Prediction and Assessment of Tool Wear: Theory and Practical Applications
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 October 2026 | Viewed by 139
Special Issue Editors
Interests: theory of metal cutting; tool wear mechanism; evaluation and optimization; cutting tool geometry and design; work material properties in machining; design of experiments
Interests: surface integrity; additive manufacturing process; advanced materials processing; digital twin
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tool wear remains one of the most significant challenges in modern manufacturing. It directly compromises product quality, machining efficiency, and overall production costs. High-precision industries—such as aerospace, automotive, energy, and mold/die making—are particularly vulnerable, where even minor tool degradation can lead to substantial economic losses.
The situation has become especially urgent in recent years because of the dramatic surge in tool and material prices. These developments underscore the pressing need to advance our understanding and mitigation of tool wear to reduce tooling expenses, minimize downtime, enhance product quality, and boost productivity.
This Special Issue on “Tool Wear: Theory, Assessment, and Control” provides an excellent platform for researchers in experimental, theoretical, and applied fields to share cutting-edge work and contribute to the evolving knowledge base on tool wear phenomena and management.
We invite high-quality original contributions on topics including, but not limited to:
- Theoretical and experimental studies exploring novel mechanisms, models, and methodologies for understanding and predicting tool wear;
- Innovative research on tool wear mechanisms, especially when machining advanced, difficult-to-cut materials;
- Recent progress in modeling, simulation, and optimization techniques, including finite element methods (FEMs), machine learning, deep learning, and hybrid approaches;
- Advanced tribological investigations of tool–chip and tool–workpiece interfaces, including friction, adhesion, chemical interactions, and coating performance.
Dr. Viktor P. Astakhov
Dr. José Outeiro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tool wear theory
- assessment
- modeling and simulation
- prediction and optimization
- machine and deep learning
- hybrid approaches
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