Processing Materials

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:1.00

Study Course Accepted:12.03.2024 09:53:02

Study Course Information
Course Code:		REK_276		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		4.67		ECTS:		7.00
Branch of Science:		Materials Science		Target Audience:		Medical Technologies; Medical Services
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Ēriks Švēde
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Rehabilitation
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rkrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		10	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		20
Classes (count)		12	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		24
Total Contact Hours								44
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)		10	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		20
Classes (count)		12	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		24
Total Contact Hours								44
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Introduction to specialty, knowledge of materials.
Objective:
To give an idea about technologies, instruments, equipment and working machines used in technical orthopedics with aim to get processed materials.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction to materials processing.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
2	Work safety.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	Basics of metalworking.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		3.00	auditorium
4	Heat metalworking.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
5	Gypsum processing.			Lectures		3.00	auditorium
				Classes		3.00	auditorium
6	Processing of thermoplastic and thermosetting materials.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
7	Abrasives.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		3.00	auditorium
8	Basics of processing natural and synthetic materials.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
9	Basics of alginate use and processing process.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
10	Composite materials in Orthotics prsthetics			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		4.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Independent work with reading sources.
Assessment Criteria:
Independent work (50%); Written test at the end of each semester (50%).
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Students will be able to name methods used to process materials in technical orthopedics, explain processing stages and used instruments and equipment, define safety elements.
Skills:		Students will be able to demonstrate skills in gypsum casting and processing technologies, to choose and prepare appropriate plastic material for forming and to explain plastic material forming stages, as well as to demonstrate skills in metal drilling, bending and riveting, and other processing types.
Competencies:		• use various tools to process materials; • power tools usage and safety; • material characteristics.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Modeling Steel Deformation in the Semi-Solid State. Marcin Hojny. 2017
2	Metallurgy and Technology of Steel Castings. Jan Głownia. 2017
3	Machinery's Handbook (Toolbox edition). Erik Oberg. 2020
Additional Reading
1	Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction. William D. Callister Jr., David G. Rethwisch. 2007
2	Nanomaterials: An Introduction to Properties, Synthesis and Applications. Emmanuel Craig. 2019