ME01: Metallurgy of Iron & Steel

Course Contents (2-day training):

1. Fundamental Concepts – The Building Blocks for Iron & Steel

2. Microstructure of Iron & Steel – The Insights View of Iron & Steel

3. Refining of Ferrous Materials – From Iron Ore to Useful Articles

4. Thermal Mechanical Processing of Steel – Tailoring The Properties

ME02: Steels & Its Heat Treatment

Course Contents (2-day training):

1. The Principle of Hardening: The WHAT, WHEN & HOW of steel heat treating.
2. Industrial Heat Treating: Types of Heat Treatment Processes & Its Purposes.
3. Problems Associated with Heat Treated Parts: Material Factors & Heat Treating Practice.
4. Inspection Techniques for Heat Treated Parts: Mechanical, Microstructure & Non-Destructive Tests.

ME03: Metallurgical Failures Understanding & Prevention

Course Contents (2-day training):

1. Distortion Failures - Temporary & Permanent distortion, Yielding, Creep, Buckling, Internal Stress.

2. Wear Failures – Abrasive, Adhesive, Erosion, Contact Stress Fatigue or Pitting Wear.

3. Cracking Problems - Single-load & Multiple-load Fracture, Brittle & Ductile Fracture, Fatigue cracks.

4. Corrosion Failures – Galvanic, Uniform, Crevice, Stress Corrosions, Pitting, Dealloying, Erosion, Oxygen-concentration cell.

ME04: Aluminum Alloys & Its Heat Treatment

Course Contents (2-day training):

1. Aluminum Alloys Classification – Al. making, Alloys designations, Temper designations, Heat treatable & non heat treatable alloys.

2. Properties of Aluminum & Testing – Mechanical & physical properties, Alloying elements functions, Hardness tests, Tensile tests.

3. Metallurgy of Aluminum - Microstructures & phase diagrams, Solute hardening, Work hardening, Precipitation hardening, Cold & hot working, Recovery & recrystallization.

4. Heat Treating of Aluminum Alloys – Solution treatment, Quenching, Ageing, Distortion control, Holding time, Handling time, Refrigeration.

ME05: Stainless Steels & Processing Control

Course Contents (2-day training):

1. Stainless Steel & Its Properties:
   Types of Stainless Steels, Mechanical Properties, Corrosion Resistance and its Applications.
2. Cold Deformation of Stainless Steels:
   Residual stress during cold working, Work hardening & Recovery, Plastic deformation induced transformation and ferromagnetism.
3. Welding of Stainless Steels:
   Welding characteristics of SS, Welding Guides & Practices, Hot cracking and carbide precipitation.
4. Heat Treating of Stainless Steels:
   Metallurgy, Bright Annealing, Stress Relieve Annealing, Sensitization of Stainless Steels.