Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Machinability: Existing and Advanced Concepts -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Traditional concepts of machinability and methods for its assessment -- 1.2.1. Common perceptions -- 1.2.2. Non-standardized tests for machinability assessment -- 1.2.3. Standard tests -- 1.2.4. Assessments used in machining practice -- 1.2.5. The merit of the known concepts of machinability -- 1.3. Knowledge-based foundations of machinability -- 1.3.1. Practical need -- 1.3.2. Ability of the prevailing metal cutting theory -- 1.3.3. Notion of two kinds of machinability -- 1.3.4. Machinability of the work material -- 1.3.5. Process machinability -- 1.3.6. Improvement the process machinability -- 1.4. Bibliography -- Chapter 2. Milling Burr Formation and Avoidance -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.1.1. Definition and classification of burrs -- 2.1.2. Factors governing milling burr formation -- 2.1.3. Burr formation modeling and control -- 2.1.4. Burr avoidance and removal (deburring) -- 2.2. Case study 1: burr formation during slot milling of aluminum alloys -- 2.2.1. Introduction -- 2.3. Case study 2: burr limitation and tool path planning strategies - application to the slot milling of AM6414 steel -- 2.3.1. Burr size estimation during slot milling (approaches CH1, CH2 and CH3) -- 2.3.2. Conclusion on case study 2 - burr limitation during slotting -- 2.4. General concluding remarks -- 2.5. Acknowledgments -- 2.6. Bibliography -- Chapter 3. Machinability of Titanium and Its Alloys -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Titanium: a brief overview -- 3.3. Titanium alloys -- 3.4. Challenges toward machining titanium -- 3.4.1. Low modulus of elasticity -- 3.4.2. Poor thermal conductivity -- 3.4.3. Chemical reactivity -- 3.4.4. Hardening characteristics -- 3.5. Mechanics of chip formation.

3.6. Cutting forces and power consumption -- 3.7. Cutting tools and wear phenomenon -- 3.7.1. High-speed steel tools -- 3.7.2. Carbide tools -- 3.7.3. Ceramic tools -- 3.7.4. Cubic boron nitride (CBN) tools -- 3.8. Application of coolant -- 3.9. Surface integrity -- 3.10. Concluding remarks -- 3.11. Bibliography -- Chapter 4. Effects of Alloying Elements on the Machinability of Near-Eutectic Al-Si Casting Alloys -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Alloy preparation and casting procedures -- 4.2.1. Metallography-microstructural examination -- 4.2.2. Mechanical tests -- 4.2.3. Machining procedures -- 4.2.4. Total drilling force -- 4.2.5. Tool life criteria -- 4.3. Results -- 4.3.1. Microstructures -- 4.3.2. Hardness and tensile properties -- 4.3.3. Machining behavior -- 4.4. Discussion -- 4.5. Conclusions -- 4.6. Acknowledgments -- 4.7. Bibliography -- Chapter 5. The Machinability of Hard Materials - A Review -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.1.1. Definition of hard machining -- 5.1.2. Application of hard machining processes -- 5.2. Cutting tools -- 5.2.1. Ceramics -- 5.2.2. Cubic boron nitride (CBN) -- 5.3. Wiper technology -- 5.4. Machinability -- 5.4.1. Cutting parameters -- 5.4.2. Cutting forces -- 5.4.3. Chip formation -- 5.4.4. Cutting temperature -- 5.5. Surface integrity in hard machining processes -- 5.5.1. Surface integrity -- 5.5.2. Surface roughness -- 5.5.3. Residual stresses -- 5.5.4. White-layer effect -- 5.6. Optimization of hard machining processes -- 5.7. Synthesis -- 5.8. Acknowledgments -- 5.9. Bibliography -- Chapter 6. An Investigation of Ductile Regime Machining of Silicon Nitride Ceramics -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Ceramic machining -- 6.2.1. Machining forces -- 6.2.2. Surface quality -- 6.2.3. Machining model -- 6.3. Ductile regime machining.

6.3.1. Factors contributing to the ductile-regime machining of ceramics -- 6.4. Developments in simulations of ceramic machining -- 6.4.1. Material model for simulations -- 6.4.2. Elastic and plastic behavior -- 6.4.3. Heat transfer and thermal softening -- 6.4.4. Strain rate sensitivity -- 6.4.5. Determination of initial yield stress -- 6.4.6. Material model validation -- 6.4.7. Simulation model of AdvantEdge® -- 6.4.8. Work material properties -- 6.4.9. Wear model -- 6.4.10. Process parameters -- 6.4.11. Convergence -- 6.5. Design of experiments -- 6.5.1. Tabulation of results -- 6.5.2. Results and discussion -- 6.6. Effect of the depth of cut -- 6.7. Effect of the feed rate -- 6.7.1. Summary -- 6.8. Materials and means -- 6.8.1. Hardness test -- 6.8.2. Fracture toughness KIC - micro indentation test -- 6.8.3. Elastic modulus - semi-empirical relation -- 6.8.4. Material preparation -- 6.8.5. Fixture base -- 6.8.6. Gluing the ceramic to the fixture base -- 6.8.7. PCD end mill tool -- 6.9. Experimental set-up -- 6.9.1. Results and discussion -- 6.9.2. Effect of the depth of cut -- 6.9.3. Effect of the feed rate -- 6.9.4. Surface roughness -- 6.9.5. Analysis of variance -- 6.9.6. Resultant force -- 6.9.7. Surface roughness -- 6.9.8. Summary -- 6.10. Bibliography -- List of Authors -- Index.