Metal Materials and Non-conventional Mechanical Manufacturing Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Automotive, aeronautics, windmill, tooling industry and bioengineering instruments are causing the spread of applications and ideas in the field of non-conventional manufacturing processes. All the novel proposals imply new mechanical and materials challenges for performing effective manufacturing processes. To this end, new processes involve technical modifications in machines and/or auxiliary devices to achieve other capabilities. Additionally, new approaches result from the combination of simpler ones. There are several terms in: PECM (Pulse Electrochemical Machining), ECM (Electrochemical Machining), EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining), biomachining, electrically-assisted machining, laser-assisted machining, etc. Each of these novel techniques involve the control of operational parameters, modifications in machines and accessories and some proofs of concepts. This Special Issue covers the topics listed in keywords below.

This Special Issue aims the latest advances in metal materials and non-conventional mechanical manufacturing processes. Contributions are welcome from both academic researchers and their industrial peers, dealing with innovating novel non-conventional manufacturing applications.

Prof. Dr. Luis Norberto López de Lacalle
Dr. Antonio J. Sanchez Egea
Dr. Octavio Pereira Neto
Guest Editor

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