Production and Industrial Engineering in Metal Processing

Dear Colleagues,

Extrusion, wire drawing, forging, rolling, plastic forming of metals, turning, milling, drilling, additive manufacturing, welding, and metal casting are all important mechanical and metallurgical manufacturing processes used in the mechanical and metallurgical industries. Studying, researching, and understanding the metallurgical, physical–mechanical, chemical, and tribological factors and behaviours that influence—“positively” or “negatively”—the processing of metallic materials when they are under these metallurgical and mechanical industrial manufacturing processes are important to improve their chemical, metallurgical, mechanical, and tribological performance.

Thus, this Special Issue, titled “Production and Industrial Engineering in Metal Processing”, aims to curate novel advances related to metallurgical and mechanical industrial manufacturing processes, involving the metallurgical and mechanical analysis of metallic materials submitted to plastic forming, machining, and additive manufacturing, in addition to factors related to corrosion, tribological behaviours, as well as the use of modeling and simulation. The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Extrusion process;
• Wire drawing process;
• Forging process;
• Rolling process;
• Plastic deformation of metals—general aspects;
• Turning process;
• Milling process;
• Drilling process;
• Additive manufacturing;
• Welding process;
• Metal casting process;
• Tribological aspects related to mechanical processes of manufacturing;
• Industrial lubrication.

Dr. Ronaldo Câmara Cozza
Guest Editor

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