Woodhead Publishing Machining and Machine-Tools: Research and Development (Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series)

Product Description The third book in the Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series publishing high quality articles (full research articles, review articles and cases studies) with a special emphasis on research and development in machining and machine-tools. Machining and machine tools is an important subject with application in several industries. Parts manufactured by other processes often require further operations before the product is ready for application. Traditional machining is the broad term used to describe removal of material from a work piece, and covers chip formation operations including: turning, milling, drilling and grinding. Recently the industrial utilization of non-traditional machining processes such as EDM (electrical discharge machining), LBM (laser-beam machining), AWJM (abrasive water jet machining) and USM (ultrasonic machining) has increased. The performance characteristics of machine tools and the significant development of existing and new processes, and machines, are considered. Nowadays, in Europe, USA, Japan and countries of emergent economies machine tools is a sector with great technological evolution. Key Features: includes high quality articles (full research articles, review articles and cases studies) with a special emphasis on research and development in machining and machine-tools; considers the performance characteristics of machine tools and the significant development of existing and new processes and machines; contains subject matter which is significant for many important centres of research and universities worldwide. Contents: Analysis of acoustic emission signal evolutions for monitoring diamond-coated tool delamination wear in machining; High-performance machining of austenitic stainless steels; Forces monitoring in shape grinding of complex parts; Optimization of minimum quantity lubrication in grinding with CBN wheels; Electrical discharge machining: Study on machining characteristics of WC/Co composites; Conventional and unconventional hole making in metal matrix composites; A laboratory machine for micro electrochemical machining; Cam-driven electromagnetic mechanical testing machine. About the Author J. Paulo Davim received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto in 1997 and the Aggregation from the University of Coimbra in 2005. Currently, he is Aggregate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro and Head of MACTRIB - Machining and Tribology Research Group. He has more than 24 years of teaching and research experience in machining, tribology and manufacturing processes. He is the Editor of four international journals, and also guest editor, editorial board member, reviewer and scientific advisor for many international journals and conferences. He has also published more than 300 articles in SCI journals (h-index 15) and conferences.