Students can explain. Metal forming as part of the design and manufacturing process; general principles of metal casting (moulds, liquid metal, freezing), molds (sand, ceramics, metal), casting systems (patterns, risers, pressure and unpressure, chill) and their simulations, the freezing process of cast iron and aluminum, liquid treatment for ferrous metals ( inoculation, Mg treatment) and non-ferrous (modifier, grain refiner), various casting methods, casting defects.