1. Numerical and experimental investigation of inward tube electromagnetic forming

   • Hossein Ebrahimi Haratmeh
   • Alireza Fallahi Arezoodar
   • Mohmoud Farzin

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 07 May 2016 Pages: 1175 - 1185

2. Contribution in the evaluation of a performance index of hot forging dies

   • Youcef Bendjoudi
   • Eric Becker
   • Abdelaziz Amirat

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 07 May 2016 Pages: 1187 - 1201

3. Milling tool wear state recognition based on partitioning around medoids (PAM) clustering

   • Zhimeng Li
   • Guofeng Wang
   • Gaiyun He

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 07 May 2016 Pages: 1203 - 1213

4. STEP-NC compliant process planning of additive manufacturing: remanufacturing

   • Jumyung Um
   • Matthieu Rauch
   • Ian Stroud

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 May 2016 Pages: 1215 - 1230

5. Stability improvement and vibration suppression of the thin-walled workpiece in milling process via magnetorheological fluid flexible fixture

   • Junjin Ma
   • Dinghua Zhang
   • Yilong Liu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 May 2016 Pages: 1231 - 1242

6. Tool orientation optimization for 5-axis machining with C-space method

   • Zhenpeng Mi
   • Chun-Ming Yuan
   • Li-Yong Shen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 May 2016 Pages: 1243 - 1255

7. Non-circular parametric curve and curved surface interpolation and tool compensation for WEDM based on unit arc length increment method

   • Hao Chen
   • Wan-Sheng Zhao
   • Wei Liang

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 May 2016 Pages: 1257 - 1266

8. Thermal error reduction based on thermodynamics structure optimization method for an ultra-precision machine tool

   • Lijian Sun
   • Mingjun Ren
   • Yuehong Yin

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 May 2016 Pages: 1267 - 1277

9. Extended bisection method for parameter identification of the transient heat conduction equation for thermo-elastic deformations during drilling

   • Janine Glänzel
   • Arnd Meyer
   • Steffen Ihlenfeldt

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2016 Pages: 1279 - 1288

10. Microstructure and properties of surfacing layers of dies manufactured by bimetal-gradient-layer surfacing technology before and after service

    • Fei Gao
    • Jie Zhou
    • MengYao Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2016 Pages: 1289 - 1297

11. Study on microstructure and mechanical properties of dissimilar steel joint developed using friction stir welding

    • Gaurav Sharma
    • D. K. Dwivedi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2016 Pages: 1299 - 1307

12. Macroscopic simulation and experimental measurement of melt pool characteristics in selective electron beam melting of Ti-6Al-4V

    • Daniel Riedlbauer
    • Thorsten Scharowsky
    • Julia Mergheim

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 12 May 2016 Pages: 1309 - 1317

13. Design of automatic parting in calibrator CAD for plastic profile extrusion dies via feature recognitions

    • Lang Huang
    • Shunsheng Guo
    • Kang Ding

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2016 Pages: 1319 - 1331

14. Interactive robust optimal design of plastic injection products with minimum weldlines

    • Kwang-Ho Kim
    • Jong Cheon Park
    • Bon-Heung Koo

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2016 Pages: 1333 - 1344

15. Selecting the best supplier at a steel-producing company under fuzzy environment

    • Süleyman Çakır

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2016 Pages: 1345 - 1361

16. Analysis of CNC machining based on characteristics of thermal errors and optimal design of experimental programs during actual cutting process

    • En-ming Miao
    • Hui Liu
    • Yi Hu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2016 Pages: 1363 - 1371

17. Study on the burning loss of magnesium in fiber laser welding of an Al-Mg alloy by optical emission spectroscopy

    • Li Zhou
    • Mingjun Zhang
    • Cong Mao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2016 Pages: 1373 - 1381

18. Pattern recognition in audible sound energy emissions of AISI 52100 hardened steel turning: a MFCC-based approach

    • Edielson P. Frigieri
    • Tarcisio G. Brito
    • Pedro P. Balestrassi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 May 2016 Pages: 1383 - 1392

19. Simulation and validation of diagram ladder—petri nets

    • J. C. Quezada
    • J. Medina
    • V. Quezada

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 May 2016 Pages: 1393 - 1405

20. Spectral analysis of surface roughness features of a lapped ultraprecision single-point diamond machined surface

    • N. H. Yu
    • C. Y. Chan
    • W. B. Lee

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 May 2016 Pages: 1407 - 1415

21. A metrological inspection method using micro-CT for the analysis of drilled holes in CFRP and titanium stacks

    • Nadia Kourra
    • Jason M. Warnett
    • Mark A. Williams

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 14 May 2016 Pages: 1417 - 1427

22. Characterisation and milling time optimisation of nanocrystalline aluminium powder for selective laser melting

    • Quanquan Han
    • Rossitza Setchi
    • Sam L. Evans

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 14 May 2016 Pages: 1429 - 1438

23. Control of welding distortion during gas metal arc welding of AH36 plates by stress engineering

    • A. M. A. Pazooki
    • M. J. M. Hermans
    • I. M. Richardson

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 14 May 2016 Pages: 1439 - 1457

24. An experimental investigation of the formability of low carbon steel tailor-welded blanks of different thickness ratios

    • Abou Bakr Elshalakany
    • Shady Ali
    • A. El Mokadem

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 May 2016 Pages: 1459 - 1473

25. Improving the quality of die castings through optimal plunger motion planning: analytical computation and experimental validation

