Research Advances in Microstructure and Surface Roughness of Cutting Metal Surface with LASER, Wire EDM, and Water JET Cutters

Dear Colleagues,

With recent developments in material sciences and engineering applications, as well as the capability to design composite parts in new technological facilities, academic researchers and manufacturers in cutting technology should share their scientific contributions. Additionally, cutting environments such as cutting process design and new adapted cutting processes are becoming more important in terms of the need for persistent improvement and developing solutions for these multifunctional materials and composites.

In general, experimental trials in the cutting of new materials–composites, in microstructures, and in surface roughness evolution have been highlighted as research targets in cutting processes.

For example, in LASER cutting processes, operational parameters such as cutting speed and accuracy and/or precision related to laser cutting trials frequently make it an extremely cost-effective and efficient option for manufacturing. Particularly, in the cutting of thin or very sensitive materials, working times and cut operations decrease with a low cutting scrap but with high-quality and low-cost production, despite disadvantages such as slag and burrs, disturbance of the cutting surface in the cutting of the thick pieces, etc. The same processes are valuable for wire EDM and water jet cutting processes.

This Special Issue will publish original research papers, review articles, case studies, short communications, and letters from a wide variety of sources dealing with all aspects of the science and technology related to the cutting processes of metallic alloys and/or matal matrix composite materials, including fibrous and particulate reinforcements.

Additonally, this Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers in the following concepts:

-Theoretical and experimental research, knowledge, and new ideas in cutting processes by laser, wire EDM, water jet cutters, and evolution of the microstructure and cutting edge, as well as damage mechanisms on the cutting edge;

-Recent developments in cutting technologies and manufacturing when carrying out different cutting processes, not limited to laser, wire EDM, and water jet cutting but evidently open to new and advanced cutting processes;

-Operational and material parameters influencing cutting processes’ final product and evolution of microstructure, phases, and composition;

-Understanding the mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of the tailored of the pieces via cutting processes and degradation mechanisms of cutting through friction, wear or other dynamic loading condition and corrosion;

-The latest development of test methods considering the interplay between mechanical, physical, and chemical interactions and the ability to calculate performance and/or reliability, emphasizing on valid, accelerated performance tests and the relation between test techniques and field performance data, etc.;

-Computer–mathematical modeling, simulation to predict cutting properties, performance, durability, and reliability in service environments.

Prof. Dr. Emin Bayraktar
Guest Editor

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• cutting edge
• wire EDMs and laser cutting
• kerf effect
• water jet cutting
• microstructure
• surface roughness
• mathematical model