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Call for papers: Micromachining Systems and Tailored Surfaces
A special issue of the International Journal of Surface Science and
Engineering (IJSurfSE)
Im****tant Dates
Submission: 30 June 2007
Decision: 31 August 2007
Revised manuscripts: 30 September 2007
The role of fini****ng and micromachining processes as techniques for
removal of burrs, developing edge contour, and smoothing and poli****ng
parts has been well established and do***ented for many years. These
processes have been used in a wide variety of part applications to
promote safer part handling (by attenuation of sharp part edges),
improve the fit and function of parts when assembled, and produce
smooth, even microfinished surfaces to meet either functional or
aesthetic criteria or specifications.
In contrast, only in the last years, processes for developing specific
edge, special surface texture patterns and/or tailored surface
conditions on components are widely spreading in industries as diverse
as the jewellery, dental, and medical implant industries on up through
the automotive and aerospace industries. Accordingly, less well known
and less clearly understood is the role that specialised variants of
micromachining and fini****ng technologies can engage in extending the
service life and in specialising the performance of critical sup****t
components or tools in highly demanding manufacturing or operational
applications. Besides, many doubts and uncertainties still affect the
understanding of basic concepts as well as of most of the leading
processes mechanisms.
This is thus the context in which scientists have always been moving to
improve standard micromachining techniques and define new methods to
tailor parts surface conditions so as to enhance their performance. An
emergent journal as IJSurfSE would not be complete without a depiction
of the present status of micromachining technologies and their
applications. So, the purpose of this special issue is to present a
collection of examples illustrating the more recent and unprecedented
developments of surface micromachining technologies and their
applications to surface science research. To serve as a useful forum to
discuss the capabilities and limitations of the techniques, the scope
of this special issue is to be as broad as possible, covering all
relevant aspects of micromachining as well as of the definition of
tailored and functionalised surfaces.
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