Are you a training provider looking to grow your technical training course offerings quickly, professionally and with proven industry impact? 

If so, we offer for purchase our extensive range of course packages, which include all the course materials required to enable training providers, further & higher educational institutions and employers, deliver industry-leading training courses in Metallurgy, Materials Science & Engineering, Welding Technology & Quality Management.

COURSE PACKAGE OVERVIEW

This is a comprehensive & fast-track Metallurgy course which is unrivalled in the market & which is suitable for candidates at all levels, including those new to Metallurgy, as no specific qualification entry requirements are required. 

The course is focussed on providing practical, work-place ready skills that employers and industry require, but that many academic programmes do not provide.

The course provides candidates with comprehensive knowledge, skills & understanding on the structure, properties, applications, manufacture, inspection & testing of ferrous & non-ferrous metals.

The course is divided into 7 MODULES as follows:

1.  Physical Metallurgy & Crystalline Structure of Metals & Alloys

2.  Mechanical Properties & their Measurement

3.  Inspection: Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Techniques

4.  Steelmaking & Steel Manufacturing Processes

5.  Metallurgy of Ferrous Metals (Steel; Stainless Steel; Cast Iron.) 

6.  Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous Metals-Ni & its alloys; Al & its alloys; Ti & its alloys; Mg alloys; Zr alloys; Co alloys; Cu & its alloys; Refractory Metals (Niobium, Molybdenum, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium); High Entropy Alloys HEAs

7.  Metal Joining: Welding Processes

A complete list of topics covered on the course is shown further down the page under the heading: 'COURSE CONTENT.'

Total estimated time to deliver the training 70 hours.

Industry Sectors 

The knowledge & skills gained on the course are applicable to a wide range of metals industry sectors, including:

🔺 OIL & GAS 

🔺 AEROSPACE

🔺 AUTOMOTIVE

🔺CHEMICAL

🔺POWER GENERATION INCLUDING NUCLEAR

🔺HEAVY ENGINEERING

🔺CONSTRUCTION

🔺FOOD & DRINK

🔺DEFENCE

BENEFITS OF OUR COURSE PACKAGES

1. Industry-Relevant: Developed by academic & industry experts ensures that the content is both academically rigorous and practically relevant. 

2. Accredited Certifications: Our courses have accreditation from highly experienced, professionally qualified Chartered Engineers, Materials Engineers, Metallurgists & Welding professionals, with decades of industry experience. The value of our certifications to industry has also been recognised by top organisations & professional bodies. 

3. Proven Success: Our training has already empowered professionals from high-profile organisations & professional bodies including Arcelor Mittal, Bourne Steel, J & D Pierce Contracts Ltd, UKRI - Science & Technologies Facilities Council, TAQA Bratani, Moog Aircraft Group, Millar Callaghan Engineering Services Ltd, Professional Lifting Services Ltd, Mueller Europe, WQiC, Harold Newsome Ltd, William Haley Engineering Ltd, RWE Generation UK PLC, TEi Ltd, The Institute of Cast Metal Engineers (ICME), Sulzer and The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC.)

4. Comprehensive Curriculum: This is a comprehensive course. A complete list of topics covered on the course is shown further down the page under the heading: 'COURSE CONTENT.'

5. Excellent Feedback: The course has received excellent feedback from candidates who have completed it, highlighting its effectiveness in developing knowledge, skills, and understanding. For some of their comments, see below under the HEADING: 'CANDIDATE FEEDBACK ON OUR TRAINING.'

6. No Prior Knowledge Required: The course is suitable for candidates at all levels, including those new to metallurgy, as no specific qualification entry requirements are required. 

7. Career Advancement: The training is designed to enhance candidates' career prospects by increasing their technical knowledge, skills, and understanding.

COURSE CONTENT

PHYSICAL METALLURGY & CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF METALS & ALLOYS

• ATOMS & METALLIC BONDS

• CRYSTAL LATTICES 

• CRYSTAL SYSTEMS, BRAVAIS LATTICES & PEARSON SYMBOL

• CRYSTALS & GRAINS

• GRAIN SIZE & EFFECT ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

• MEASURING GRAIN SIZE

• MALLEABILITY

• SLIP & TWINNING

• SLIP & DISLOCATIONS

• MILLER INDICES

• EFFECT OF VACANCIES-METAL CREEP

• WROUGHT PRODUCTS

• HOT WORKING & DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLISATION

• COLD WORKING & WORK HARDENING

• ANNEALING, ANNEALING TWINS & STACKING FAULTS

• CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURE

• EFFECT OF ALLOYING: 

