Recent Advances in Manufacturing and Machining Processes

Dear Colleagues,

A country’s economical growth and prosperity depends on the manufacturing industry and the production of high value-added products. Manufacturing companies are currently faced with challenges, such as the production of high-quality products, the need to lower production costs, the mass customization of products, shortening product life cycles, the environmental sustainability of future products, and unstable supply chains due to the emergence of various crises in the world, from the COVID-19 pandemic to wars in different regions. To respond to these challenges, engineers, professionals, and scientists have implemented new and advanced solutions in industrial processes such as sustainable green technologies, smart manufacturing and sensorics, robots, artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies, additive manufacturing/3D printing, Industry 4.0/5.0 principles, new and advanced materials, etc. To collect the latest research on the above-mentioned areas and beyond, the scope of this Special Issue includes (but is not limited to) scientific papers that deal with the following topics:

• Advanced manufacturing technologies;
• Non-conventional machining;
• The machining of advanced materials;
• The application of artificial intelligence/machine learning in advanced manufacturing/machining processes;
• Smart manufacturing systems;
• The application of robots and sensors in manufacturing/machining processes;
• Additive manufacturing;
• Industry 4.0/5.0 in advanced manufacturing;
• The modeling and optimization of advanced manufacturing and machining processes.

Dr. Ivan Peko
Dr. Rogante Massimo
Guest Editors

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