in Physical Metallurgy and Heat Treatment: 10 modules:
Entrance requirements: Certificate in Engineering Metallurgy or equivalent qualification and/or satisfactory experience.
This course covers the following:
- The Structure of Metals.
- Solidification.
- Alloying.
- Plastic deformation.
- Annealing and Hot Working.
- Phase diagrams.
- The Iron Carbon phase diagram.
- Heat Treatment of steel.
- Commercially important alloys.
- Influence environment and applications of materials.
- Failure analysis and prevention.
- Quality control.
Certificate in Iron and Steelmaking: 10 modules:
Entrance requirements: Certificate in Engineering Metallurgy or equivalent qualification and/or satisfactory experience.
This course covers the following:
- The chemistry of solutions.
- Liquid metals.
- Slags.
- Refractories.
- Reactions of liquid steel.
- Commercial iron and steelmaking processes.
- Casting of steel.
- Quality control.
Certificate in Refractories: 10 modules:
Entrance requirements: Certificate in Engineering Metallurgy or equivalent qualification and/or satisfactory experience.
This course covers the following:
- Refractoriness
- Compressive Strength
- Refractory materials
- Ternary diagrams
- Manufacturing of refractories
- Application of refractories.
Certificate in Coke production: 10 modules:
Entrance requirements: Certificate in Engineering Metallurgy or equivalent qualification and/or satisfactory experience.
This course covers the following:
- Chemistry
- Material balances
- Combustion of fuels and heat utilization
- Coals for coke manufacturing
- Recovery of coal chemicals
- Production of Ferro-Alloys
Steel Metallurgy for Sales and Marketing: 5 Modules:
- Basic physical metallurgy.
- The iron carbon system.
- Carbon steels.
- Low alloy steels.
- Alloying elements.
- Tool steels.
- Stainless steels.
- Heat treatment.