Machining of Ceramics and Composites

Machining of Ceramics and Composites
Author: Jahanmir
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 728
Release: 1999-01-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780824701789

Presenting modern advances in the machining of ceramics and composites, this work offers broadly based, fundamental information for selecting the appropriate machining processes and parameters, developing successful manufacturing strategies, and designing novel machining systems. It focuses on scientific and engineering developments affecting the present and future of machining processes.

Machining of Polymer Composites

Machining of Polymer Composites
Author: Jamal Ahmad
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2009-04-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387686193

This excellent volume will serve as an indispensable reference and source book for process design, tool and production engineers in composite manufacturing. It provides the reader with a comprehensive treatment of the theory of machining as it applies to fiber reinforced polymer composites. It covers the latest technical advances in the area of machining and tooling, and discusses the applications of fiber reinforced polymer composites in the aircraft and automotive industries.

Machining Difficult-to-Cut Materials

Machining Difficult-to-Cut Materials
Author: Hossam A. Kishawy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2018-08-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319959662

This book focus on the challenges faced by cutting materials with superior mechanical and chemical characteristics, such as hardened steels, titanium alloys, super alloys, ceramics and metal matrix composites. Aspects such as costs and appropriate machining strategy are mentioned. The authors present the characteristics of the materials difficult to cut and comment on appropriate cutting tools for their machining. This book also serves as a reference tool for manufacturers working in industry.

Handbook of Advanced Ceramics Machining

Handbook of Advanced Ceramics Machining
Author: Ioan D. Marinescu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2006-11-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420005545

Reflecting the life-long dedication of an unsurpassed team of experts from industry and academia, the Handbook of Advanced Ceramics Machining explores the latest developments in our understanding of the mechanisms of ceramics machining as well as state-of-the-art technologies. Covering methods that offer high-rate material removal and others that provide extremely high-quality surface finish, this book examines conventional, new, and lesser-known methods including ductile grinding, belt centerless grinding, lapping, polishing, double-side grinding, laser-assisted grinding, ultrasonic machining, and the new electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) grinding method.

Advances in Machining of Composite Materials

Advances in Machining of Composite Materials
Author: Islam Shyha
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2021-06-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030714381

This book covers a wide range of conventional and non-conventional machining processes of various composite materials, including polymer and metallic-based composites, nanostructured composites and green/natural composites. It presents state-of-the-art academic work and industrial developments in material fabrication, machining, modelling and applications, together with current practices and requirements for producing high-quality composite components. There are also dedicated chapters on physical properties and fabrication techniques of different composite material groups. The book also has chapters on health and safety considerations when machining composite materials and recycling composite materials. The contributors present machining composite materials in terms of operating conditions; cutting tools; appropriate machines; and typical damage patterns following machining operations. This book serves as a useful reference for manufacturing engineers, production supervisors, tooling engineers, planning and application engineers, and machine tool designers. It can also benefit final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students, as it provides comprehensive information on the machining of composite materials to produce high-quality final components. The book chapters were authored by experienced academics and researchers from four continents and nine countries including Canada, China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, United Kingdom and the USA.

Tribology of Ceramics and Composites

Tribology of Ceramics and Composites
Author: Bikramjit Basu
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2011-10-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781118021651

This book helps students and practicing scientists alike understand that a comprehensive knowledge about the friction and wear properties of advanced materials is essential to further design and development of new materials. With important introductory chapters on the fundamentals, processing, and applications of tribology, the book then examines in detail the nature and properties of materials, the friction and wear of structural ceramics, bioceramics, biocomposites, and nanoceramics, as well as lightweight composites and the friction and wear of ceramics in a cryogenic environment.

Sustainable Machining

Sustainable Machining
Author: J. Paulo Davim
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2017-03-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319519611

This book provides an overview on current sustainable machining. Its chapters cover the concept in economic, social and environmental dimensions. It provides the reader with proper ways to handle several pollutants produced during the machining process. The book is useful on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and it is of interest to all those working with manufacturing and machining technology.

Machining of Metal Matrix Composites

Machining of Metal Matrix Composites
Author: J. Paulo Davim
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2011-09-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0857299387

Machining of Metal Matrix Composites provides the fundamentals and recent advances in the study of machining of metal matrix composites (MMCs). Each chapter is written by an international expert in this important field of research. Machining of Metal Matrix Composites gives the reader information on machining of MMCs with a special emphasis on aluminium matrix composites. Chapter 1 provides the mechanics and modelling of chip formation for traditional machining processes. Chapter 2 is dedicated to surface integrity when machining MMCs. Chapter 3 describes the machinability aspects of MMCs. Chapter 4 contains information on traditional machining processes and Chapter 5 is dedicated to the grinding of MMCs. Chapter 6 describes the dry cutting of MMCs with SiC particulate reinforcement. Finally, Chapter 7 is dedicated to computational methods and optimization in the machining of MMCs. Machining of Metal Matrix Composites can serve as a useful reference for academics, manufacturing and materials researchers, manufacturing and mechanical engineers, and professionals involved with MMC applications. It can also be used to teach modern manufacturing engineering or as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate engineering courses in machining, manufacturing or materials.

Rotary Ultrasonic Machining

Rotary Ultrasonic Machining
Author: Marcel Kuruc
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2021-02-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030679446

This book covers the process and conditions of Rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) of hard materials and summarizes the recommendation of proper machining parameters. The optimum conditions were applied for cutting edge preparation of CBN cutting inserts. The results presented in the book show that RUM is able to create controlled cutting edge preparation.

Ceramic Matrix Composites

Ceramic Matrix Composites
Author: Walter Krenkel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2008-06-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783527313617

Covering an important material class for modern applications in the aerospace, automotive, energy production and creation sectors, this handbook and reference contains comprehensive data tables and field reports on successfully developed prototypes. The editor and authors are internationally renowned experts from NASA, EADS, DLR, Porsche, MT Aerospace, as well as universities and institutions in the USA, Europe and Japan, and they provide here a comprehensive overview of current R & D with an application-oriented emphasis.