α-SiAlON is commonly used to machine superalloys owing to its desirable thermal and structural properties. α-SiAlON is among the crystalline forms of SiAlON and has more favorable properties than β-SiAlON. However, it becomes fragile...
The manufacturing of inserts for micro injection moulding made of mortar material is presented in this work. The fabrication of the mortar insert described in this publication relied on a versatile and relatively fast rapid prototyping process based...
The investigation of mould inserts in the injection moulding process using metal epoxy composite (MEC) with pure metal filler particles is gaining popularity among researchers. Therefore, to attain zero emissions, the idea of recycling metal waste fr...
This paper presents research findings on the turning of AZ31B magnesium alloy using ceramic-coated tungsten carbide tool inserts in a dry environment. Fifteen experiments were conducted according to the Box–Behnken design (BBD) for the straight...
Cutting tool characterization plays a crucial role in understanding the behavior of machining operations. The selection of a suitable cutting material, the operating conditions for the work piece, is necessary to yield good cutting-tool life. Several...
Gray cast iron (GCI) is a common material in the automotive industry due to its mechanical characteristics, which change primarily for materials employed for the foundry and cooling rate of material. According to the workpiece, the material of the cu...
Choosing the appropriate cutting tool material is essential for enhancing machining processes because it directly affects product quality, surface finish, dimensional accuracy, tool longevity, and overall efficiency. Different materials are used for...
Custom 450 stainless steel is the most desirable material across industries due to its widespread application in the aerospace, defense and marine industries. Stainless-steel materials are challenging to deal with and fall into the list of hard-to-pr...
This article looked at how insert mounting errors affect the cutting tool performance in the face milling of 1.0503 steel. This study was conducted for 490-050Q22-08M inserts mounted in a Sandvik Coromant 490-050Q22-08M CoroMill cutter attached to an...
Titanium alloys, particularly Ti-6Al-4V, are widely used in many industries due to their high strength, low density, and corrosion resistance. However, machining these materials is challenging due to high strength at elevated temperatures, low therma...
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has been one of the most useful processes in the manufacturing field. It has significant advantages in terms of the benefits of feature freedom and material waste reduction. These processes commonly use a heat source...
This article presents an experimental investigation and statistical analysis of the effects of cutting conditions on the machining performance of AISI 1045 steel using a wiper-shaped insert. Experimental findings are used to compare the machining per...
Tool selection is relevant because a wide variety of materials exhibit different machinability behaviors. Tool life during manufacturing is commonly associated with productivity. Insert developers have been using coatings on cutting tools to enhance...
The WCCo/PCD (Diamond Dispersed Cemented Carbide—DDCC) manufactured with the use of PPS (pulse plasma sintering) are modern materials intended for cutting tools with the benefits of tungsten carbides and polycrystalline diamonds. Nevertheless,...
The article aims to use the generated sound as operational information needed for adaptive control of the metalworking process and early monitoring and diagnosis of the condition of the machined materials using a newly introduced surface roughness qu...
The use of microfeature-enabled devices, such as microfluidic platforms and anti-fouling surfaces, has grown in both potential and application in recent years. Injection molding is an attractive method of manufacturing these devices due to its excell...
Despite the prevalent application of 18% Ni maraging steel in critical sectors such as aerospace and automotive due to its unique characteristics, including high ductility, yield strength, and hardenability, its machining presents enormous challenges...
Over the past decade, the focus of the metal cutting industry has been on the improvement of tool life for achieving higher productivity and better finish. Researchers are attempting to reduce tool failure in several ways such as modified coating cha...
This paper presents a research investigation conducted on the turning of stainless steel 316 material under a dry environment using microwave-treated cutting tool inserts. Plain tungsten carbide WC tool inserts were exposed to microwave treatment for...
Using Ti6Al4V as a work material, a methodology to systematically investigate the diffusion degradation of cemented carbide during machining is proposed. The methodology includes surface characterization of as-tested worn inserts, wet etched worn ins...
Titanium aluminides are one of the most promising materials in aeronautical and automotive applications. However, their low machinability makes the processing of these alloys quite difficult under sustainability conditions, specially without lubricat...
Machining nickel-based superalloys, such as Inconel 718, poses a significant technological challenge due to their high-temperature strength and low thermal conductivity, leading to rapid tool wear. This paper presents a comprehensive comparative anal...
AISI 4340 steel has applications in gun barrels, where the surface quality of the barrel is the prime factor. This study explores the application of a machine learning (ML) approach to optimize the precision turning of an AISI 4340 steel alloy using...
The milling of polymer composites is a process that ensures dimensional and shape accuracy and appropriate surface quality. The shaping of thin-walled elements is a challenge owing to their deformation. This article presents the results of milling po...
As manufacturing technologies advance, the integration of artificial neural networks in machining high-hardness materials and optimization of multi-objective parameters is becoming increasingly prevalent. By employing modeling and optimization strate...
