Modern Hybrid Machining and Super Finishing Processes : Technology and Applications

This book captures recent breakthroughs in subtractive manufacturing and difficult-to-machine material-based modern techniques including hybrid machining and super finishing and outlines the critical area profile accuracy, high precision machining, high tolerance, surface quality, chipping, and cracking, for converting into new applications.

This book captures the recent breakthroughs in subtractive manufacturing and difficult-to-machine, material-based, modern machining techniques. It illustrates various combinations of hybrid machining and super finishing, and outlines the critical area profile accuracy, high-precision machining, high tolerance, surface quality, chipping, and cracking for converting into new applications. Modern Hybrid Machining and Super Finishing Processes: Technology and Applications provides scientific and technological insights on subtractive manufacturing routes. It covers a wide range of micromachining parts, electronic components, metrological devices, and biomedical instruments on materials such as titanium, stainless steel, high-strength temperature-resistant alloys, fiber-reinforced composites, and ceramics, refractories, and other difficult-to-machine alloys. The book emphasizes machined surface accuracy and quality of surface, productivity, and automatization. It also covers creating complex, intricate, and complicated shapes for difficult-to-machine materials. The book goes on to offer an investigation on electrochemical discharge machining, abrasive-based nano-finishing, and rotary ultrasonic machining-based parametric combination, as well as discuss the latest trends in hybrid machining combined processes. This book is a firsthand reference for commercial organizations mimicking modern hybrid machining processes by targeting difficult-to-machine, materials-based applications. By capturing the current trends of today’s manufacturing practices, this book becomes a one-stop resource for scholars, manufacturing professionals, engineers, and academic researchers.