Modern Machining Technology

Preface

Nowadays, machining technology is of great interest to several important industries such as the automotive, aeronautics, aerospace, renewable energy, moulds and dies, biomedical industries, etc. Machining covers all the manufacturing processes in which parts are shaped by removal of unwanted material. This term covers several processes, which are usually divided into the following categories: cutting (involving single point or multipoint cutting tools); abrasive processes, such as grinding; and thermal advanced machining processes, such as LBM (laser-beam machining), WEDM (wire electrical discharge machining), and PAC (plasma cutting), etc. Interest in this subject has increased over the past ten years, with rapid advances in materials ...