    • Elena Fiorese
    • Dario Richiedei
    • Franco Bonollo

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 May 2016 Pages: 1475 - 1484

26. Implementation of fuzzy TOPSIS methodology in selection of procedural approach for facility layout planning

    • Parveen Sharma
    • Sandeep Singhal

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 May 2016 Pages: 1485 - 1493

27. The product-mix problem for multiple production lines in sequenced stages: a case study in the steel industry

    • Laith A. Hadidi
    • Omar A. Moawad

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 May 2016 Pages: 1495 - 1504

28. Post-processor development of a five-axis machine tool with optimization tool radius compensation

    • Xiaoyang Zhou
    • Xianli Liu
    • Xiaochao Meng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 May 2016 Pages: 1505 - 1522

29. Disassembly task evaluation by muscle fatigue estimation in a virtual reality environment

    • Jingtao Chen
    • Peter Mitrouchev
    • Franck Quaine

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 May 2016 Pages: 1523 - 1533

30. Using solvable classes in flowshop scheduling

    • A. M. Gruzlikov
    • N. V. Kolesov
    • M. V. Tolmacheva

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 May 2016 Pages: 1535 - 1546

31. Lithography-based additive manufacture of ceramic biodevices with design-controlled surface topographies

    • Adrián de Blas Romero
    • Markus Pfaffinger
    • Jürgen Stampfl

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 16 May 2016 Pages: 1547 - 1555

32. The investigation of laser shock peening effects on corrosion and hardness properties of ANSI 316L stainless steel

    • Mohammad Ebrahimi
    • Saeid Amini
    • Seyed Mohammad Mahdavi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 May 2016 Pages: 1557 - 1565

33. Development and prospect of cooling technology for dry cutting tools

    • Ze Wu
    • Yang Yang
    • Chen Luo

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 May 2016 Pages: 1567 - 1577

34. Optimal machine tool settings for face-hobbed hypoid gears manufactured on CNC hypoid generator

    • Vilmos V. Simon

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 May 2016 Pages: 1579 - 1594

35. Ecological optimization for forecasting production and maintenance problem based on carbon tax

    • Zied Hajej
    • Nidhal Rezg
    • Ali Gharbi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 May 2016 Pages: 1595 - 1606

36. Improved semirigid bonnet tool for high-efficiency polishing on large aspheric optics

    • Chunjin Wang
    • Zhenzhong Wang
    • Qiao Xu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 May 2016 Pages: 1607 - 1617

37. Numerical analysis method of cemented carbide turning tool’s micro breakage based on peridynamic theory

    • Hongwan Jiang
    • Lin He
    • Gang Zhan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 May 2016 Pages: 1619 - 1628

38. Effect of plastic anisotropy of ZK60 magnesium alloy sheet on its forming characteristics during deep drawing process

    • Peng Lin
    • Ying Sun
    • Wenxian Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 May 2016 Pages: 1629 - 1637

39. Automatic feature recognition and tool path strategies for enhancing accuracy in double sided incremental forming

    • R. Lingam
    • Om Prakash
    • N. V. Reddy

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 May 2016 Pages: 1639 - 1655

40. Experimental investigations into internal magnetic abrasive finishing of pipes

    • Girish Chandra Verma
    • Prateek Kala
    • Pulak Mohan Pandey

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 May 2016 Pages: 1657 - 1668

41. Flexible-bending of profiles and tubes of continuous varying radii

    • Pengfei Li
    • Liyan Wang
    • Mingzhe Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 May 2016 Pages: 1669 - 1675

42. Formability evaluation for low conductive sheet metal by novel specimen design in electromagnetic forming

    • Fenqiang Li
    • Jianhua Mo
    • Jun Zhao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 May 2016 Pages: 1677 - 1685

43. Surface integrity analysis of abrasive water jet-cut surfaces of friction stir welded joints

    • Ratnesh Kumar
    • Somnath Chattopadhyaya
    • Pedro Vilaca

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 May 2016 Pages: 1687 - 1701

44. Reduction of composite deformation based on tool-part thermal expansion matching and stress-free temperature theory

    • Yong Lu
    • Yingguang Li
    • Xiaochun Wu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 May 2016 Pages: 1703 - 1710

45. A novel gear machining CNC design and experimental research

    • Jiang Han
    • Lulu Wu
    • Lian Xia

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 May 2016 Pages: 1711 - 1722

46. An integrated polishing method for compressor blade surfaces

    • Guijian Xiao
    • Yun Huang
    • Jiachao Yin

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 May 2016 Pages: 1723 - 1733

47. Multi-objective optimization of injection molding process parameters for short cycle time and warpage reduction using conformal cooling channel

    • Satoshi Kitayama
    • Hiroyasu Miyakawa
    • Shuji Aiba

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 May 2016 Pages: 1735 - 1744

48. Glass coating on SiC_p/Al composite mirror for ultra-smooth surface

    • H. S. Lou
    • S. G. Qu
    • T. R. Kuang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 May 2016 Pages: 1745 - 1753

49. Deformation-induced phase changes of Zn-Al alloy during ultra-precision raster milling

    • S. J. Zhang
    • S. To

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 May 2016 Pages: 1755 - 1761

50. Depth of cut for single abrasive and cutting force in resin bonded diamond wire sawing

    • Tengyun Liu
    • Peiqi Ge
    • Wenbo Bi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 May 2016 Pages: 1763 - 1773