High Performance and Hybrid Manufacturing Processes, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Following the success of the previous Special Issue, titled “High Performance and Hybrid Manufacturing Processes” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/machines/special_issues/hybridMachining_Processes), we are pleased to announce the next volume in the series: “High Performance and Hybrid Manufacturing Processes, 2nd Edition”.

Manufacturing of automotive and aeronautical parts, precision components, and bioengineered implants relies on machine tools as the dominant production element. However, today’s machines and manufacturing methods differ substantially from those of the past due to major technical advancements in materials, actuators, sensors, and numerical control. High-performance machines have become more popular, resulting in shorter set-up and lead times, higher production rates, greater accuracy, and higher precision. High-performance manufacturing operations necessitated the usage of new tools that combine strong substrates, optimised geometries, and wear-resistant coatings. Precision in high-performance manufacturing has also gone from tenths of millimetres to below hundredths in a century, and some modern machines are on the verge of crossing the micron barrier. 

Most recently, hybrid manufacturing technologies are becoming more popular due to their potential to deliver high-quality products with enhanced productivity, accuracy, energy efficiency, and reduced environmental impact. Nevertheless, most hybrid manufacturing methods remain at the research stage, with only a few having been adopted in industrial practice. Looking ahead, machine tools and manufacturing operations must continue to evolve toward lower power consumption and greater environmental sustainability while maintaining exceptional product integrity.

This Special Issue, “High Performance and Hybrid Manufacturing Processes,” serves as a call for original contributions presenting recent theoretical and technical advancements, as well as insights into key challenges and future directions. Submissions should offer innovative ideas and meaningful contributions to both theory and practice.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• High-performance and hybrid manufacturing;
• Hybrid manufacturing operations for enhanced product precision and integrity;
• Process monitoring and control techniques to improve performance;
• Product surface/subsurface integrity following high-performance and hybrid manufacturing;
• Simulation of high performance and hybrid manufacturing.

Dr. Ali Abdelhafeez Hassan
Guest Editor

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