Intelligent Machining and Grinding

Dear Colleagues,

Machining (e.g., turning, drilling, and milling) and grinding are subtractive manufacturing processes that have extensively been used to manufacture both ordinary and precision parts. These processes involve engineering materials, machine tools, cutting tools, jigs/fixtures, cutting fluids, surface metrology, sensors, actuators, material handling systems, part geometry and topology, human skills, and process planning. In addition, nowadays concepts called digital twins, cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, and Big-data have become an integrated part of machining and grinding. This has created a dynamic and ever-changing premise for machining and grinding.

This special issue, in particular, welcomes papers from all over the world on the following topics (but not limited to):

Conceptual framework of intelligent machining/grinding;
Industry 4.0-based machining/grinding;
Computational intelligence (GA, ANN, Fuzzy Logic, and alike) in machining/grinding;
Artificial intelligence in machining/grinding;
Innovation/creativity in developing machining/grinding related devices;
Intelligent surface metrology for machining/grinding;
Intelligent signal processing for machining/grinding;
Intelligent machining/grinding for special materials (e.g., compositions and polymers);
Design of Experiment-based optimization of machining/grinding;
Implementing intelligent machining/grinding systems;
Machining/grinding-integrated additive manufacturing;
Sustainable machining/grinding;
Intelligent monitoring of machining/grinding;
Big-data for machining/grinding;

Prof. Dr. AMM Sharif Ullah
Dr. Takeshi Akamatsu
Dr. Doriana Marilena D'Addona
Guest Editors