  • SOLID SOLUTIONS 

  • INTERMEDIATE PHASES:

    • INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS 

    • METALLIC COMPOUNDS 

    • ORDERED SOLID SOLUTIONS 

  • SOLUTE PHASE

• METAL STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS

• BINARY & TERNARY PHASE DIAGRAMS 

• PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS

• IRON CARBON PHASE DIAGRAM

• METASTABLE PHASES & MARTENSITE TRANSFORMATION IN STEEL

• PRECIPITATION HARDENING

• TIME TEMPERATURE TRANSFORMATION (TTT) DIAGRAMS

• CONTINUOUS COOLING TRANSFORMATION DIAGRAMS

• METALLOGRAPHY - MACROSTRUCTURAL & MICROSTRUCTURAL EXAMINATION OF METALS

• OPTICAL MICROSCOPY

• NON - METALLIC INCLUSIONS

• ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

HEAT TREATMENTS

• ANNEALING 

• QUENCHING

• TEMPERING

• NORMALISING

• AUSTEMPERING 

• MARTEMPERING

• PRECIPITATION HARDENING

• SOLUTION TREATMENT

• PATENTING

• STRESS RELIEVING

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES & THEIR MEASUREMENT

• TENSILE TESTING 

• CHARPY IMPACT TESTING 

• DROP WEIGHT (PELLINI) TESTING

• DROP WEIGHT TEAR TESTING

• HARDNESS TESTING

• CREEP & STRESS RUPTURE TESTING 

• FRACTURE MECHANICS TESTING

• FATIGUE TESTING

• PROOF TESTING

• METALS CERTIFICATION & EN 10204

INSPECTION OF METALS: NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT) TECHNIQUES

• ULTRASONIC TESTING (UT)

• MAGNETIC PARTICLE TESTING (MT)

• DYE PENETRANT TESTING (PT)

• EDDY CURRENT TESTING (ET)

• RADIOGRAPHIC TESTING  (RT) 

HOW STEEL IS MADE

• PRIMARY STEELMAKING FROM IRON ORE: BLAST FURNACE (BF) & BASIC OXYGEN STEELMAKING (BOS) PROCESSES

• PRIMARY STEELMAKING USING SCRAP & DRI: ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE (EAF) PROCESS

• COMPARISON OF 'RESIDUALS' BETWEEN BF/BOS & EAF PROCESSES

• DEVELOPMENTS IN LOW CARBON EMISSIONS STEELMAKING USING HYDROGEN AS A REDUCING AGENT: 'GREEN' STEELMAKING

• SECONDARY STEELMAKING; DEXOXIDATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; INCLUSION REMOVAL; REMOVAL OF DISSOLVED GASES-VACUUM TREATMENT; SULPHUR REMOVAL; CARBON REMOVAL-VACUUM CARBON DEOXIDATION-VCD.

• STAINLESS STEELMAKING (AOD & VOD PROCESSES)

• VACUUM INDUCTION MELTING 

• CONTINOUS CASTING

• HOT ROLLED PRODUCTS: SECTIONS; PLATES; BARS; RAIL; WIRE ROD 

• QUENCHING & SELF TEMPERING (QST) PROCESS

• PIPE MANUFACTURE

• SEAMLESS & WELDED PRECISION TUBE MANUFACTURE

• INGOT CASTING

• SOLIDIFICATION STRUCTURES: DENDRITES; COLUMNAR GRAINS; EQUIAXED GRAINS

• SEGREGATION; SULPHUR PRINTING 

• HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT

• HIGH INTEGRITY REMELTING PROCESSES (ESR & VAR) 

• FATIGUE FAILURE & CORROSION FATIGUE

• OPEN DIE & CLOSED DIE FORGING

• RING ROLLING

• COLD ROLLING

• WIRE DRAWING

• BRIGHT BAR

• SHEET METAL FORMING

• SAND CASTING

• INVESTMENT CASTING 

• CENTRIFUGAL CASTING

• MACHINING

• POWDER METALLURGY

• ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

• HARDFACING & CORROSION PROTECTION

METALLURGY OF STEEL

• ROLES OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS

• HARDENABILITY: JOMINY TESTING & DI CALCULATION

• QUENCHING & TEMPERING

• TEMPER EMBRITTLEMENT

• WELDABILITY: CARBON EQUIVALENT VALUE 

• CLASSIFICATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS OF STEELS:

