Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Modeling and Analysis of Acoustic Emission in Diamond Turning 

      J. J. Liu; D. A. Dornfeld (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      To estimate the acoustic emission (AE) energy released in diamond turning, a quantitative model, which contains the energy from primary, secondary, tertiary cutting zones and the rubbing zones, ...

    • Computer Rigid Disk Surface Assessment With Laser Interferometry Using DDS 

      S. M. Pandit; N. Jordache; G. A. Joshi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      Laser interferometry in conjunction with the data dependent systems (DDS) methodology is first used in this paper to eliminate errors caused by instrumentation and software, and to recover the ...

    • Real Time Control of Thermal Distortion During Pulsed Laser Welding of Optical Packages 

      Musa Jouaneh; Sabbir Rangwala (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper investigates a method to compensate for thermal distortions which occur during pulsed laser welding of optical packages. A control strategy, based on the use of a fast response ...

    • Process and Technology Perspectives on Integrated Product Development 

      J. I. Izuchukwu (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper discusses the role of automation in not only achieving faster product development and deployment, but also forging better collaboration between the functions responsible for product ...

    • High-Speed End Milling Using a Feedforward Control Architecture 

      E. D. Tung; Y. Urushisaki; M. Tomizuka (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      Experiments are performed for end milling aluminum at 15,000 RPM spindle speed (1,508 m/min cutting speed) and up to 3 m/min table feedrate using an experimental machine tool control system. ...

    • Stylus Flight in Surface Profiling 

      J. F. Song; T. V. Vorburger (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      In this paper, theoretical and experimental work on stylus flight is described. Experiments on the surfaces of different roughness specimens with sinusoidal, rectangular, triangular and random ...

    • Design of Forging Process Parameters With Deformation and Temperature Constraints 

      R. V. Grandhi; H. Cheng; S. S. Kumar (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper presents a methodology for designing optimal process parameters for forging operations. The nonlinear rigid viscoplastic finite element (FE) method is used for deformation and thermal ...

    • Assessment of Tool Wear in Milling Using Acoustic Emission Detected by a Fiber-Optic Interferometer 

      T. A. Carolan; P. Wilkinson; R. L. Reuben; D. P. Hand; J. S. Barton; J. D. C. Jones (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      Acoustic emission (AE) has previously been shown to be a useful technique in monitoring the state of wear of cutting tools. The piezo-electric transducers conventionally used for AE detection ...

    • The Effect of Workpiece Temperature on the Machinability of an Aluminum/SiC MMC 

      S. Barnes; I. R. Pashby; D. K. Mok (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are becoming an increasingly important class of engineering material which are finding applications both in the automotive and aerospace industries. However, their ...

    • Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Failure for the Hemisphere Punch Hydroforming Processes 

      Tze-Chi Hsu; Shian-Jiann Hsieh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      A limit theorem of plasticity has been developed to investigate the hemisphere punch hydroforming process. The limit theorem of plasticity is used to predict the upper and lower bounds of the ...

    • Dual-Sensor Based Robotic Deburring 

      G. M. Bone; M. A. Elbestawi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      New results quantifying the performance of a vision and force sensor based robotic deburring system at high feedrates and on stainless steel parts are presented. The performance with stainless ...

    • Modeling and Dynamics of Epitrochoid Generated Orbital Rotary Piston LSHT Hydraulic Motor: A Bondgraph Approach 

      K. Dasgupta; A. Mukherjee; R. Maiti (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      In this paper the dynamics of epitrochoid generated Orbital ‘rotary piston machine’ (ROPIMA) type ‘low speed high torque’ (LSHT) hydrostatic unit are studied. The complex variation of the volume ...

    • The Control of Multiple Constraints Within an Open Architecture Machine Tool Controller 

      R. Ardekani; I. Yellowley (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The authors demonstrate the utilization of a novel control architecture and associated algorithms in the maintenance of multiple constraints arising from machining operations. The control architecture ...

    • Noncontact Sphericity Measurement by Means of Phase Shift Interferometry 

      Ming Chang; P. P. Lin (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper presents an accurate optical technique for sphericity measurement of a ball by means of phase shift interferometry. The ball is placed in a fixture on a numerically control rotary ...

    • Optical Sensor for Detecting a Position and an Inclination 

      H. Aoyama; K. Yamazaki; M. Sawabe (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper deals with an optical sensor designed to automatically measure a sculptured surface geometry. The sensor can continuously and simultaneously detect a position vector (a gap distance) ...

    • PMPS: A Prototype CAPP System for Parallel Machining 

      J. B. Levin; D. Dutta (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      Parallel N.C. machines, also referred to as mill-turns, are a new generation of machine tools aimed at increasing machining accuracy and reducing part cycle times. In addition to their capacity ...

    • Statistical Analysis of the Effects of Feed, Speed, and Wear on Hole Quality in Drilling 

      R. J. Furness; C. L. Wu; A. G. Ulsoy (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      A statistical analysis of hole quality in drilling was performed. Using standard twist drills, holes were drilled dry in hot rolled steel. The effects of feed and speed on the hole quality ...

    • Dynamic Analysis of the Ultrasonic Machining Process 

      Z. Y. Wang; K. P. Rajurkar (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper presents a dynamic analysis of the ultrasonic machining process based on impact mechanics. Equations representing the dynamic contact force and stresses caused by the impinging of ...

    • Plant Identification From Leaves Using Quasi-Sensor Fusion 

      M. Shiraishi; H. Sumiya (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The method described here identifies plants by using a machine vision technique. This method achieves effective image detection independent of surrounding conditions, dimensionless image detection ...

    • The Dynamic Interaction of the Cutting Process, Workpiece, and Lathe’s Structure in Facing 

      Ming Une Jen; E. B. Magrab (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The effects on the onset of chatter by the dynamic interaction of the workpiece and its method of support, the turret, the lathe bed, the cutting forces and the cutting conditions are ...