Special Issue "Advanced Machining Techniques for Metals and Alloys"

Dear Colleagues,

Manufacturing of alloys and metals products with complex shapes using conventional machining process has turned out to be challenging for the industries as well as for the researcher in terms of achieving high accuracy and a sufficient surface finish. The use of appropriate advanced machining techniques is the route to meeting the current industrial requirements. Advanced machining technologies include ultrasonic machining, water jet machining, abrasive jet machining, chemical–mechanical polishing, electrochemical micromachining (ECMM), wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM), laser beam machining, electron/ion beam machining, and photochemical machining, among others. These advanced techniques are popular and economical to implement, and they allow the required profile and surface finish in metals and alloys to be achieved. Conventional metals are subjected to alloying and certain treatments to achieve the intended properties for desired applications. Further machining of property-enhanced metals/alloys becomes difficult and requires appropriate selection machining technique, an issue that is still under exploration.

In this Special Issue, we invite original and review articles that focus on but are not limited to the following:

• Machining parameter investigation,
• Surface quality,
• Wear analysis,
• Influence of thermal/chemical effects on the materials, optimization, and
• Implementation of AI/ML

in all of the aforementioned machining techniques.

Dr. Manickam Balasubramanian
Dr. Thozhuvur Govindaraman Loganathan
Guest Editors

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• machining parameter investigation
• surface quality
• wear analysis
• influence of thermal/chemical effects on the materials, optimization
• implementation of AI/ML