  • PLAIN CARBON STEELS

  • CARBON MANGANESE & MICROALLOYED (HSLA) STEEL INCLUDING ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS - TRIP STEELS

  • STRUCTURAL STEELS & BS EN 10025

  • REINFORCING STEELS & BS 4449

  • LOW ALLOY & ALLOY STEELS:

    • CRYOGENIC STEELS

    • HIGH TEMPERATURE, CREEP RESISTANT STEELS

    • STEELS FOR SOUR SERVICE

    • ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS-DUAL PHASE STEELS

    • TOOL STEELS & POWDER METALLURGY

    • MANGANESE STEEL:

      • Hadfields Mn Steel

      • Advanced High Strength Steels-TWIP Steel

  • MARAGING STEEL

• SURFACE HARDENING (CARBURISING, NITRIDING, FLAME HARDENING, INDUCTION HARDENING; WELD OVERLAYS)

METALLURGY OF CAST IRON

• HISTORY OF CAST IRON

• CAST IRON BRIDGES

• CHARACTERISTICS OF CAST IRON

• INOCULATION TO PROMOTE GRAPHITE SOLIDIFICATION

• CARBON EQUIVALENT

• THERMAL ANALYSIS

• CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EUTECTIC TRANSFORMATION

• BLAST FURNACE IRONMAKING

• TYPES OF MELTING UNITS

• CENTRIFUGAL CASTING

• EFFECT OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS

• TYPES OF CAST IRON:

  • GREY IRON 

  • AUSTENITIC GREY IRON 'NI-RESIST'

  • WHITE IRON

  • ALLOYED WHITE IRON:

    • 'NI-HARD'

    • HIGH CHROMIUM IRON

  • DUCTILE IRON:

    • HEAT TREATMENTS

    • AUSTENITIC DUCTILE IRON 'NI-RESIST'

    • Si-Mo IRON

    • AUSTEMPERED DUCTILE IRON (ADI)

  • COMPACTED GRAPHITE IRON

  • MALLEABLE IRON      

METALLURGY OF STAINLESS STEEL

• COMPOSITION OF STAINLESS STEEL

• FERRITIC; MARTENSITIC; AUSTENITIC; DUPLEX; PRECIPITATION HARDENING GRADES

• TYPES OF CORROSION: CREVICE CORROSION; PITTING CORROSION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; GALVANIC CORROSION; EROSION-CORROSION

• HIGH TEMPERATURE OXIDATION

• CORROSION TESTING

METALLURGY OF NON-FERROUS METALS

• NICKEL ALLOYS (CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS & HEAT RESISTANT ALLOYS 'SUPERALLOYS')

• ALUMINIUM & ITS ALLOYS (1xxx; 2xxx; 3xxx; 4xxx; 5xxx; 6xxx; 7xxx & 8xxx SERIES WROUGHT ALLOYS & ALUMINIUM CASTING ALLOYS) 

• TITANIUM & ITS ALLOYS (ALPHA ALLOYS; ALPHA-BETA ALLOYS; BETA ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALUMINIDES)

• COPPER & ITS ALLOYS (BRASSES; BRONZES; ALUMINIUM BRONZES; COPPER-BERYLLIUM ALLOYS; PHOSPHOR BRONZES; COPPER-NICKEL ALLOYS)

• MAGNESIUM ALLOYS (WROUGHT ALLOYS & CAST ALLOYS)

• ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS (COMMERCIAL GRADES & NUCLEAR REACTOR GRADES)

• COBALT ALLOYS (SUPERALLOYS; ENGINEERING GRADES; MEDICAL PROSTHETICS; STELLITES; POWDER METALLURGY)

• REFRACTORY METALS (NIOBIUM (Nb); MOLYBDENUM (Mo); TANTALUM (Ta); TUNGSTEN (W) and RHENIUM (Re) 

• HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS (HEAs)

METAL JOINING: WELDING

• SOLID STATE WELDING

• FUSION WELDING

• ARC WELDING PROCESSES: MMA; MIG & MAG; TIG; FCAW; SAW

• FRICTION STIR WELDING

Purchase this Course Package

If you are a training provider, or employer looking to deliver this training then for a quotation, or for more information, please contact our Principal Consultant, Philip Bralsford:

• • e-mail: philip@philipbralsford.co.uk

• • Telephone: +44 (0)114 235 6111 

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