Showing papers in "CIRP Annals in 1996"

TL;DR: A design approach to mass customization (DFMC) that is based on the belief that mass customization can be effectively achieved through design, in particular during the conceptual design and preliminary development stages is proposed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of what happens during grinding as abrasive grains cut through ceramic workpiece materials and provide important insights into the grinding mechanisms for ceramic materials.

TL;DR: A partial survey of methods for dimensional metrology, their ranges of application, and their limits is presented in the hope that this may provide the basis for development of “new” methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that tool wear rates are affected by interactions between the work material and the binder phase of the CBN tool, and that chip segmentation spacing is a function of depth of cut, rake angle and surface speed, approaching a limiting value with speed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors integrated the mechanics and dynamics of helical end milling processes to a general model and evaluated chip removal geometry by considering the true kinematics of the operation and chatter vibrations.

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of machine learning techniques that seem to be applicable in realizing systems with intelligent behavior is presented, together with hybrid solutions which try to integrate the benefits of the individual techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, a metal plate or metal mesh is arranged on the surface of a ceramic insulator as an assisting electrode to keep electrical conductivity on the work piece during the machining.

TL;DR: In this paper, the financial and environmental consequences of disassembly and recycling at the end of a product's life are studied, and it is shown that redesign proposals resulting from Design for Assembly analysis are compatible with Design for Disassembly and that significant improvements are achievable.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduced a new surface heat treatment process by making use of the heat flux generated in grinding, called grind-hardening, which is optimized to induce martensitic phase transformations in the surface layers of annealed or tempered steels.

TL;DR: In this article, a market mechanism for coordinating the activities of intelligent agents that pursue their own interest by operating under bounded rationality in a changing, hardly predictable environment is introduced, where conflicts between local scheduling agents are resolved by negotiating and bargaining on simple common terms of tasks, due dates and prices.

TL;DR: In this article, the importance of the geometrical and the material parameters for the micro metal forming process are pointed out using theoretical, both numerical and analytical, as well as experimental results.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new analytical approach for modeling the chip formation mechanism in hard-turning is presented, where the maximum value of surface layer energy, Y emax, is used to evaluate the angle of crack initiation while the strain energy density criterion predicts the corresponding crack propagation angle.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a proven methodology for product and factory reengineering using the concept of "module drivers" which enables the set up of independent assembly units for each module that can be precisely adapted to the requirements of the actual module.

TL;DR: In this paper, different types of flexibility are presented and quantitative definitions of flexible manufacturing systems are discussed, and a quantitative definition of flexibility derived from the analogy of manufacturing and mechanical systems is discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the failure mechanisms operable in polycrystalline ceramics and glasses versus metals are delineated, and a failure model is proposed to characterize the failure mechanism operability of these materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method based on the optical profilometry to represent grinding wheel surface characteristics is proposed, considering the wheel topography information, a computer simulation of the grinding process is performed to predict the ground surface roughness and the grinding force.

TL;DR: The state-of-the-art in measurement methods, reference surfaces, visualisation techniques, definition and use of parameters is reviewed, considering advantages and limits of the 3D characterisation.

TL;DR: In this article, the top speed and power of the spindle are accepted as fixed, and the structural dynamics are manipulated by adjusting the tool length so as to take advantage of stability lobe effects.

TL;DR: In this article, the critical factors for the control of thermal damage in grinding at conventional workspeeds have been established with reference to experimental and previously published work, and a simplified approach has been developed for controlling thermal damage.

TL;DR: In this article, the ultraprecision 3D micromachining of glass workpiece by means of a lathe-type ultrapricision milling machine and pseudo ball end milling was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, an online optimization system was developed for cylindrical plunge grinding to minimize production time while ensuring part quality requirements, which is capable of optimizing the grinding and dressing parameters in response to in-process and post-process measurements which characterize the process and update the process model.

TL;DR: The fundamental principles of vibratory finishing are described and the mathematical modelling which makes the prediction of surface roughness and stock removal possible is proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, an integrated modeling technique for high speed machine tool design is proposed, which contains a description of the structure, derived from a Finite Element/Model via modal reduction, compliant guideways with static and dynamic friction, and a continuous or discrete time controller.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the approach of selective metal powder sintering (SMS) where liquid phase Sintering actions as the basic binding mechanism between individual metal particles.

TL;DR: Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ) cutting technology can provide very effective means for shape cutting of ceramics, but the slow cutting speed needs to be improved without compromising cutting quality.

TL;DR: In this paper, the sort and quantity of the hazardous substances, and suitable measuring methods are discussed, and strategies to reduce emissions and to protect environment from possible impacts are explained, while considering laser beam, electrical discharge and electrochemical machining.

TL;DR: In this article, scale-sensitive analyses using length-scale relations have been developed from fractal geometry (coastline, compass or Richardson methods), which have been applied to a series of turned surfaces with a range of feeds per revolution.

TL;DR: The objective is to design the system such that the control and communications would not be the limiting factors in system performance, and to analyze the performance of a machining center control system.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on analyzing the raw AE signal instead of root-mean-square signal (RMS) in a different approach to most acoustic emission (AE) research in grinding.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the conversion and transport of energy in cutting and grinding in fundamental terms, and discuss two regimes of ginding depending on the chip size involved and each of these is associated with a different mode of chip formation.