This study deals with the analysis and usefulness of the material ratio curve. The parameters obtained from this curve are presented. The most popular of these parameters include two groups that are derived from this curve and provided in the ISO 13565–2 (Rk) and ISO 13565–3 (Rq) standards. They are compared by considering their practical significance and sensitivity to measurement errors. The parameters

Electrochemical jet processing (EJP) is an easy-to-implement technology for creating complex microstructures based on anodic dissolution without requiring specially designed cathodes. In this study, a new electrolyte-jet-based surface modification method based on the principle of cathodic hydrogenation, namely, electrochemical jet hydrogenation (EJH), was proposed for the first time to selectively

For the aspheric optical surface finished with a doughnut-shaped MCF (magnetic compound fluid) polishing tool, the performance of the polishing tool depends mainly on the properties of the MCF slurry. Therefore, understanding the effect of each MCF slurry component on the polishing characteristics is crucial to developing novel polishing techniques. In this paper, the polishing principle was depicted

The characterization and correction of lens distortion is an important part of optical measurement. This work analyzes the formation mechanism of color fringes and multiplication moiré, and discusses modification of the color CCD moiré method for correcting lens distortion. A demosaicing algorithm was used to simulate the color fringes in a CCD moiré pattern. We then performed a detailed analysis of

Atmospheric pressure plasma processing (APPP) is proved to be potential in the fabrication of optical elements with high efficiency and near-zero damage. However, high convergence rate in the figuring process is hard to achieve because of the tool influence function (TIF) non-linearity. Directly solved dwell time map by conventional deconvolution methods does not consider the non-linear thermal effect

Micro slot milling micro channels in a single pass vs two step upmilling has the benefit of higher productivity. This problem is approached by showing the theoretical benefits of more than two cutting edges. The acceptable feed per tooth and cutting depth at the maximum undeformed chip thickness for ductile-brittle transition and the benefit of upmilling versus downmilling and other parameters (tool

A single crystal of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4, KDP), which possesses unique excellent non-linear electro-optical properties, is currently the only material suitable for electro-optic switches and high power laser-frequency conversion applications in laser-induced inertial confinement fusion. However, KDP crystals are difficult to produce because of their inherent softness, brittleness

Surface characteristics and machining performances of micro-pockets manufactured by μEDM as a function of different process conditions are studied in this paper. The micro-pockets were obtained using different combinations of process parameters on different ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) with the same base matrix (ZrC) and different volume fraction of the second phase (MoSi2). This work presents

In this paper, the predicted generation mechanism, chatter stability, and characteristics of the unique regenerative chatter with the burnishing process in wiper-turning operations are verified experimentally. It was found in the first part of the paper that the vibration regenerates in the burnishing process by the wiper part of the insert causing a novel type of chatter. In this second part, this

The conventional volumetric error compensation for a machine tool is based on the machine's kinematic model, which formulates the tool center point (TCP) position based on the assumption of rigid-body motion of each axis. Particularly in large-sized machine tools, error motions that do not satisfy this assumption may have a significant impact on the machine's overall volumetric accuracy. In addition

In this paper we present an experimental study on ultraprecision machining (UPM) of single crystal Ge using the μ-LAM process. The material is oriented with the cutting plane normal to the <111> direction. It is shown that increased hydrostatic pressures on the surface during cutting by increasing the tool radius and negative rake angle can aid in enhancing ductile material removal from the surface

This paper presents a fast tool servo (FTS) driven by a voice coil motor (VCM) with a function of self-sensing of cutting forces. Conventionally, cutting force measurement associated with a FTS system is made by integrating an additional force sensor or a dynamometer, which would make the system complicated and influence the dynamic performance of the FTS. Differing from the conventional method, the

This work presents a systematic and comprehensive investigation of the protective effect of built-up layer (BUL) in dry cutting of stainless steel SUS304. A detailed examination of BUL and built-up edge (BUE) formation conditions, their formation mechanisms, and their protective effect was carried out at different cutting speeds (5–140 m/min), and different feed rates (0.02–0.1 mm/rev). The uncoated

Because of the effects of gravity and/or residual stress, some manufactured mechanical parts, such as sheet metals and skins, often have a significantly different shape in a free-state position as compared to their state-of-use position. These parts are described as compliant, flexible or nonrigid. Expensive specialized fixtures are currently used prior to performing geometrical inspection operations

