Manufacturing Processes and Systems
A section of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Section Information
The section on Manufacturing Processes and Systems in Materials covers a wide range of manufacturing processes, from traditional methods to more advanced technologies. It emphasizes the importance of selecting the appropriate manufacturing process based on the desired material properties, the complexity of the parts design, and economic factors. Understanding, optimizing, monitoring, controlling, modelling, and simulating these different processes and systems is essential for efficient and cost-effective production, ensuring that materials are processed and converted into finished products with the required quality and functionality.
Keywords
- manufacturing processes;
- manufacturing systems;
- smart manufacturing;
- additive manufacturing/3D printing;
- welding;
- fusion bonding;
- joining;
- casting;
- forming;
- powder metallurgy;
- sintering;
- non-equilibrium processing;
- microwave processing;
- polymer processing;
- composites manufacturing;
- liquid composite moulding (e.g., resin transfer moulding and resin infusion/vacuum infusion);
- automated lay-up (e.g., automated fibre placement and automated tape laying);
- filament winding;
- prepreg technology;
- pultrusion;
- autoclave;
- film stacking;
- compression moulding;
- injection moulding;
- over-moulding/back-moulding;
- extrusion and co-extrusion;
- blow moulding;
- thermoforming;
- rotational moulding;
- foaming;
- coating;
- textile reinforcement performing;
- thixomoulding.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Novel Approaches in the Design, Simulation, and Manufacturing for Processes and Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Ceramic Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Advanced Casting of Materials (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Sustainable Materials from Industrial Waste (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Advances in Laser Processing Technology of Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advanced Designs of Materials, Machines and Processes in a Circular Economy (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Processes, Applications, and Challenges (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Intelligent Processing Technology of Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advances in Materials Joining and Additive Manufacturing (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Cutting Processes for Materials in Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advances in the Machined Surface Integrity in Manufacturing Process of Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Functional Materials Sintered by FAST/SPS—From Research to Industry (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Nonconventional Technology in Materials Processing-3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing and Nondestructive Testing of Metals (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Electron Beam Processing of Materials, Volume II (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Precision Manufacturing of Advanced Alloys and Composites (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Materials, Processing, and Post-treatment for Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advanced Additive Manufacturing and Application (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Advanced Computational Methods in Manufacturing Processes (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Emerging Technologies for Development of Novel Materials Systems and Coatings (Volume 2) (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Smart Manufacturing: Materials and Technologies for Advanced Equipment (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Laser and Plasma Processing of Advanced Functional Materials for Magnetic, Electrotechnical and Electrochemical Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advanced Materials Joining and Manufacturing Techniques (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advanced Hydrometallurgy and Recycling/Utilization of Metallic Resources (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advanced Plasma Process for Nanoscale Semiconductor Devices (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advanced Plasma Technology in Material Synthesis, Processing and Analysis (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Progressive Technologies and Materials in Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advances in Welding Process and Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advances in Solid-State Welding Processes (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Laser and Multi-energy Field Processing of High-Performance Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advanced Welding in Alloys and Composites (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Achievements in Foundry Materials and Technologies (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Materials for Additive Manufacturing Processes (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing: Experimental, Simulation, and Machine Learning (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Laser Manufacturing Technology and Its Advanced Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Tribology in Advanced Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Processing of End-of-Life Materials and Industrial Wastes–Volume 2 (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Mechanical Behavior of Interconnection Materials in Power Device Packaging under Harsh Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Applications of Modeling and Machine Learning in Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Novel High-Entropy Alloys Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advances in Materials Processing (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- State of the Art in Materials for Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics and Composites (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- High Pressure Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing Technologies in Materials Science (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Non-conventional Machining: Materials and Processes (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing: Materials and Technologies for Digital Construction (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Artificial Intelligence in Materials Science and Engineering (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- 3D Printing of Polymeric Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advanced Production, Processing and Characterization of Industrial Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Ultrasound for Material Characterization and Processing (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- 3D & 4D Printing in Engineering Applications, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Additive Processing of High-Temperature Alloys (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Design, Process and Adoption of New Materials for Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances in Electrochemical Machining of Hard-to-Machine Materials (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Materials (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advanced Characterization Techniques for Metal Casting Processes (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- AI Revolutionizing Materials Science and Engineering (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Manufacturing, Heat Treatment and Forming of Advanced Metallic and Ceramic Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances in Mechanical Alloying and Milling (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Research on Laser Welding and Laser Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances in Ultra Precision Machining and Manufacturing Processes in Materials Sciences (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Rising Stars in Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Additive Manufacturing: Pathways to Sustainable Logistics, Decarbonization and Energy Conversion (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Advances in the Welding of Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advanced Abrasive Processing Technology and Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Laser Technology for Materials Processing (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advanced Sheet/Bulk Metal Forming (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advances in Hybrid Structure Manufacturing Technology (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Development and Applications of Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Advanced Materials and Processing Technologies (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Recent Advances in Advanced Laser Processing Technologies (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Recent Advances in Precision Manufacturing Technology (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Precision and Ultra-Precision Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing Processes of Alloys and Steels, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- New Insights into Additive Manufacturing for Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Research on Metal Cutting, Casting, Forming, and Heat Treatment (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advances in Manufacturing of Ceramic Matrix Composites (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advanced Materials, Machinability and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Nuclear Materials via Advanced Manufacturing (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Enhanced Properties of Materials by Surface Peening and Modification Technologies (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Additive Manufacturing of Composites: Methods, Applications, and Challenges (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Applied Materials and Joining Technology in Mechanical Engineering (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- The Application of Materials in Modern Manufacturing Processes: Design, Performance and Applied Research (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Multi-objective Optimization of Machining Parameters for Free Form Surfaces (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Current and Future Trends in Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 10 May 2025)
- Mechanical and Metallurgical Behaviour of Welded Materials (Deadline: 10 May 2025)
- Evaluation of the Surface Topography, Abrasive Processing, and Precision Machining Technology and Applications (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Recent Trends in Roughness Measurement and Data Analysis of Machined Surfaces (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Machinability and Machining of Aluminium Alloys and Composites (Deadline: 10 July 2025)
- Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys (Deadline: 13 July 2025)
- Design and Application of Additive Manufacturing: Volume III (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Mechanical Processing of Granular and Fibrous Materials (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Surface Engineering in Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Additive Manufacturing: Alloy Design and Process Innovations
- Advanced Powder Metallurgy Technologies
- Laser Processing for Bioengineering
- Machining and Manufacturing of Alloys and Steels
- Spark-Plasma Sintering and Related Field-Assisted Powder Consolidation Technologies
- Welding and Joining Processes of Materials
