Microstructure features directly reflect mechanical responses during material deformation
and can influence the surface integrity of machined components, which is of great interest to …

Micro milling cutters or micro mills are unique and important micro tools for fabricating
miniaturised devices with sufficient geometrical and dimensional accuracy and machined …

To address the current bottleneck of debris formation mechanism in plastic removal for hard-
brittle materials, a minimum chip thickness (h min) model that considers lubrication …

Aluminum alloy is the main structural material of aircraft, launch vehicle, spaceship, and
space station and is processed by milling. However, tool wear and vibration are the …

Ultra-precision machining (UPM) is capable of manufacturing a high quality surface at a
nanometric surface roughness. For such high quality surface in a UPM process, due to the …

The market for freeform and high quality microdies and moulds made of steel is predicted to
experience a phenomenal growth in line with the demand for microsystems. However …

In manufacturing of metallic components, the size of the part plays an important role for the
process behaviour. This is due to so called size effects, which lead to changes in the …

Micro-milling is a precision manufacturing process with broad applications across the
biomedical, electronics, aerospace, and aeronautical industries owing to its versatility …

Micro mechanical machining operations can fabricate miniaturized components from a wide
range of engineering materials; however, there are several challenges during the operations …

Accurately predicting the physical cutting process variables, eg temperature, velocity, strain
and stress fields, plays a pivotal role for predictive process engineering for machining …