1. Arc profile characteristics of Al alloy in double-pulsed GMAW

   • Anhua Liu
   • Xinhua Tang
   • Fenggui Lu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 29 April 2012 Pages: 1 - 7

2. Tolerance evolutionary model and algorithm in product growth design

   • B. Yang
   • C. Q. Gao
   • X. Z. Wang

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 June 2012 Pages: 9 - 25

3. Investigation on weldability of magnesium alloy thin sheet T-joints: arc welding, laser welding, and laser-arc hybrid welding

   • Chenbin Li
   • Liming Liu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 April 2012 Pages: 27 - 34

4. Modeling of the effect of tool edge radius on surface generation in elliptical vibration cutting

   • Xinquan Zhang
   • A. Senthil Kumar
   • Kui Liu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 35 - 42

5. A hybrid defect detection for in-tray semiconductor chip

   • Chin-Sheng Chen
   • Chien-Liang Huang
   • Chun-Wei Yeh

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 43 - 56

6. Comparative performance of squeeze film air journal bearings made of aluminium and copper

   • Chao Wang
   • Y. H. Joe Au

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 03 May 2012 Pages: 57 - 66

7. Optimisation of workpiece setup for continuous five-axis milling: application to a five-axis BC type machining centre

   • Xavier Pessoles
   • Yann Landon
   • Walter Rubio

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 May 2012 Pages: 67 - 79

8. Cutting torque and tangential cutting force coefficient identification from spindle motor current

   • Saurabh Aggarwal
   • Nenad Nešić
   • Paul Xirouchakis

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 May 2012 Pages: 81 - 95

   

9. Adaptive rapid prototyping/manufacturing for functionally graded material-based biomedical models

   • G. Q. Jin
   • W. D. Li

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 29 April 2012 Pages: 97 - 113

10. Numerical modeling of friction stir welding process: a literature review

    • Diogo Mariano Neto
    • Pedro Neto

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 06 May 2012 Pages: 115 - 126

11. Parametric investigation of temperature distribution in field activated sintering apparatus

    • S. Muñoz
    • U. Anselmi-Tamburini

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 April 2012 Pages: 127 - 140

12. Effect of electro discharge machining (EDM) on the AISI316L SS white layer microstructure and corrosion resistance

    • Habib Sidhom
    • Farhat Ghanem
    • Chedly Braham

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 May 2012 Pages: 141 - 153

13. On high-speed turning of a third-generation gamma titanium aluminide

    • Fritz Klocke
    • Dieter Lung
    • Luca Settineri

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 April 2012 Pages: 155 - 163

14. An innovative cost modelling system to support lean product and process development

    • Ahmad Wasim
    • Essam Shehab
    • Rahman Alam

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 April 2012 Pages: 165 - 181

15. Multi-objective stochastic programming to solve manpower allocation problem

    • Mostafa Ekhtiari
    • Keivan Ghoseiri

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 183 - 196

16. Parallel variable neighborhood search for solving fuzzy multi-objective dynamic facility layout problem

    • Mostafa Abedzadeh
    • Mostafa Mazinani
    • Emad Roghanian

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 May 2012 Pages: 197 - 211

17. Predictive model and process parameters optimization of Nd:YAG laser micro-turning of ceramics

    • G. Kibria
    • B. Doloi
    • B. Bhattacharyya

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 03 May 2012 Pages: 213 - 229

18. Fabrication of aluminum 1050 micro-channel proton exchange membrane fuel cell bipolar plate using rubber-pad-forming process

    • S. S. Lim
    • Y. T. Kim
    • C. G. Kang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 231 - 238

19. Online optimization of multipass machining based on cloud computing

    • M. Chandrasekaran
    • M. Muralidhar
    • U. S. Dixit

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 April 2012 Pages: 239 - 250

20. An adaptive slicing algorithm and data format for functionally graded material objects

    • Su Wang
    • Yan Wang
    • Xinxiong Zhu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 April 2012 Pages: 251 - 258

21. An integrated evolutionary approach for modelling and optimization of laser beam cutting process

    • D. Kondayya
    • A. Gopala Krishna

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 08 May 2012 Pages: 259 - 274

22. Geometric error measurement and compensation for the rotary table of five-axis machine tool with double ballbar

    • Yi Zhang
    • Jianguo Yang
    • Kun Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 275 - 281

23. An improved methodology for the experimental evaluation of tool runout in peripheral milling

    • Eduardo Diez
    • Hilde Perez
    • Antonio Vizan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 April 2012 Pages: 283 - 293

24. Two-machine, no-wait job shop problem with separable setup times and single-server constraints

    • Hamed Samarghandi
    • Tarek Y. ElMekkawy

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 May 2012 Pages: 295 - 308

25. Dimensional analysis of a prototype mould-making process for thermoplastic resin transfer moulding

    • Eleonora Atzeni
    • Paolo Minetola
    • Alessandro Salmi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 309 - 317

26. Design of a just-in-time periodic material supply system for the assembly lines and an application in electronics industry

