Machining with Nanomaterials

This book focuses on the state-of-the-art developments in machining with nanomaterials. Numerous in-depth case studies illustrate the practical use of nanomaterials in industry, including how thin film nanostructures can be applied to solving machining problems and how coatings can improve tool life and reduce machining costs in an environmentally acceptable way. Chapters include discussions on, among other things:

• Comparisons of re-coated cutting tools and re-ground drills
• The modeling and machining of medical materials, particularly implants, for optimum biocompatibility including corrosion resistance, bio adhesiveness, and elasticity
• Recent developments in machining difficult-to-cut materials, as well as machining brittle materials using nanostructured diamond tools
• Spindle Speed Variation (SSV) for machining chatter suppression
• Nano grinding with abrasives to produce micro- and nano fluidic devices.

The importance of proper design of cutting tools, including milling tools, single point turning tools, and micro cutting tools is reinforced throughout the book. This is an ideal book for engineers in industry, practitioners, students, teachers, and researchers.

Professor Mark J. Jackson, PhD, PD, is the McCune and Middlekauff Foundation Endowed Professor and Academic Department Head at Kansas State University. He has also served as General Chairman of the International Surface Engineering Congress and is Deputy President of the World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. Dr. Jackson has also directed, co-directed, and managed research grants, including those funded by The Royal Academy of Engineering (London), Ministry of Defense (London), Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, National Science Foundation, N.A.S.A., and the U.S. Department of Energy, among others. He has organized many conferences and has authored and co-authored over 250 publications in archived journals and refereed conference proceedings and has written and edited books in the area of nanotechnology and manufacturing.

Dr. Jonathan S. Morrell, PhD, is a senior chemist and technical manager at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and has led the Compatibility and Surveillance Section of the Development Division since 2005. Dr. Morrell currently serves on several coordinated research projects at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria on lifetime extension of aging research reactors. He is also an adjunct faculty professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee and in the Natural and Behavioral Science Department at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville. Dr. Morrell has ten issued patents, authored and co-authored more than 32 publications in archived journals and refereed conference proceedings, authored over 110 formal reports and edited four technical books. He is currently a member of the editorial boards of the International Journal of Molecular Engineering, International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials, and International Journal of Nanoparticles.