Size effects (SEs) exist in many domains, and are caused by changes in the values of
parameters of materials, structures, or systems individually or collectively known as size …

Micro-milling tools suffer high wear rate and early edge-chip** owing to their small sizes.
Mechanism of various wear modes of a coated tool with the progression of micro-milling …

Technological advancement, the high cost of energy, and the continuous growing demands
of multitasking devices are the driving forces behind the huge market of compact …

In aero-engine production, the dovetails (firtrees) of turbine discs are manufactured by
broaching. Introducing innovative micro-geometry modifications to broaching tools can …

Ultrasonic vibration cutting (UVC) is a promising technology that can promote the processing
of hard-brittle materials in ductile mode. The feature of intermittent cutting in UVC is …

Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) in metal cutting helps enhancing machinability while
ensuring sustainability. In the absence of bulk heating in micro-milling, the cutting fluid …

Toroidal end mills have great industrial applications and have good prospects for increasing
the volume of products produced with them. It complicates the process of measuring the …

Ultra-precision diamond cutting (UPDC) is a promising method for fabricating precision parts
of titanium alloys. Although energy consumption models have been proposed for …

Research on the underlying mechanism that controls the chip deformation and energy
consumption is a basis to instruct the cutting process planning and improve the machining …

Although the direct texturing processes using dynamic cutting depth modulation have been
widely demonstrated for generating micro/nano-structured surfaces, the material shearing …