This paper reviews the progress in machine tool control during the last three decades. Three
types of controls are discussed:(i) Servocontrol loops that control the individual axes of the …

At publication, The Control Handbook immediately became the definitive resource that
engineers working with modern control systems required. Among its many accolades, that …

Research in automating the process level of machining operations has been conducted, in
both academia and industry, over the past few decades. This work is motivated by a strong …

Smart manufacturing concepts are being integrated into all areas of manufacturing
industries, from the device level (eg, intelligent sensors) to the efficient coordination of …

This paper presents an efficient milling mechanics simulation system for use with solid
modeller based tool path generation algorithms. The technique provides computationally …

A reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) is designed for rapid adjustment of
production capacity and functionality in response to new market conditions and new process …

This paper examines the feasibility for an intelligent sensor fusion technique to estimate on-
line surface finish (Ra) and dimensional deviations (DD) during machining. It first presents a …

When a person picks up a metal part and clamps it in the chuck of a lathe, he begins with his
arm, proceeds with his wrist and finishes with his fingers. The arm brings the part near the …

As spindle speeds and power have increased, the possibility of using the stability lobe
phenomena to substantially increase the metal removal rate has become more attractive …

Deep drawing is a metalworking procedure aimed at getting a cold metal sheet plastically
deformed in accordance with a pre-defined mould. Although this procedure is well …