The process monitoring and mechanics of fixed abrasive diamond wire saw machining are investigated in this study. New techniques to affix diamond particles to a steel wire core have advanced to make this process feasible for the machining of ceramics, wood, and foam materials. Developments in fixed abrasive diamond wire machining are first reviewed. Advantages of using fixed abrasive diamond wi...

In the special machines and custom made machine industry, machine manufacturers have to deal with maintenance services in spread market, while individualization of customer demands increases complexity to maintenance services. That is the case in stone cutting machines manufacturing business, where maintenance is a critical factor because of the high customization of each machine and because of...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are used for solving the intractable engineering problems. In this study, it is aimed to study the application of artificial bee colony algorithm for predicting the performance of circular diamond saw in sawing of hard rocks. For this purpose, varieties of fourteen types of hard rocks were cut in laboratory using a cutting rig at 5 mm depth of cut, 40 cm/...

We numerically investigate random walks (RWs) and self-avoiding random walks (SAWs) on critical percolation clusters, basic models for diffusion and flexible polymers in disordered media. While this can be easily done for RWs using a simple enumeration method, it is difficult for long SAWs due to the long-range correlations. We employed a sophisticated algorithm that makes use of the self-simil...

Considering the major change occurred in business cells from plant to “chain” and the critical need to choose the best partners to form the supply chain for competing in today’s business setting, one of the vital decisions made at the early steps of constructing a business is supplier selection. Given the fact that the early decisions are inherently strategic and therefore hard and costly to c...