| Course objectives: |
| Providing a comprehensive knowledge on special, non-traditional machining processes for manufacturing parts from materials with advanced, special characteristics. |
| Course content and structure: |
| Machining methods with high energy density, utilising different forms of energy. Mechanical, thermal, chemical and electro-chemical processes. Characteristics of beam machining. Applications and characteristics of ultrasonic machining and abrasive waterjet cutting. Electro discharge machining, methods and application, material of the tool, effect of technological parameters. Creating of laser beam, and its characteristics. Machining with laser. Term of plasma, plasma beam machining. Machining with electron and ion beam. Chemical and electro-chemical machining. Electro-chemical milling, polishing, deburring, and grinding. Characteristics of high speed machining. Requirements for the tool, machine-tool and control system- Ultraprecision and micro machining. Tool material. Hard turning and hard machining. |
| Evaluation method: |
| Type of exam: oral. Evaluation: Summa scores=100. Percentage evaluation of the performance and marking by 1-5, as follows: 0-49%=1; 50-59%=2; 60-69%=3; 70-79%= 4; 80-100%= 5: |
| Required reading: |
| 1. Niebel-Draper-Wysk: Modern manufacturing process Engineering, Mc Graw-Hill Publishing Company 1989, p986.2. T. Jagadeesha: Non-Traditional Machining Processes, I K International Publishing House, 2016, p268 |
| Suggested reading: |
| 1 Chryssolouris, E.L.K.E: Laser Machining, Springer Science Media New York, 1991, SBN 978-1-4757-4084-42. M.P.Groover: Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, Wiley Edition, 2011, p720 |
