Innovative Approaches for Machining Technologies of Composite Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, composite material technologies are playing an increasingly fundamental role in industries such as the automotive and aerospace sectors. Machining is one of the most important manufacturing technologies since the first industrial revolution and is largely applied to the manufacturing of composite material components. The latest technological developments, followed by the transition to Industry 4.0, have fostered innovative approaches based on advanced techniques such as artificial intelligence and robotic systems technologies, which can be fused together to achieve higher automation, quality and efficiency in the machining processes.

For this Special Issue, we are calling for papers that cover innovative topics related to the machining of composite materials such as:

• Data-driven techniques or physics-based/mathematical modelling for the machining of composite materials;
• AI solutions for defect detection (e.g., delamination onset, tool wear detection, Remaining Useful Life (RUL), etc.);
• Process parameter optimisation techniques for the machining processes of innovative composite materials;
• Robotic systems for composite materials machining (e.g., force/motion control, end-effector design, etc.);
• Real-time process monitoring and closed-loop process control;
• Advanced cutting tools (materials, geometry and coatings);
• Machining of bio-composites;
• Industry 4.0.

Prof. Dr. Luigi Nele
Dr. Alessandra Caggiano
Guest Editors

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