Recently, high-performance lightweight materials with outstanding mechanical properties have opened up their way to some sophisticated industrial applications. As one of these systems, aluminum matrix composites/nanocomposites (AMCs) offer an outstanding combination of relative density, hardness, wear resistance, and mechanical strength. Until now, several additive manufacturing methods have be...

This paper proposes the ELID (Electrolytic in Process Dressing) ultrasonic honing system, and conducts simulation for the solution acoustic coupling mechanism of electrolyte between the anion and cathode of ELID ultrasonic honing system. Meanwhile, a comparative experiment is carried out for the ultrasonic honing and ordinary honing. The simulation results show that there is no obvious increase...

Rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) is a nontraditional drilling process. It has been used to drill not only brittle but also ductile materials. It was observed that the surface roughness of the drilled hole near the entrance side was better than that near the exit side. However, explanations about this observation could not be found in the literature. This paper aims to provide explanations abou...

Metal alloys have material properties that are very appealing for micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS), but present a challenge for process integration within a lithographic manufacturing sequence of the type used in the semiconductor industry. The batch-mode micro electrodischarge machining (μEDM) discussed here uses lithographically-fabricated electrode arrays with high density and high un...

Machining of micro SiCp/AA2124 composites remains a challenge with conventional machining yielding poor surface quality high tool wear. In this paper, we study two distinct and unique hybrid processes the aim improving outcome three types micro-SiC/AA2124 different particulate volume fractions sizes. The class studied is available commercially being used in industrial applications, thus assessi...