Hybrid Additive Manufacturing and Machining Machine-Tools and Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Hybrid manufacturing systems are becoming an industrial solution for high-complexity part manufacturing. Now, it is possible to observe how main machine tools builders have developed different solutions of hybrid machines that incorporate additive manufacturing and machining processes. The combination of these two processes simultaneously incorporates a series of advantages, such as the possibility of manufacturing very complex parts by adding material and machining details, using the the same fixturing to mafacture the whole part, applying the same CAM system, combining additive manufacturing with high accuracy machining operations, etc.

Therefore, the objective of this Special Issue is the publication of first level research articles in the field of hybrid manufacturing processes, especially those that are applied in advanced materials for the industry. The following topics (not exhaustive) are within the scope of this Special Issue: Experimental research in additive manufacturing and/or machining of parts built by additive manufacturing, simulation of additive manufaturing and hybrid processes, machine solutions and mechatronics adaptations for hybrid systems, process comparison and energy saving using hybrid systems.

Prof. Aitzol Lamíkiz
Prof. Eneko Ukar
Guest Editors

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