CRC Press Machining Technology and Operations: 2-Volume Set

This two-volume set addresses both current and developing topics of advanced machining technologies and machine tools used in industry. The treatments are aimed at motiving and challenging the reader to explore viable solutions to a variety of questions regarding product design and optimum selection of machining operations for a given task. This two-volume set will be useful to professionals, students, and companies in the areas of mechanical, industrial, manufacturing, materials, and production engineering fields. Traditional Machining Technology covers the technologies, machine tools, and operations of traditional machining processes. These include the general-purpose machine tools used for turning, drilling, and reaming, shaping and planing, milling, grinding and finishing operations. Thread and gear cutting, and broaching processes are included along with semi-automatic, automatic, NC and CNC machine tools, operations, tooling, mechanisms, accessories, jigs and fixtures, and machine tool dynamometry are discussed. Non-Traditional and Advanced Machining Technologies covers the technologies, machine tools, and operations of non-traditional mechanical, chemical and thermal machining processes. Assisted machining technologies, machining of difficult-to-cut materials, design for machining, accuracy and surface integrity of machined parts, environment-friendly machine tools and operations, and hexapods are also presented. The topics covered throughout this volume reflect the rapid and significant advances that have occurred in various areas in machining technologies. About the Author Professor Hassan El-Hofy received his BSc in production engineering from Alexandria University (Egypt) in 1976 and served as a teaching assistant in the same department. He then received his MSc in production engineering from Alexandria University in 1979. Professor El-Hofy has had a successful career in education, training, and research. Following his MSc, he worked as an assistant lecturer until October 1980 when he left for Aberdeen University in Scotland and began his PhD work with Professor J. McGeough in hybrid machining processes. He won the Overseas Research Student (ORS) Award during the course of his doctoral degree, which he duly completed in 1985. He then returned to Alexandria University and resumed work as an assistant professor. In 1990, he was promoted to an associate professor. He was on sabbatical as a visiting professor at Al-Fateh University in Tripoli between 1989 and 1994. Professor El-Hofy wrote his first book entitled Advanced Machining Processes: Nontraditional and Hybrid Processes, which was published by McGraw Hill Co in 2005. His second book entitled Fundamentals of Machining Processes―Conventional and Nonconventional Processes appeared in September 2007 and was published by Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press. He also coauthored a book entitled Machining Technology―Machine Tools and Operations, which was published by Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press in 2008. In 2011, he released his fourth book entitled Manufacturing Technology―Materials, Processes, and Equipment, which again was published by Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press. Professor El-Hofy has published over 80 scientific and technical papers and has supervised many graduate students in the area of machining by nontraditional methods. He serves as a consulting editor to many international journals and is a regular participant in international conferences. Between August, 2007, and August 2010 he was the chairman of the Department of Production Engineering, College of Engineering of Alexandria University where he was teaching several machining and related technology courses. In October 2011 he was nominated as the vice dean for education and student's affairs at the college of Engineering, Alexandria University. Between December 2012 and February 2018 he was the Dean of the Innovative Design Engineering School at Egypt-Japan University