This paper investigates the tool-workpiece contact mechanism in the disc polishing process, where the soft polishing disc touches the rigid freeform workpiece with a small tilt angle. The developed contact force model can explain how the contact parameters, including the disc contact depth, the disc tilt angle, the radii of curvature of the disc and the workpiece, affect the normal contact force. Under

This paper presents a systematic approach for selecting the optimal moving order (MO) in a multi-axis precise motion system (MPMS). According to the proposed procedure, an optimal high-efficiency MO selection approach for high-efficiency and high-accuracy requirement is introduced. First, the characteristics of the giving MPMS are analysed, and the error model is established. The orthogonal test method

A new camera calibration method based on triangular primitives for solid grid sphere objects are proposed in this work to address the contradiction among the number of cameras, calibration accuracy, and algorithm stability in the current camera calibration process. In the proposed method, a sphere is used as the base, and the surface coverage curve of the sphere forms a calibration object as the grid

In this study, we investigated thermal influence on surface layer of CFRP in grinding with heat conduction analysis using grinding temperature at wheel contact area on dry and wet condition. Moreover, the thermal affected layer was analyzed through an experiment to examine the temperature of glass transition and thermal decomposition of the matrix resin that composes the CFRP used in this study. The

High-precision real-time estimation of contouring errors is a prerequisite for contouring errors control of multi-axis CNC machine tools. This paper focuses on developing a nearest point projection curvature circle iterative (NPP–CCI) algorithm to achieve real-time estimation of multi-axis contouring errors. It is found that the traditional curvature circle iterative (CCI) method has two major shortcomings

In most applications, preload is applied to double-nut ball screws to improve the positioning accuracy and rigidity. However, the applied preload degrades owing to wear, which lowers the positioning accuracy of the ball screws, and thus affects the accuracy of computer numerical control machine tools. In this study, to obtain the dynamic contact force and sliding velocities on the ball-raceway contact

For the successful application of boundary lubrication, detailed investigations about the influence of preparation process on molecular films are needed. In this paper, a specially designed device was used for the film preparation. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) combined with atomic force microscope (AFM) was employed to characterize the surface morphology and nanotribological behavior of molecular

Five-axis contour following is one of the main tasks for five-axis CNC machine tools. The contour following accuracy directly determines the final machining precision. Therefore, control of the five-axis contour error is significant. Currently, most existing definitions of five-axis contour error are in the Cartesian task space, and this inevitably requires direct and inverse Jacobian transformations

Fracture and drop-off of diamond grains are thought to be suppressed if the diamond grains used, such as those for electroplated wires, are coated with a material having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than diamond and having good adhesion to the binder metal. In this study, we selected titanium carbide and titanium carbonitride as materials with such characteristics, and investigated their

The drilling operation occupies an important position in the aircraft assembly workload, and it accounts for a large proportion of the assembly cost. Previous reports show that drilling quality affects aircraft safety factor such as the probability of fatigue failure accidents. This paper proposes an automatic machining system for curved surface drilling. In this scheme, the self-adaption normal direction

This paper presents a reference trajectory (command) generation scheme to robustly avoid residual vibrations that occur due to rapid acceleration of machine axes in high-speed machining and positioning tasks. A robust Finite impulse response (FIR) filter is designed to generate reference motion commands for accurate real-time interpolation of linear toolpaths along point-to-point (P2P) and non-stop

The available magnetic field assisted finishing process is considered as the critical stage for improvement of workpiece surface quality. This paper aims to investigate the key quality performance of an enhanced magnetic abrasive finishing in achieving nanolevel finish on Ti–6Al–4V workpieces with initial micrometer surface roughness values. The finishing media, combining the intelligent shear thickening

An experimental analysis of the mechanical and electrical power consumption of feed drive systems is presented in this paper. The main components affecting the power consumption are the motor, bearings, ball-screw, and table. The power consumption of the motor has been investigated experimentally through the study of the electrical efficiency. The efficiency has been calculated from the acquired angular

Toes are expected to perform various tasks by bending and stretching movements. However, to our knowledge, few studies have examined toe movement for operation. In particular, the characteristics of toe movements when used for operation have not been clarified. To investigate these characteristics, we proposed a new experimental evaluation system using wire displacement sensors. In this system, operators

