1. Tool path planning and machining deformation compensation in high-speed milling for difficult-to-machine material thin-walled parts with curved surface

   • Yuan-yuan Gao
   • Jian-wei Ma
   • De-ning Song

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 September 2015 Pages: 1757 - 1767

2. Studies on the spatter behaviour when welding AA5083 with a Yb-fibre laser

   • Baohua Chang
   • Jon Blackburn
   • Paul Hilton

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 September 2015 Pages: 1769 - 1776

3. Optimization research of RoHS compliance based on product lifecycle

   • Chuanhong Zhou
   • Wuxia Bai
   • Shaobo Kang

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 September 2015 Pages: 1777 - 1785

4. On the influence of scanning factors on the laser scanner-based 3D inspection process

   • Salvatore Gerbino
   • Domenico Maria Del Giudice
   • Massimo Martorelli

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 September 2015 Pages: 1787 - 1799

5. Cutting forces and their modelling in plunge milling of magnesium-rare earth alloys

   • Isabelle Danis
   • Frédéric Monies
   • Nathalie Wojtowicz

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 September 2015 Pages: 1801 - 1820

6. Modeling of friction along the tool-chip interface in Ti6Al4V alloy cutting

   • Slim Bahi
   • Gautier List
   • Guy Sutter

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 September 2015 Pages: 1821 - 1839

7. A new meta-heuristics for optimum design of loop layout in flexible manufacturing system with integrated scheduling

   • K. Mallikarjuna
   • V. Veeranna
   • K. Hemachandra Reddy

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 September 2015 Pages: 1841 - 1860

8. Modelling supply chain inventory system with controllable lead time under price-dependent demand

   • B. C. Giri
   • B. Roy

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 September 2015 Pages: 1861 - 1871

9. An accurate approach to determine the cutting system for the face milling of hypoid gears

   • Muhammad Wasif
   • Zezhong C. Chen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 September 2015 Pages: 1873 - 1888

10. Bending vibrational tool for friction stir welding process

    • Saeid Amini
    • M. Mohammad Nazari
    • A. Rezaei

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 September 2015 Pages: 1889 - 1896

11. Experimental study on formability of phosphor bronze thin sheet in micro bead forming process

    • Chang-Cheng Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2015 Pages: 1897 - 1905

12. Set-up reduction in an interconnection axle manufacturing cell using SMED

    • Jonathan David Morales Méndez
    • Ramón Silva Rodríguez

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2015 Pages: 1907 - 1916

13. Effect of energy density and feeding speed on micro-holes drilling in SiC/SiC composites by picosecond laser

    • Yongsheng Liu
    • Jing Wang
    • Laifei Cheng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2015 Pages: 1917 - 1925

14. On the application of 3D finite element modeling for small-diameter hole drilling of AISI 1045 steel

    • Xiaohui Nan
    • Lijing Xie
    • Wenxiang Zhao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2015 Pages: 1927 - 1939

15. A friction model having multiple factors for high-speed cutting of aluminum alloy 6061-T6

    • Daochun Xu
    • Pingfa Feng
    • Yuan Ma

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2015 Pages: 1941 - 1951

16. Effect of tool rotational speed on residual stress, microstructure, and tensile properties of friction stir welded 6061-T6 aluminum alloy thick plate

    • Jian He
    • Zemin Ling
    • Huimin Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 1953 - 1961

17. Influence of tool wear on machining forces and tool deflections during micro milling

    • Samad Nadimi Bavil Oliaei
    • Yiğit Karpat

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 1963 - 1980

18. A comparison of performance of artificial intelligence methods in prediction of dry sliding wear behavior

    • Farshid Alambeigi
    • Seyed Mohsen Khadem
    • Elnaz Mirza Seied Hasan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 1981 - 1994

19. Expulsion analysis of resistance spot welding on zinc-coated steel by detection of structure-borne acoustic emission signals

    • Luo Yi
    • Wan Rui
    • Zhu Yang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 1995 - 2002

