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TheInternationalJournalofMachineToolsandManufactureisdevotedtoadvancesinscientificunderstandingofessentialmechanicsofprocessesandmachinesappliedtothemanufactureofengineeringcomponents,mainlyinmetals,butalsoincomposites,ceramicsandotherstructural/functionalmaterials.
Tothisendcoverageisgiventoarangeoftopicsthatincludes:Essentialmechanicsofprocessesinvolvingmaterialremoval,accretionanddeformation,insolid,semi-solidorparticulateformSignificantscientificdevelopmentofexistingornewprocessesandmachinesIn-depthcharacterisationofworkpiecematerials(structure/surfaces)byadvancedtechniques(e.
g.
SEM,EDS,TEM,EBSD,AES,Ramanspectroscopy)torevealnewphenomenologicalaspectsthatgovernmanufacturingprocessesTooldesign,utilisationandin-depthstudiesoffailuremechanismsNovelconceptsofmachinetools/fixtures/toolholderssupportedbymodellinganddemonstrationsthatarerelevanttomanufacturingprocesseswithinthejournal'sremitNovelscientificcontributionsdealingwithinteractionsbetweenthemachinetool,controlsystem,softwaredesignandprocesses.
Studiesofspecificmechanismsgoverningnicheprocesses(e.
g.
ultra-highprecision,nano/atomiclevelmanufacturingwitheithermechanicalornon-mechanical"tools")Novelapproaches,supportedbyadequatein-depthscientificanalysis,addressingemerging/breakthroughprocesses(e.
g.
bio-inspiredmanufacturing)and/orapplications(e.
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ultra-highprecisionoptics)Theabovelistisnotexhaustiveandpapersonothertopicsassociatedwithprocessscience/technologyormanufacturinghardwarearewelcome.
Significantandusefuladvanceofthecurrentstateofknowledgeisanessentialfactoranditisimportantthatpapersarepresentedinamannerthatwillbeappreciatedbybothacademicsandpractisingengineers.
Itisunlikelythatpapersdealingwiththeoryormodellingalonewillbeacceptable,unlessasignificantprovenadvanceinscientific/technologicalknowledgeisdemonstrated.
Likewise,papersinwhichtheuseofmethodologypredominatesovertechnologicaladvancewouldprobablyberejected.
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Researchworkers,educationalistsandpractisingengineersinvolvedinthedevelopmentofmanufacturingtechnologies,hardwareandmanagementsystems.
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Editor-in-ChiefD.
Axinte,UniversityofNottingham,Nottingham,UnitedKingdomAssociateEditorsA.
Beaucamp,KyotoUniversity,Kyoto,JapanP.
Krajnik,ChalmersUniversityofTechnology,Gothenburg,SwedenS.
Melkote,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,Atlanta,Georgia,UnitedStatesHonoraryEditorT.
A.
Dean,UniversityofBirminghamSchoolofMechanicalEngineering,Birmingham,UnitedKingdomAssistantEditorsZ.
M.
Kilic,TheUniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,BritishColumbia,CanadaZ.
Liao,UniversityofNottingham,Nottingham,UnitedKingdomW.
Z.
Zhu,KyotoUniversity,Kyoto,JapanReviewingCommitteeP.
J.
Arrazola,AltoDebaHospital,Arrasate-Mondragon,SpainV.
P.
Astakhov,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,Michigan,UnitedStatesH.
Attia,UniversityofMontreal,Montreal,Quebec,CanadaJ.
Billingham,UniversityofNottingham,Nottingham,UnitedKingdomE.
Budak,SabanciUniversity,stanbul,TurkeyG.
B.
Cadot,ApprenticeshipAcademyatRolls-Royce,Derby,UnitedKingdomS.
Chandrasekar,PurdueUniversity,WestLafayette,Indiana,UnitedStatesS-C.
Chung,HanyangUniversity,Seongdong-gu,Korea,RepublicofA.
T.
Clare,UniversityofNottingham,Nottingham,UnitedKingdomA.
DiIllio,UniversityofAquila,L'Aquila,ItalyA.
Diniz,StateUniversityofCampinas,Campinas,SoPaulo,BrazilM.
Eynian,UniversityWest,Trollhattan,SwedenF.
Girot,UniversityoftheBasqueCountry,Bilbao,SpainS.
Goel,CranfieldUniversity,Cranfield,Bedford,UnitedKingdomD.
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Gu,NanjingUniversityofAeronauticsandAstronautics,Nanjing,ChinaH.
Huang,UniversityofQueensland,Brisbane,Queensland,AustraliaT.
Insperger,BudapestUniversityofTechnologyandEconomics,Budapest,HungaryP.
Koshy,McMasterUniversity,Hamilton,Ontario,CanadaH.
Li,UniversityofNottingham-NingboChina,Ningbo,ChinaJ.
Lin,ImperialCollegeLondon,London,UnitedKingdomG.
Liu,HarbinInstituteofTechnology,ChinaR.
M'Saoubi,SecoToolsAB,Fagersta,SwedenP.
A.
F.
Martins,UniversityofLisbonMechanicalEngineeringDepartment,Lisboa,PortugalR.
Mayer,PolytechniqueMontréalDepartmentofElectricalEngineering,Montréal,Quebec,CanadaB.
K.
Min,YonseiUniversitySchoolofMechanicalEngineering,Seoul,Korea,RepublicofT.
zel,RutgersTheStateUniversityofNewJersey,NewBrunswick,NewJersey,UnitedStatesZ.
J.
Pei,TexasA&MUniversityCollegeStation,CollegeStation,Texas,UnitedStatesB.
Sencer,OregonStateUniversity,Corvallis,Oregon,UnitedStatesA.
Shih,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,Michigan,UnitedStatesM.
S.
Shunmugam,IndianInstituteofTechnologyMadras,Chennai,IndiaS.
L.
Soo,UniversityofBirmingham,Birmingham,UnitedKingdomG.
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Wan,NorthwesternPolytechnicalUniversity,Xi'an,ChinaJ.
Xie,SouthChinaUniversityofTechnology,Guangzhou,ChinaJ.
Yan,KeioUniversityFacultyofScienceandTechnologyDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,Yokohama,JapanL.
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DescriptionTheInternationalJournalofMachineToolsandManufactureisdevotedtoadvancesinscientificunderstandingofessentialmechanicsofprocessesandmachinesappliedtothemanufactureofengineeringcomponents,mainlyinmetals,butalsoincomposites,ceramicsandotherstructural/functionalmaterials.
Tothisendcoverageisgiventoarangeoftopicsthatincludes:Essentialmechanicsofprocessesinvolvingmaterialremoval,accretionanddeformation,insolid,semi-solidorparticulateformSignificantscientificdevelopmentofexistingornewprocessesandmachinesIn-depthcharacterisationofworkpiecematerials(structure/surfaces)byadvancedtechniques(e.
g.
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