Advances in Machining and Manufacturing Technology

Manufacturing technology provides the tools that enable production of all manufactured goods. Production tools include machine tools and other related equipment and their accessories and tooling. The text Advances in Machining and Manufacturing Technology presents most recent advances in the fields of machining and advanced manufacturing technology. It describes both time-tested and modern methods of manufacturing engineering materials. First chapter presents a research review of the optimization techniques and the objectives for which the machine loading problem in flexible manufacturing system (FMS) has been solved, and scope of the research in the field. In second chapter, we discuss a new approach to the fabrication of integrated silicon-based piezoelectric diaphragm-type biosensors by using sodium potassium niobate-silver niobate composite lead-free thin film as the piezoelectric layer. Third chapter focuses on design and analysis of a sensor system for cutting force measurement in machining processes. Fourth chapter analyzes the influence of the cutting conditions and the characteristics of cutting tools on the energy required in machining processes and the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-eq) emissions generated per material removed ratio (MRR) in an effort to define common criteria for using cutting inserts in a sustainable manner. Machining performance of sputter-deposited (Al0.34Cr0.22Nb0.11Si0.11Ti0.22)50N50 high-entropy nitride coatings has been investigated in fifth chapter. In sixth chapter, we report the mechanisms of laser micromachining of materials. Seventh chapter provides an integrated grinding model combining the machine and process models, which can be used to predict process-machine interactions in grinding process. Eighth chapter focuses on the transient current of the stable milling process and established a predictive model for the transient current amplitude. Ninth chapter presents the results of the influence of basic electrical discharge machining (EDM) parameters and electrical discharge alloying (EDA) parameters on surface layer properties and on selected performance properties of machine parts. Tenth chapter provides an overview of the main issues concerning different aspects of micro-USM, its performance, and limitations in the application. Eleventh chapter deals with the designing of modular reconfigurable transfer lines, where a set of standard spindle heads are used to produce a family of similar products. A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design has been proposed in last chapter.