    • Sule Itir Satoglu
    • I. Ethem Sahin

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 319 - 332

27. Process simulation and optimization of laser tube bending

    • Yanjin Guan
    • Guiping Yuan
    • Guoqun Zhao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 333 - 342

28. A warpage optimization method for injection molding using artificial neural network with parametric sampling evaluation strategy

    • Huizhuo Shi
    • Suming Xie
    • Xicheng Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 May 2012 Pages: 343 - 353

29. Experimental investigation of residual stress distribution in pre-stress cutting

    • Qin Meng-yang
    • Ye Bang-yan
    • He Ai-dong

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 03 May 2012 Pages: 355 - 361

30. Form error estimation in ball-end milling of sculptured surface with z-level contouring tool path

    • Z. C. Wei
    • M. J. Wang
    • L. Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 363 - 369

31. A review of flank wear prediction methods for tool condition monitoring in a turning process

    • A. Siddhpura
    • R. Paurobally

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 May 2012 Pages: 371 - 393

32. Sliding wear performance of reinforced A413 alloy at elevated temperatures

    • H. R. Manohara
    • T. M. Chandrashekharaiah
    • S. A. Kori

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 08 May 2012 Pages: 395 - 402

33. Precision NURBS interpolator based on recursive characteristics of NURBS

    • Dae Kyun Baek
    • Seung-Han Yang
    • Tae Jo Ko

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 08 June 2012 Pages: 403 - 410

34. Precision grinding of bearing steel based on active control of oxide layer state with electrolytic interval dressing

    • Kaifei Zhang
    • Chengzu Ren
    • Qinfeng Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 06 May 2012 Pages: 411 - 419

35. Multiple quality optimization in laser cutting of difficult-to-laser-cut material using grey–fuzzy methodology

    • Arun Kumar Pandey
    • Avanish Kumar Dubey

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 May 2012 Pages: 421 - 431

36. Form error compensation in single-point inclined axis nanogrinding for small aspheric insert

    • Fengjun Chen
    • Shaohui Yin
    • Jianwu Yu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 31 July 2012 Pages: 433 - 441

37. Thermal error modeling and compensation of long-travel nanopositioning stage

    • Jingshu Wang
    • Changan Zhu
    • Wenqi Ren

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 May 2012 Pages: 443 - 450

38. Study of the punch–die clearance influence on the sheared edge quality of thick sheets

    • J. A. Soares
    • M. L. Gipiela
    • P. V. P. Marcondes

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 10 May 2012 Pages: 451 - 457

39. Influence of surface topography on the wear of hot forging dies

    • Mario Lopes Magri
    • Anselmo Eduardo Diniz
    • Sérgio Tonini Button

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 10 May 2012 Pages: 459 - 471

40. The berth allocation problem with stochastic vessel handling times

    • Jeffery Karafa
    • Mihalis M. Golias
    • Nikolaos Leonardos

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 May 2012 Pages: 473 - 484

41. Assembling ball-ended styli for CMM's tactile probing heads on micro EDM

    • Dong-Yea Sheu
    • Chung-Chieh Cheng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 May 2012 Pages: 485 - 492

42. An integrated vendor–buyer cooperative inventory model in an imperfect production process with shortage backordering

    • Jia-Tzer Hsu
    • Lie-Fern Hsu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 10 May 2012 Pages: 493 - 505

43. Ram spindle tolerance compensation for horizontal borer

    • Tang Chia-Hui
    • Chen Tsair-Rong
    • Chang Ching-Feng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 08 May 2012 Pages: 507 - 516

44. An intelligent system for low-pressure die-cast process parameters optimization

    • Liqiang Zhang
    • Rongji Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2012 Pages: 517 - 524

45. Experimental study on elastic deformation machining process for aspheric surface glass

    • Ducnam Nguyen
    • Binghai Lv
    • Huizong Lu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 06 May 2012 Pages: 525 - 531

46. Investigation on the bonding strength patterns of ultrasonic vibration tools and influence on working performance during rotary ultrasonic grinding

    • Yunfeng Liu
    • Hong Zhao
    • Shiliang Wei

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 May 2012 Pages: 533 - 541

47. Measurement technology of the hot-state size for heavy shell ring forging

    • Xianbin Fu
    • Bin Liu
    • Yucun Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 06 May 2012 Pages: 543 - 548

48. Research of stress intensity factor of V-shaped notch tip in precision cropping

    • Lijun Zhang
    • Yongrui Zhao
    • Hengfu Xiang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 06 May 2012 Pages: 549 - 555

49. A fuzzy reinforcement learning algorithm for inventory control in supply chains

    • Mohammad Hossein Fazel Zarandi
    • Seyed Vahid Moosavi
    • Marzieh Zarinbal

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 08 May 2012 Pages: 557 - 569

50. An efficient method to reduce relative capacity shortage using annualised hours planning

    • M. R. Sureshkumar
    • V. Madhusudanan Pillai

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 May 2012 Pages: 571 - 580