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Open AccessElectrical discharge drilling of blind holes with injection flushing dielectric and stepped electrodes
Electrical discharge drilling of blind holes has been a challenging task due to the inherent difficulties in removing debris from the discharging gap. This paper investigates the working mechanism and effects ...
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Open AccessThrough hole-cutting conic posture optimization for a redundant 3D laser cutting machine
Productively reducing the time required to cut numerous through holes in automotive workpieces is crucial for enhancing parts manufacturing in the 3D laser cutting process. However, the conventional cutting st...
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Open AccessInvestigation of 300M ultra-high-strength steel deposited by wire-based gas metal arc additive manufacturing
300 M ultra-high-strength steel (UHSS) is widely used to produce landing gear components for aircraft. The conventional manufacturing route for these components involves extensive machining and significant mat...
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Open AccessThe machinability of titanium alloy thin-wall parts in cooling minimum quantity lubrication (CMQL) environments
The machining of thin-wall components made of titanium alloys is challenging because the poor machinability of the material leads to severe problems such as accelerated tool wear and poor surface quality, whil...
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Kinematics and geometric features of the s-cone test piece: identifying the performance of five-axis machine tools using a new test piece
The design of machine parts of different sizes and shapes has become relevant in the manufacturing industry which requires five-axis machine tools of high dynamic performance; different machining test pieces h...
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Open AccessAccurate vibration-free robotic milling electric discharge machining
Traditional computer numeric control (CNC) machines have high accuracy but are limited by workpiece size and axes. Therefore, many researchers attempted to equip six-axis industrial robots (IRs) with milling e...
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Open AccessControl design of a reciprocating high-speed wire feed system for 7-axis robotic electric discharge machining
For decades, researchers have struggled to solve 6-axis robotic vibration while machining hard-to-cut materials. On the other hand, wire electric discharge machining (WEDM) stands out as a non-conventional mac...
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Open AccessThe state of the art of electrical discharge drilling: a review
Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is one of the most widely used non-conventional methods to machine electrically conductive materials in the manufacturing industry because of its strong capability in machi...
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Open AccessA high-frequency non-resonant elliptical vibration-assisted cutting device for diamond turning microstructured surfaces
In recent years, research has begun to focus on the development of non-resonant elliptical vibration-assisted cutting (EVC) devices, because this technique offers good flexibility in manufacturing a wide range...
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Open AccessIdentification of key design characteristics for complex product adaptive design
Key design characteristics (KDCs) are important information related to the product and part designs, which significantly influence on the product’s functions, performances, and quality. Identifying KDCs for a ...
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Open AccessA new conceptual design method to support rapid and effective map** from product design specification to concept design
Conceptual design has a decisive impact on the product development time, cost and success. This paper presents a new conceptual design method for achieving rapid and effective map** from product design speci...
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Open AccessAn approach to evaluate the effects of nonlinear traveling joints on dynamic behavior of large machine tools
In order to select the best possible design from various candidates based on structure configurations of traveling components, it is essential to evaluate the effects of traveling joints on dynamic behavior of...
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Open AccessKey technologies for ASP-based product customization service system for SMEs: a case study
Current product customization systems seldom consider the whole process of product customization, nor provide integrated application services for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In this paper, an ASP...