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International Journal of Materials and Product Technology

 

Special Issue on: "Recent Advances in Machining Science and Technology"

Guest Editor: Professor J. Paulo Davim, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Today, machining is one of the most important manufacturing processes. Parts manufactured by other processes often require further operations before the product is ready for application. Machining processes can be applied to work metallic and non-metallic materials such as polymers, wood, ceramics, composites and special materials.

M. E. Merchant has written: “Today in industrialized countries, the cost of machining amounts to more than 15% of the value of all manufactured products in those countries”. For this reason, machining as part of manufacturing science and technology is very important for modern manufacturing industries.

This special issue invites the submission of high quality research papers related to experimental and computational topics on machining (turning, milling, drilling, grinding, high speed machining, advanced machining processes, etc).

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following aspects:

• FEM machining simulation
• Micromachining/precision machining
• High speed machining (HSM)
• Computer aided manufacturing (CAM)
• Ecological machining (MQL - minimal quantity lubrication)
• Machining of hard materials
• Machining of metal matrix composites (MMCs)
• Drilling polymeric matrix composites (PMCs)
• Machining of wood and MDF
• Brasses and copper alloy turning

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Deadline for submission: 30 June 2008