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Machines, Volume 9, Issue 7

2021 July - 12 articles

Cover Story: Exotic materials offer superior characteristics that, paradoxically, make them hard to cut. As a solution, electric discharge machining (EDM) stands out as a process that is able to cut complex shapes from any conductive materials, delivering accuracy and surface quality. However, EDM is embodied in CNC machines, offering a limited axis and envelope, constraining design freedom. To overcome the CNC constraints, traditional machining using six-axis robots has become a hot research topic. However, the inherent lack of robot stiffness results in vibration jeopardizing accuracy and surface finishing. Since EDM cuts with no contact and nearly no vibration, we explored the advantages of a synergistic combination of robotic matching and EDM. This study investigates outcomes and amends technical problems by using the TRIZ algorithm to propose a robotic system for hard-to-cut materials allegedly free of vibration. View this paper.
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Articles (12)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,282 Views
18 Pages

A Low-Cost System for Remote Access and Control of Automation Equipment

  • Praneel Chand,
  • Mohammad Al-Rawi,
  • Sebin James,
  • Joseph Antony and
  • Jobin Jose

The shift towards remote access and control of equipment has become more prominent, especially due to COVID-19 lockdowns. Access to physical/real equipment for practical learning remains important for engineering studies. Thus, this paper presents an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,560 Views
16 Pages

This paper is concerned with control-based damping of friction-induced self-excited oscillations that appear in electromechanical systems with an elastic shaft. This approach does not demand additional oscillations measurements or an observer design....

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,205 Views
15 Pages

Wind energy is regarded as one of the oldest energy sources and has played a significant role. As the nature of wind changes continuously, the generated power varies accordingly. Generation of the pitch angle of a wind turbine’s blades is controlled...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
13,957 Views
22 Pages

Blaise Pascal’s Mechanical Calculator: Geometric Modelling and Virtual Reconstruction

  • José Ignacio Rojas-Sola,
  • Gloria del Río-Cidoncha,
  • Arturo Fernández-de la Puente Sarriá and
  • Verónica Galiano-Delgado

This article shows the three-dimensional (3D) modelling and virtual reconstruction of the first mechanical calculating machine used for accounting purposes designed by Blaise Pascal in 1642. To obtain the 3D CAD (computer-aided design) model and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,756 Views
18 Pages

Coil Number Impact on Performance of 4-Phase Low Speed Toothed Doubly Salient Permanent Magnet Motors

  • Cherif Guerroudj,
  • Jean-Frederic Charpentier,
  • Rachid Saou,
  • Yannis L. Karnavas,
  • Nicolas Bracikowski and
  • Mohammed El-Hadi Zaïm

The low speed toothed doubly salient permanent-magnet (TDSPM) machine is an interesting candidate motor for electric ship applications because, of its high torque output, maintenance-free operation and flexible working modes, which gives the opportun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,392 Views
20 Pages

Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) have witnessed an increasing growth in demand for development due to their compactness, mobility and maneuverability, which make them well-suited for environmental monitoring on narrow water in Vietnam in particular an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,152 Views
18 Pages

Investigation of Characteristics of a Novel Torque Motor Based on an Annulus Air Gap

  • Bin Meng,
  • Mingzhu Dai,
  • Chenhang Zhu,
  • Hao Xu,
  • Wenang Jia and
  • Sheng Li

Although a two-dimensional (2D) valve has excellent performance, the processing of its spiral groove has a high cost and is time-consuming. This paper proposes a novel torque motor based on an annulus air gap (TMAAG) to replace the negative feedback...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,326 Views
29 Pages

Exotic materials such as titanium offer superior characteristics that, paradoxically, make them hard-to-cut by conventional machining. As a solution, electric discharge machining (EDM) stands out as a non-conventional process able to cut complex prof...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,751 Views
18 Pages

Real-Time Hybrid Deep Learning-Based Train Running Safety Prediction Framework of Railway Vehicle

  • Hyunsoo Lee,
  • Seok-Youn Han,
  • Keejun Park,
  • Hoyoung Lee and
  • Taesoo Kwon

Train running safety is considered one of the key criteria for advanced highway trains and bogies. While a number of existing research studies have focused on its measurement and monitoring, this study proposes a new and effective train running a saf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,517 Views
21 Pages

Research on the Volumetric Efficiency of a Novel Stacked Roller 2D Piston Pump

  • Chenchen Zhang,
  • Jian Ruan,
  • Tong Xing,
  • Sheng Li,
  • Bin Meng and
  • Chuan Ding

In order to improve the volumetric efficiency of the axial piston pump, this paper proposes a novel stacked roller 2D piston pump. It utilizes the alternate communication between the distribution cylinder and the oil intake and discharge ports of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,711 Views
14 Pages

Stability Analysis of a Fractional-Order High-Speed Supercavitating Vehicle Model with Delay

  • Phuc Thinh Doan,
  • Phuc Duc Hong Bui,
  • Mai The Vu,
  • Ha Le Nhu Ngoc Thanh and
  • Shakhawat Hossain

A novel fractional-order model (FOM) of a high-speed super-cavitating vehicle (HSSV) with the nature of memory is proposed and investigated in this paper. This FOM can describe the behavior of the HSSV superior to the integer-order model by the memor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
3,209 Views
15 Pages

Finding the Best Programmable PWM Pattern for Three-Level Active Front-Ends at 18-Pulse Connection

  • Alexander S. Maklakov,
  • Tao Jing,
  • Andrey A. Radionov,
  • Vadim R. Gasiyarov and
  • Tatyana A. Lisovskaya

The existing publications on the analysis of power quality indicators in modern electric power supply systems are void of a comprehensive approach to improving these indicators in power systems by implementing multipulse connections. To the authors’...

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Machines - ISSN 2075-1702