2023

Technologies and materials of Industrial Practice I

Name: Technologies and materials of Industrial Practice I
Code: VIS12841L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area: Design

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

The aim of the course Technology and Materials Industrial Practice I is to provide students with technical skills that allow better design of various types of products that will be required in their professional careers.
Experiment with the materials through practical exercise is an important step in the educational process of each student, allowing them to get in direct contact with the material and verifying the acquired theorical knowledge
Skills
Students are able to recognize and apply to their projects the technologies of production of each material.

Contents

Importance of materials in the product conception.
Material proprieties Physical proprieties Mechanical proprieties
Polymers Characteristic
Type of Polymers
General polymer classification Polymer generic name and application Polymer structure
Polymer morphology
Processing Thermoplastics and Thermosets Thermosets:
Rapid prototyping
Glass:
Glass Structure
Glass Types
Molding and Process
Glass cutting
Ceramics: Ceramic products Type of Ceramics
Clay primary materials
Other primary materials
Humid, plastic and dry conformation Drying and defects
Woven
Coking
Glassing classification
Practical application of knowledge to small exercise Polymer Exercise
Glass Exercise
Ceramic Exercise

Teaching Methods

The methodology of the unit is supported by theorical information through powerpoint and small films of process techniques. Practical exercise supports the conception of products related to each material.
This unit continues evaluation his supported by the interest, contribution and results of experiments and investigation resulted from varies exercises processes.
The student continues and periodical evaluation is summarized in the end of the cycle by a final exam of all the developed work.
Assiduity: 5%
Intermediary evaluation: 45%
Final evaluation: 50%

Teaching Staff