Showing papers in "CIRP Annals in 2002"

TL;DR: An overview of the various issues involved in the conventional machining of the main types of composite materials is presented in this article, where the machining process can be applied to composite materials, provided proper tool design and operating conditions are adopted.

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of the applications of short and ultrashort lasers in material processing is given. But the focus is on the application of short laser pulses for material processing.

TL;DR: In this paper, a technical overview of the optical methods available for dimensional metrology is presented, including methods for the measurement of length, angle, surface form and spatial co-ordinates.

TL;DR: This paper attempts to review the development of parallel kinematics for machine tools, their practical application and their performance compared to classical machine tools.

TL;DR: In this paper, different carbide drill designs with improved geometries and coatings were investigated and compared by characterizing the cutting forces, tool wear, hole quality, and chip formation.

TL;DR: A review of large-scale engineering metrology since the 1978 report of Puttock is given in this article, where techniques for high-accuracy straightness measurement, precision leveling and absolute distance metrology are described, together with approaches to compensation for the effects of atmospheric refraction.

TL;DR: In this article, material formability in incremental forming has been investigated and several tests were developed, aimed to the achievement of different straining conditions in the material and consequently to the determination of Forming Limit Diagrams for progressive forming operations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe current developments in the field of production networks along with techniques and methods for their operation and management, as well as their application in the manufacturing sector.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarise the various elements and approaches in process monitoring during grinding and present an overview of the strategies and techniques involved in the interpretation of the measured data and subsequent control action initiated in order to close the process control loop.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of new approaches in rapid product development from the design point of view, in particular all the possibilities available to the designer, from the earliest stages of a product's life cycle.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new approach for effective self-flushing using planetary movement was presented, in which blind micro holes with an aspect ratio of 18 have been drilled through holes with sharp corners and edges.

TL;DR: On-line estimation of tool wear is used for combining anticipated compensation with real-time compensation and extends the scope of milling EDM to the machining of blanks of which the exact shape is not known in advance.

TL;DR: In this article, the main principles for selecting the right machining system configurations are presented, and an upgradable multi-spindle reconfigurable machine is introduced as a cost-effective alternative for system scalability.

TL;DR: Mushy, semi-solid and/or thixo processing of metals (alloys) is becoming popular as a new potential manufacturing technology for parts and components in automobile, electronic and machine industries as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the state of the art of software tools developed to help the designer and the dismantler in the optimization of the disassembly-for-recycling of discarded goods is discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a discrete cosine transformation (DCT) based decomposition method is proposed for modeling part form error, which decomposes the error field into a series of independent error modes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present some emerging trends in the methods and instruments used for surface and near surface characterisation considering the measurement of both topography and physical properties, with emphasis on measurements approaching the nanometre scale.

TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical model that incorporates material changes into the phenomenological behavior of the chip was presented, which is calibrated by comparing results with experimental measurements at different cutting speeds and feeds.

TL;DR: In this paper, micro texturing of the surface of TiN-coated tools with regard to their tribological behavior in the field of cold forging is investigated, where micro textures are applied by excimer laser radiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, a microhole with a diameter of 10 μm was drilled in glass by ultrasonic vibration cutting using a microtool fabricated by wire electro-discharge grinding, and the workpiece was vibrated in order to realize high-precision tool rotation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared vegetable and synthetic esters on the basis of the physical properties that would be suitable for minimal quantity lubrication (MQL) machining applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, the machining phenomena of insulating ceramics are considered towards practical use in industry and various kinds of assisting electrode materials are investigated under considerations of various machining characteristics; and high speed machining in W-EDM is carried out under conditions of lower tension than usual.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new ultrasonic vibration controller is elaborated for ultrasonic elliptical vibration cutting, and a method is developed to remove cross talks between the two directional vibrations of the stepped vibrator excited in the same bending mode in two directions, so that the two vibrations can be controlled independently.

TL;DR: In this article, the wear mechanism of compacted graphite iron in the automotive industry was investigated and clarified, and it was shown that the presence of manganese-sulphur in the microstructure of graphite has a direct influence on the formation of a graphite layer on the cutting edge.

TL;DR: In this paper, high efficiency deep grinding (HEDG) of a low alloy steel (51CrV4) has been carried out on an Edgetek 5-axis CNC grinding machine, using electroplated CBN wheels.

TL;DR: In this article, an integer programming model, which is a reversed form of the multi-level capacitated lot sizing problem, is suggested to represent and solve the problem optimally.

TL;DR: In this article, a technique combining hydromechanical and warm drawing to reduce the drawing force and increase the transmittable drawing force in the deep drawing process of aluminium sheets by flange heating and by using a counter pressure is presented.

TL;DR: The paper describes how different solving engines of the same set of interval-based equations lead to different types of problems being solved, i.e. deterministic (worst case) or statistical problems.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the mechanisms of hole taper formation, its characteristics and the development of a taper control technique using laser beam inter-pulse shaping to control the hole-taper.

TL;DR: In this article, an analytic forming model is developed which analyses the roller levelling process with sufficient precision in a shorter time than is possible with the finite element method (FEM).