The future of manufacturing companies depends largely on their ability to adapt to swiftly changing global conditions. These are exemplified by international competition, rapidly growing intercommunication and the increased significance of environmental issues [KLOC98a, ENGE02]. Precision machining with geometrically undefined cutting edges represents a key production engineering technology with high efficiency, security and machining quality.
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Fritz Klocke, E., Kuchie, A. (2009). Introduction. In: Manufacturing Processes 2. RWTHedition. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92259-9_1
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