Intermittent machining using ceramic tools such as hard milling is a challenging task due to the severe mechanical shock that the inserts undergo during machining and the brittleness of ceramic inserts. This study investigates the machinability of ha...
Using additive manufacturing for the design of inserts in injection moulding (IM) offers advantages in product development and customization. However, challenges related to operating temperature and mechanical resistance remain. This article presents...
The use of lightweight materials, such as ultra-high-strength aluminium alloys, is in high demand in the automotive and aerospace industries where weight savings are critical. The tool materials used for high-speed cutting of these aluminium alloys a...
Although cemented carbides have been manufactured by the powder metallurgy (P/M) technology for over a century now, systematic developmental efforts are still underway. In the present study, tool life improvements in metal grooving applications are t...
Background: A balloon dilatation catheter is a vital tool in percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Various factors, including the material used, influence the ability of different types of balloons to navigate through lesions during delivery. Object...
Turning continues to be the largest segment of the machining industry, which highlights the continued demand for turned parts and the overall improvement of the process. The turning process has seen quite an evolution, from basic lathes using solid t...
The manufacturing industry aims to produce many high quality products efficiently at low cost, thereby motivating companies to use advanced manufacturing technologies. The use of high-speed machining is increasingly widespread; however, it lacks a de...
In this study, an experimental and statistic investigation approach based on analysis of variance (ANOVA) and response surface methodology (RSM) techniques was performed to find the significant main effects and two-factor interaction effects and to d...
Poly-crystalline diamond (PCD) is an extremely tough, synthetically produced cutting tool material, which offers outstanding capabilities concerning wear behavior in abrasive cutting environments. Currently, the primary application of PCD cutting too...
The paper presents the results of tests on a die insert made of non-standardised chrome-molybdenum–vanadium tool steel used during pre-forging, the life of which was 6000 forgings, while the average life for such tools is 8000 forgings. It was...
The mold-making industry is currently facing several challenges, including new competitors in the market as well as the increasing demand for a low volume of precision moldings. The purpose of this research is to appraise a new formulation of Metal E...
This article deals with a mutual comparison of indexable cutting inserts of the CNMG 120408 type from two different manufacturers during the machining of hardened steel AISI 4337 and austenitic stainless steel AISI 316 L. The main goal is to analyse...
Spontaneous infiltration of a porous preform by a metallic melt provides the potential of generating metal matrix composites (MMCs) with tailored combinations of material properties at low cost. The bulk of tool inserts for injection molding must sus...
The tool coating and cooling strategy are two key factors when machining difficult-to-cut materials such as titanium alloy. In this paper, diamond coating was deposited on a commercial carbide insert as an attempt to increase the machinability of TC1...
In the last decade, it has been common to observe a competition between coatings achieved via physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques on cutting tools used in machining processes. The tool’s substrate material c...
The rapid tooling of mold inserts for injection molding allows for very fast product development, as well as a highly customized design. For this, a combination of rapid prototyping methods with suitable polymer materials, like the high-performance t...
Thermoplastic composites (TPCs) are predestined for use in lightweight structures, for example, in automotive engineering, due to their good specific mechanical properties. In many areas of lightweight design, the use of metal inserts for load introd...
Machining is a fundamental manufacturing process that entails the controlled removal of material from a workpiece to achieve desired shapes and dimensions. Super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) 2507 is a high-performance alloy which is notable for its...
Manufacturing processes are responsible for climate change due to the emissions produced as result of energy consumption. This paper analyzes the influence of the cutting conditions and the characteristics of cutting tools on the energy required in m...
Microneedle technologies have been developed for dermal drug and vaccine delivery, including hollow-, solid-, coated-, and dissolving microneedles. Microneedles have been made in many different geometries and of many different materials, all of which...
Now-a-days, the application of hard tuning with CBN tool has been massively increased because the hard turning is a good alternative to grinding process. However, there are some issues that need to be addressed related to the CBN grades and their par...
Due to their low shrinkage and easy moldability, metal epoxy composites (MEC) are recognized as an alternative material that can be applied as hybrid mold inserts manufactured with rapid tooling (RT) technologies. Although many studies have been cond...
Gene therapy and optogenetics are becoming promising tools for treating several nervous system pathologies. Currently, most of these approaches use viral vectors to transport the genetic material inside the cells, but viruses present some potential r...
This paper presents a comprehensive study of two tool materials designed for the machining of Inconel 718 superalloy, produced through two distinct sintering techniques: High Pressure–High Temperature (HPHT) sintering and Spark Plasma Sintering...
At the present time, there is a growing interest in additive manufacturing (AM) technologies and their integration into current process chains. In particular, the implementation of AM for tool production in micro injection molding (µ-IM), a well-esta...
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