Diploma work describes in its theoretical part particular types of pairs of wheels used on railway vehicles in Czech Republic as well as their components and assembly instructions. Practical part describes workplace for wheels in reparation DPOV, a.s. at repairing centre Nymburk, its facilities and repairing possibilities by total repair of pairs of wheels. Practical part brings at the end particular report with results of pairs of wheels measuring.

V předložené diplomové práci bylo studováno slinování hexagonálního Al2O3 a kubického MgAl2O4 pomocí slinovacích cyklů složených z beztlakého předslinutí metodou dvojstupňového slinování s následným doslinutím s využitím tlaku (HIPováním). Cílem bylo pokusit se snížit (při zachování vysoké dosažené hustoty) střední velikost zrn a tím zvýšit tvrdost keramiky popř. optickou transparenci. Hlavní úsilí bylo věnováno optimalizaci předslinutí pomocí různých slinovacích cyklů. Přestože bylo vyzkoušeno velké množství různých kombinací teplot a prodlev dvojstupňového slinování, nepodařilo se výrazným způsobem zvýšit výslednou tvrdost vzorků. V případě kubického MgAl2O4 bylo dosaženo hustot blížících se teoretické hustotě, což se projevilo v optické transparentnosti vzorků.

The design which was work out in college plan M2I-K is setting up a production technology for an wall clamp from a steel plate 11 321.1. Based on the literature search it was chosen optimal technology of cutting and forming. Structural and technological calculations were implemented for these methods and the composite machine tool was projected. The eccentric bending press CDCH 3000P was chosen because of its working power. Working parts of the tool are made from steel 19 436.3. Price of the component is 36 Czech crowns which is result

Topic of the diploma thesis is Mg-Zn bulk material preparation process by powder mixtures sintering at hot pressing. Structure, porosity and physically-mechanical properties of prepared bulk materials was evaluated. Obtained results and their interpretation were served as feedback for following optimization of individual processing parameters of bulk materials preparation. Thesis solving focuses on study and control of processes during bulk material preparation and description of the processes from physically-chemical point of view of the structure creation and final material properties.

This master’s thesis deals with production of ferrite cores by the powder metallurgy technology in EPCOS s.r.o. Šumperk. Special importance is given to powder compaction process through uniaxial cold pressing in a rigid die. The production company is introduced in the first part and is followed by a study of pressure propagation in a powder bed during uniaxial pressing, then the analysis of critical phases of compaction process in terms of green cracks and compact’s defects follows. Main test methods of compact’s green strength are also presented. Significant part of the master’s thesis deals with an analysis of a powder technological properties’ testing method. For that purpose, an instrumented compaction device called Powder Testing Center (PTC, KZK Powder Tech Corp.) is used. A new pressing tool of smaller diameter was made and mounted to the experimental press; also the testing technique, procedure and certificate of powder’s properties was slightly changed. Technological property called advanced compactibility of powder is introduced. Decision about suitability of powder for uniaxial pressing process is made upon the value of newly introduced coefficient of advanced compactibility . Compact’s green strength is evaluated by a proposed contract bend test method, which uses cylindrical-shaped testing pieces with high height-to-diameter ratio. The results from both testing methods show the impact of additional granulate adjustment on green strength and heterogeneity of density distribution along axial direction. Implementation of gained knowledge to production process led to more than 40 % cost savings in term 2/2016 – 4/2016 in comparison with term 8/2015 – 11/2015, because of lowering the number of scrap parts from KLY material due to crack reduction.

The diploma thesis deals with the design of pressing machines for manifold assembly of condensers in the car air-conditioning unit. The problem of the current assembling process is its inefficiency. Semi-automated assembly using pneumatic pressing machines eliminates this problem. In the theoretical part the air-conditioning components, current state of assembly and calculating base of pressing are described. In the practical part the test of pressing force was conducted. Based on this test, the design of four pneumatic pressing machines was accomplished. In the final part of the work, evaluation of the whole project is provided.

