Among all non-conventional micro-machining, electrochemical discharge machining (ECDM) is having high quality of material removal rate with zero residual stress. This machining has been accepted as a highly modern technology in micromachining. In this paper an effort has been done on micro drilling of glass using electrochemical discharge machining (ECDM). A fixed tool and a step down transform...

WEDM is a one of the non-conventional machining processes used for machining complex shape components and hard materials to produce intricate shapes on the wide variety of materials. With the increasing demands of high surface finish and high rate of MRR of complex shape geometries, WEDM machining process is now being replaced by non-traditional machining processes. According to this paper, opt...

Ni alloys have managed to cover wide range of applications such as automotive industries, oil gas industries, and aerospace industries. However, these alloys impose challenges while using conventional machining technologies. On the other hand, Micro-Electro-Discharge machining (micro-EDM) is a nonconventional machining method that uses controlled sparks energy to remove material irrespective of...

Optimization of turning process is a non-linear optimization with constrains and it is difficult for the conventional optimization algorithms to solve this problem. The purpose of present study is to demonstrate the potential of Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) for optimization of multipass turning process. This algorithm is inspired by competition mechanism among imperialists and coloni...

When an abrasive mixed with a polymer of special rheological properties and forced through a restricting medium, the abrasive and polymer will act as a self forming tool that precisely removes work piece material and improve the surface finish at those areas restricting to the medium flow. It is capable of machining areas which are difficult to reach by conventional machining and can be used to...

Owing to high specific strength and designability, unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced polymer (UD-CFRP) has been utilized in numerous fields to replace conventional metal materials. Post machining processes are always required for UD-CFRP to achieve dimensional tolerance and assembly specifications. Due to inhomogeneity and anisotropy, UD-CFRP differs greatly from metal materials in machini...