Compliant grinding and polishing refers to a class of fine material processing methods
relying on one or more system element being compliant with the workpiece surface in a …

The components used in aerospace, automotive, and biomedical industries are made up of
modern materials like titanium alloys, ceramics, composites etc. However, the complexity in …

The spread of bacteria through contaminated surfaces is a major issue in healthcare, food
industry, and other economic sectors. The widespread use of antibiotics is not a sustainable …

This article reviews advanced polishing, grinding and finishing processes for challenging
manufacturing applications. The topics covered are machining of advanced alloys; …

Rapid tooling (RT) and additive manufacturing (AM) are currently being used in several
parts of industry, particularly in the development of new products. The demand for timely …

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is among the extensively used and the most economical
additive manufacturing processes. Currently, the surface finish obtained for FDM additive …

Nano-finishing of a material surface is one of the most required properties in industry. There
is high need of nano-finishing of diamagnetic materials such as copper and its alloys in …

The growing utilization of optical components in advanced fields like high-power lasers,
space optics, and aerospace has heightened the demand for superior surface quality in …

Finishing of three-dimensional (3D) surfaces such as grooves, projections, or complex in
depth profiles on workpiece surfaces is a challenging task for the many existing advanced …

This article discusses advanced developments and applications of chemical mechanical
polishing (CMP) published recently in the selected papers indexed by Web of Science. The …