Powder bed fusion (PBF) is a popular additive manufacturing (AM) process with wide
applications in key industrial sectors, including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, defence …

This keynote paper gives an overview of emerging technologies of feature-based
characterisation, for surface topographies having features. It is complementary to …

In this paper, we present methods for determining the measurement noise and residual
flatness of areal surface topography-measuring instruments. The methods are compliant …

Surface roughness is an important indicator in the evaluation of machining and product
quality, as well as a direct factor affecting the performance of components. A rapidly …

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ship detection is of significant importance in military and
commercial applications. However, a high similarity in intensity and spatial distribution of …

Ultraprecision mold machining combined with precision glass molding is the most promising
technology for the mass production of glass microlens arrays (MLAs). However, fabricating …

In this paper, the influence of occurrence of surface texture features on the values of surface
topography parameters calculated after the application of various data processing …

To improve machining capability of diamond turning of hierarchical structured surfaces, fast-
tool-servo (FTS) turning using a sharp point diamond cutting tool (tool tip width< 30 µm) is …

Denoising plays a vital role in freeform structured surface metrology. Traditional techniques,
such as Gaussian and partial differential equation-based diffusion filters, often involve a time …

To improve fast-tool-servo (FTS) freeform machining accuracy, a closed-loop FTS system is
developed with functional modules including toolpath generation, on-machine surface …