The high probability of a future environment featuring human–robot coexistence is motivating studies on man–machine interface safety. Bilateral control that enables contact including haptic sensations to distant locations through master–slave actuators is an emerging technology in the fields of human tele support, care, and assistance. This paper proposes a safe operating technique for bilaterally

The use of areal characterization of surface texture with high accuracy in a quality control process requires reliability. Therefore, regular inspection of the measurement systems is needed. Important metrological features of a measurement system in dimensional metrology are the amplification factor and linearity. This paper presents a simple method for characterizing the axial scanning system of areal

Optical three-dimensional coordinate measurement using stereo vision has systematic errors that affect measurement quality. This paper presents a scheme for measuring, modelling and correcting these errors. The position and orientation of a linear stage are measured with a laser interferometer while a stereo vision system tracks target points on the moving stage. With reference to the higher accuracy

For achieving high speed and large thrust, Langevin-type ultrasonic motors (LTUM) are generally operated under high voltage. However, high voltage causes the current harmonics of piezoelectric material nonlinear phenomena, which will decrease the efficiency, the output force, and the accuracy of LTUMs. In this study, the nonlinearity of current harmonics of LTUM are described and analyzed by a novel

Investigations on engineering structures show that residual stresses in combination with external loads can cause failure in loads that are less than the design threshold. Due to the applicability of austenitic steel in important industries (such as oil pipelines), accurate measurement of residual stress in this material is very important. Indentation is a new method for estimating residual stress

A 3-V kinematic coupling with adjustable vee angles, ranging from 25° to 80° inclination from the base plane, was designed and built to test the limiting coefficient of friction (CoF), which is a measure of the coupling's ability to reach center where all six constraints are engaged. For instance, the vee angles may be optimized by maximizing the limiting CoF to give more margin over the real CoF between

A modeling theory is developed to predict the performance of piezoresistors which incorporate Schottky diode electrical contacts. This new theory allows the design of high performance gauges which can be fabricated using Non-Lithographically-Based Microfabrication (NLBM) techniques. These semiconductor piezoresistors can be designed in customizable sizes and fabricated in parallel in order to integrate

Thermally induced elongation of a screw is the primary cause of deterioration in the positioning accuracy of half-closed-loop screw systems in machine tools. The failure mode of ball-screw feed-drive systems in relation to the positioning accuracy is defined as the response error of the carriage exceeding the axial tolerance. It is still challenging to accurately predict the thermal errors using conventional

Compared with the lever-type amplifier, the rhombus-type amplifier has attracted more attention by virtue of large displacement amplification ratio, compact structure, and linear output displacement. In this paper, a novel electromagnetic force balance sensor (EFBS) based on the rhombus-type amplifier is presented to measure the mass with high precision. First, the structure and operating principle

This paper presents a new technology to realize high-efficiency, smooth-surface, and high-chatter-stability machining of flexible thin plates with the proposed face-milling cutter geometry. Radius end mills are widely utilized for high-efficiency and smooth-surface machining, but they generally have low machining stability, i.e. chatter vibrations often occur. It is well known that the chatter stability

Transient dynamics of tapping mode atomic force microscope (AFM) for critical dimension measurement are analyzed. A simplified nonlinear model of AFM is presented to describe the forced vibration of the micro cantilever-tip system with consideration of both contact and non-contact transient behavior for critical dimension measurement. The governing motion equations of the AFM cantilever system are

Elliptical vibration texturing is a newly arising method for the fast and cost-effective generation of near-subwavelength micro-structures on metal surfaces. This study proposes a fabrication method for structurally colored basso-relievo by combining the surface sculpturing and elliptical vibration texturing in one-step machining. Synergistic modulations of both nominal cutting speed and depth-of-cut

Laser cleaving is a glass-cutting technique in which thermal stress induced by laser heating and cooling produces cracks in the glass. Stress measurement during the laser cleaving process is critical in elucidating the crack-propagation mechanism and solving the problems of the laser cleaving method. In this study, we measured the birefringence retardation using a high-speed polarization camera and

A mechanical stimulation device for cell-seeded scaffolds was designed and manufactured to provide control of dynamic compressive loading on biomimetic 3D neo-tissue constructs for enhanced tissue regeneration. Despite emerging evidence implicating the importance of mechanical forces in directing cellular differentiation and dental tissue formation, the role of variable mechanical stimuli in developing