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M. Tech. (Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology): Vaal University of Technology / Presently there exist a lot of controversies about the mechanical properties of nanomaterials. Several convincing reasons and justifications have been put forward for the controversies. Some of the reasons are varying processing routes, varying ways of defining equations, varying grain sizes, varying internal constituent structures, varying techniques of imposing strain on the specimen etc. It is therefore necessary for scientists, engineers and technologists to come up with a clearer way of defining and dealing with nanomaterials’ mechanical properties. The parameters of the internal constituent structures of nanomaterials are random in nature with random spatial patterns. So they can best be studied using random processes, specifically as stochastic processes. In this dissertation the tools of stochastic processes have been used as they offer a better approach to understand and analyse random processes. This research adopts the approach of ascertaining the correct mathematical models to be used for experimentation and modelling. After a thorough literature survey it was observed that size and temperature are two important parameters that must be considered in selecting the relevant mathematical definitions for nanomaterials’ mechanical properties. Temperature has a vital role to play during grain refinement since all severe plastic deformation involves thermomechanical processes. The second task performed in this research is to develop the mathematical formulations based on the experimental observation of 2-D grains and 3-D grains deformed by Accumulative Roll-Bonding and Equal Channel Angular Pressing. The experimental observations revealed that grains deformed by Accumulative Roll-Bonding and Equal Channel Angular Pressing are elongated when observed from the rolling direction, and transverse direction, and equiaxed when observed from the normal direction. In this dissertation, the different experimental observations for the grain size variants during grain refinement were established for 2-D and 3-D grains. This led to the development of a stochastic model of grain-elongation for 2-D and 3-D grains. The third task was experimentations and validation of proposed models. Accumulative Roll-Bonding, Equal Channel Angular Pressing and mechanical testing (tensile test) experiments were performed. The effect of size on elongation and material properties were studied to validate the developed models since size has a major effect on material’s properties. The fourth task was obtaining results and discussion of theoretical developed models and experimental results. The following facts were experimentally observed and also revealed by the models. Different approaches of measuring grain size reveal different strains that cannot be directly obtained from plots of the corresponding grain sizes. Grain elongation evolved as small values for larger grains, but became larger for smaller grains. Material properties increased with elongation reaching a maximum and started decreasing as is evident in the Hall-Petch to the Reverse Hall-Petch Relationship. This was alluded to the fact that extreme plastic straining led to distorted structures where grain boundaries and curvatures were in “non-equilibrium” states. Overall, this dissertation contributed new knowledge to the body of knowledge of nanomaterials’ mechanical properties in a number of ways. The major contributions to the body of knowledge by his study can be summarized as follows: (1) The study has contributed in developing a model of elongation for 2-D grain and 3-D grains. It has been generally reported by researchers that materials deformed by Accumulative Roll-Bonding and Equal Channel Angular Pressing are generally elongated but none of these researchers have developed a model of elongation. Elongation revealed more information about “size” during grain refinement. (2) The Transmission Electron Microscopy revealed the grain shape in three directions. The rolling direction or sliding direction, the normal direction and the transverse direction. Most developed models ignored the different approaches of measuring nanomaterials’ mechanical properties. Most existing models dealt only with the equivalent radius measurement during grain refinement. In this dissertation, the different approaches of measuring nanomaterials’ mechanical properties have been considered in the developed models. From this dissertation an accurate correlation can be made from microscopy results and theoretical results. (3) This research has shown that most of the published results on nanomaterials’ mechanical properties may be correct although controversies exist when comparing the different results. This research has also shown that researchers might have considered different approaches to measure nanomaterials’ mechanical properties. The reason for different results is due to different approaches of measuring nanomaterials’ mechanical properties as revealed in this research. Since different approaches of measuring nanomaterials’ mechanical properties led to different obtained results, this justify that most published results of nanomaterials’ mechanical properties may be correct. This dissertation revealed more properties of nanomaterials that are ignored by the models that considered only the equivalent length. (4) This research has contributed to the understanding of nanomaterials controversies when comparing results from different researchers.