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Fabrication of Micro-cutting Tools for Mechanical Micro-machining

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Micro-cutting processes are very effective manufacturing methods for complex micro-parts used in MEMS, micro-dies, micro-structured surfaces on nonconductive materials, etc. Main challenge in employing conventional machining methods for fabrication of micro-parts and features is the unavailability of the smaller tools. Popular method like grinding is failed in miniaturizing the cutting tools because of rigidity problems. This became a driving force to research the alternative processes. Different processes like electro-discharge machining, wire electro-discharge machining, laser beam machining, focused ion beam machining, etc., are evolved to accomplish the need of new fabrication methods for micro-cutting tools. Each process has showed its capabilities and limitations through various machining experiments. In this chapter, an overview of the micro-tool fabrication processes along with their characteristics is presented. New micro-end mill tool geometry and a tool fabrication method are also presented.

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The authors acknowledge the funding support from the Institute under ISIRD and SGDRI grants, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under young scientist scheme and Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) under young scientist research award.

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    M. Ganesh, Ajay Sidpara & Sankha Deb

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Ganesh, M., Sidpara, A., Deb, S. (2017). Fabrication of Micro-cutting Tools for Mechanical Micro-machining. In: Gupta, K. (eds) Advanced Manufacturing Technologies. Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56099-1_1

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