Special Issue "Machining: State-of-the-Art 2022"
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 12295
Special Issue Editors

Interests: manufacturing processes; automation and robotic systems; material properties; microhardness; microstructures; hard coatings; wear; friction
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Interests: hard coatings; machining; materials characterization; corrosion
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Interests: manufacturing processes; machining; tool wear; tribology; parameters optimization; tool coatings; machining forces analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Machining remains one of the most important manufacturing processes in the worldwide context, being used every time surface finishing needs to be almost perfect due to contact with other parts. Machining processes have evolved significantly, as have the tools associated with them. The optimization of machining parameters has been a largely studied subject but remains a challenge because every day, new materials and alloys are being developed, new tool shapes are being created, and new coatings are used in their surfaces. Moreover, uncountable subjects around machining are being developed every day. Indeed, materials are evolving continuously, as are their tools and coatings; chips resulting from machining processes are increasingly studied; machining trajectories in CNC machines have experienced a deep evolution; more and more studies are being conducted on how to increase productivity; micromachining is extensively studied; EDM phenomena are increasingly explored; robotics around machining processes are progressively developed; and the Industry 4.0 is invading machining processes and operations through cloud computing, decentralized decision-making systems, and machine-learning processes. The automation of processes passing from CAD to CAM is also growing rapidly. Thus, there are several interesting topics undergoing development every day. This Special Issue aims to accumulate the most recent advances through original high-quality works that are able to disseminate the new evolutions and trends in machining processes, from the conventional to the most advanced processes.
Dr. Francisco J. G. Silva
Dr. Filipe Daniel Fernandes
Dr. Vitor Fernando Crespim Sousa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Machining and machinability
- Turning
- Milling
- Drilling
- Grinding
- EDM
- Laser machining
- Micro-machining
- High-speed machining
- Tools
- Coated tools
- Tool wear
- Lubrication in machining processes
- Vibrations and temperature monitoring
- Study of the chip formation
- Stresses in machining
- Simulation in machining
- Sustainable machining
- Productivity in machining
- Machine-learning
- Machining in Industry 4.0
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