A new contact-type on-machine measurement system is designed and developed for the evaluation of a micro cutting edge profile. The measurement system is composed of a compact probe unit having a sharp stylus mounted on a flexible beam, an inner displacement sensor for the detection of the stylus displacement, and a two-axis precision positioning system. For the evaluation of tool faces having a steep

Solid-state ion exchange with an applied voltage enables metal doping into alkali-silicate glass surfaces. The effect is especially prominent when silver is a dopant material, with additional voltage application producing silver nanowire networks in a glass substrate. We aimed to improve the wet etching efficiency of a glass substrate using internal networks as penetration paths of etchants. Silver

This paper presents a novel geometrical design of inserts to realize high-efficiency smooth-surface high-chatter-stability turning. Inserts with a nose radius are used in turning to realize a smooth surface since the theoretical surface roughness Rth=f2/(8r) where f is the feed rate and r is the radius of the nose part. Since the size of the nose radius is limited because of the chatter stability,

Ultrasonic elliptical vibration cutting of titanium alloy Ti–6Al–4V is investigated in this research. Because products made of Ti–6Al–4V alloy are usually designed for possessing low-rigidity structures or good-quality cut surfaces, machining requirements such as low cutting forces and slow rate of tool wear need to be fulfilled for realization of their precision machining. Therefore, the ultrasonic

In this study, a highly efficient method for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of silicon carbide (SiC) substrates using enhanced slurry was proposed and developed. The enhanced slurry contains bubbles of ozone gas generated by ozone gas generator in pure water mixed with a conventional commercially available slurry. Therefore, the enhanced slurry has an oxidizing effect on the Si-face of SiC substrates

Five-axis machining plays an important role in manufacturing by dint of its high efficiency and accuracy. While two rotation axes benefit the flexibility of machining, it also brings limitations and challenges. In order to further balance machining precision and efficiency, an improved feedrate scheduling method is presented considering geometric error and kinematic constraints for the Non Uniform

Freeform surfaces have important applications in various industrial fields. However, achieving a high level surface finish on freeform surfaces using polishing is always a challenging task. Hybrid robots are promising alternatives to conventional computer numerical control (CNC) machines and industrial robots for ultra-precision machining. Herein, we present a novel custom-built hybrid robot for freeform

As a nontraditional machining process, electrochemical discharge machining (ECDM) can apply to hard and brittle materials such as glass and ceramic. Improvement of process efficiency is an important topic that has been addressed in many investigations using various techniques such as magnetic field and ultrasonic vibrations. Nano particles are new and advanced materials that can be dispersed in a fluid

Since many years ago, multilateration has been used in precision engineering notably in machine tool and coordinate measuring machine calibration. This technique needs, first, the use of laser trackers or tracking interferometers, and second, the use of nonlinear optimization algorithms to determine point coordinates. Research works have shown the influence of the experimental configuration on measure

In the ultra-precision manufacturing of large optics, industrial robots have the potential to become an intelligent and economical choice of surface polishing. However, the transport of the workpieces between the polishing platform and the measurement instrument seriously limits the manufacturing efficiency. Therefore, an in-situ measurement system based on the monoscopic deflectometry is developed

In planarizing a thin substrate, it has been difficult to remove warp or waviness as such substrates are forcibly deformed by conventional clamping methods. To clamp a thin substrate with no deformation, we have developed a freezing pin chuck system that fixes a thin substrate by freezing the fixation liquid on many pins. This paper describes the precision and fixing characteristics of this newly developed

Amplitude–wavelength (AW) maps or “Stedman diagrams” are often used to provide a graphical representation of the limitations and capabilities of surface measuring instruments. This paper presents an approach for setting the parameter constraints of X-ray computed tomography (CT) in terms of resolution and measuring range for the purpose of representing the performance of industrial CT systems on an

Conformal cooling channels are widely adopted in the mold industry because of rapid and uniform cooling during injection molding. These complicated cooling channel geometries become feasible via selective laser melting (SLM) technology. However, the SLM fabricated internal channel surface shows high surface roughness of about 10 μm Ra. This rough surface can cause stress concentration, reducing the