Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering: Recent submissions
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Experimental Study of Tangential Micro Deflection of Interface of Machined Surfaces
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)This paper studies the characteristics of micro tangential deflection of the interface of mating machined surfaces subjected to normal and tangential forces. Experimental results show that contact ... -
Robust Feedrate Selection for 3-Axis NC Machining Using Discrete Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)This research effort is focused on improving the efficiency of CNC machining by automatic computer selection of feedrate for 3-axis sculptured surface machining. A feedrate process planner for ... -
Thermal Effects on Polymer Laminated Steel Formability in Ironing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)In the current manufacturing processes for can making, a time consuming and therefore expensive process involves spraying a food-contact safe polymer coating onto the can interior before filling. ... -
Analytical Thermal Models of Oblique Moving Heat Source for Deep Grinding and Cutting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)Three related analytical thermal models of plane heat source moving obliquely along the surface of a semi-infinite solid are presented. The temperature distribution of grinding zone under deep-cut ... -
A Study on the Relationships Between Static/Dynamic Cutting Force Components and Tool Wear
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)The development of flexible automation in the manufacturing industry is concerned with production activities performed by unmanned machining systems. A major topic relevant to metal-cutting operations ... -
Characterization of Laser Cleaning of Copper for Soldering Processes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)The laser cleaning of copper surfaces with a Nd:YAG Q-switched laser pulse for the improvement of solder quality on printed circuit boards (PCBs) has been monitored and characterized by sensing ... -
Geometric Simulation of Ball-End Milling Operations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)In this paper, B-rep solid modeling techniques are used to deal with geometric modeling issues encountered in ball-end milling simulation. The precise B-rep model of the cutter swept volume is ... -
An Elastodynamic Model of Frictional Contact and Its Influence on the Dynamics of a Workpiece-Fixture System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)A model to predict the dynamics of a workpiece-fixture system has been developed based on the equivalency of the dynamic frictional contact problem with a nonlinear friction law to that of a ... -
Statistical Investigation on Resistance Spot Welding Quality Using a Two-State, Sliding-Level Experiment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)Quality variation in resistance spot welding is a major concern in the automotive industry. The relationship between weld quality and various process conditions, including abnormal process conditions, ... -
Sequential Algorithm Based on Number Theoretic Method for Statistical Tolerance Analysis and Synthesis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)Tolerancing is one of the most important tasks in product and manufacturing process design. In the literature, both Monte Carlo simulation and numerical optimization method have been widely used ... -
Development of a Grating Interferometer with Application to HDD Servo-Track Writing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)The development of a grating interferometer with application to the angular measurement of a hard disk drive actuator arm for application to the servo-track writing process is presented. First, ... -
Cutting Fluid Aerosol Generation due to Spin-off in Turning Operation: Analysis for Environmentally Conscious Machining
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)This paper presents an analytical model for the prediction of shop floor aerosol generation rate and particulate size distribution due to the spin-off motion of cutting fluid from a rotational ... -
Quadratic Sensitivity Analysis of Fixtures and Locating Schemes for Rigid Parts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)The main purpose of locating schemes are to position parts. The locating scheme utilizes tooling elements, referred to as locators, to introduce geometric constraints. A rigid part is uniquely ... -
Modeling and Optimization of End Effector Layout for Handling Compliant Sheet Metal Parts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)Material handling of compliant parts is one of the most critical and underresearched problems in the sheet metal stamping industry. The fundamental shortcoming of currently studied material ... -
A Power Flow Model for High Speed Motorized Spindles—Heat Generation Characterization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)Lack of a more complete understanding of system characteristics, particularly thermal effects, severely limits the reliability of high speed spindles to support manufacturing. High speed spindles ... -
Adjusted Least Squares Approach for Diagnosis of Ill-Conditioned Compliant Assemblies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)Least squares (LS) estimation has been extensively used for parameter identification and model-based diagnosis. However, if ill-conditioning is present, the LS estimation approach tends to generate ... -
Wrinkling Analysis in Shrink Flanging
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)Flanging is a commonly used sheet forming operation to increase the stiffness of a sheet panel and/or to create the mating surface for subsequent assemblies. This paper presents an energy ... -
Three-Dimensional Elastic-Plastic Finite-Element Analysis of the Flattening of Wire Between Plain Rolls*
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)It is normal industrial practice to roll round edged flat wires from round circular wires using plain rolls. Although this is not a complex type of metal forming process, the internal deformation ... -
Effects of Surface Roughness on Multi-Station Mechanical Alignment Processes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)A theoretical simulation study was performed to study how surface roughness of the workpiece and datum can affect the locating precision of multiple station manufacturing processes using a ... -
FEM Simulation of Laser Forming of Metal Plates*
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)A finite element model is developed for thermo-mechanical analysis of the process of metal plate forming by laser line heating. A rezoning technique is adopted to greatly reduce the simulation ...