20. Analytical and experimental investigations on the novel hydro ironing process

    • A Shirazi
    • K Abrinia
    • G Faraji

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2003 - 2017

21. Integration optimization of molding and service for injection-molded product

    • Wenjuan Liu
    • Xinyu Wang
    • Xicheng Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2019 - 2028

22. Comparison of bending fracture strength of silicon after ablation with nanosecond and picosecond lasers

    • Jiwhan Noh
    • Jae-Hyun Kim
    • Jae-Hoon Lee

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2029 - 2036

23. Machining slight burr formed micro-channels with different moving trajectories of a pyramidal diamond tip

    • Yongda Yan
    • Bo Xue
    • Dongze Wu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2037 - 2046

24. Use of nano-droplet-enriched cutting fluid (NDCF) in ultra-precision machining

    • C. Y. Chan
    • L. H. Li
    • H. C. Wong

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2047 - 2054

25. Rationality optimization of tool path spacing based on dwell time calculation algorithm

    • Ri Pan
    • Yajun Zhang
    • Yunfeng Peng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2055 - 2065

26. Research on inverse problems of heat flux and simulation of transient temperature field in high-speed milling

    • Bo Wei
    • Guangyu Tan
    • Guanghui Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2067 - 2078

27. 3D printing of shape memory polymer for functional part fabrication

    • Yang Yang
    • Yonghua Chen
    • Yingtian Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2079 - 2095

28. Optimal design of adhesive composition in footwear industry based on creep rate minimization

    • Rosa M. M. Paiva
    • Carlos A. C. António
    • Lucas F. M. da Silva

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2097 - 2111

29. Improvement of useful flow rate of grinding fluid with simulation schemes

    • Yanbin Zhang
    • Changhe Li
    • Cong Mao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2113 - 2126

30. Learning curve constraint cell automaton model for the lean production of CFRP airframe components

    • Tetsuya Morimoto
    • Satoshi Kobayashi
    • Yutaka Iwahori

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 24 September 2015 Pages: 2127 - 2137

31. Centered coined-bead technique for precise U-bent part fabrication

    • Wiriyakorn Phanitwong
    • Sutasn Thipprakmas

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2139 - 2150

32. 3D manufacturing tolerancing with probing of a local work coordinate system

    • Marie Royer
    • Bernard Anselmetti

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2151 - 2165

33. Kinematics and trajectory in processing precision balls with eccentric plate and variable-radius V-groove

    • Fenfen Zhou
    • Julong Yuan
    • Ping Zhao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 September 2015 Pages: 2167 - 2178

34. Dynamic storage assignment with product affinity and ABC classification—a case study

    • Jiaxi Li
    • Mohsen Moghaddam
    • Shimon Y. Nof

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 September 2015 Pages: 2179 - 2194

35. A new cutting force modeling method in high-speed milling of curved surface with difficult-to-machine material

    • Jian-wei Ma
    • Zhen-yuan Jia
    • Zhen Liu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 September 2015 Pages: 2195 - 2205

36. 3D modeling of strain fields and strain rate in the cutting area: application to milling

    • W. Yousfi
    • Ph. Darnis
    • M. Calamaz

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 September 2015 Pages: 2207 - 2218

37. Adaptive control optimization in micro-milling of hardened steels—evaluation of optimization approaches

    • Ricardo Coppel
    • Jose V. Abellan-Nebot
    • Federico Guedea

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 September 2015 Pages: 2219 - 2238

38. Mechanical properties of additive-manufactured porous titanium bio-structures with oriented macro-scale channels

    • Ahmad Basalah
    • Shahrzad Esmaeili
    • Ehsan Toyserkani

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 September 2015 Pages: 2239 - 2246

39. Analysis of critical processes in the implementation of lean manufacturing projects using project management guidelines

    • Rosley Anholon
    • Alex Toshio Sano

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 September 2015 Pages: 2247 - 2256

40. Study on chip failure mechanism in high-speed cutting process with electronic theory

    • Jin-quan Li
    • Rui Zhang
    • Zhi-jun Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 September 2015 Pages: 2257 - 2264

41. Experimental investigation on wire vibration during fine wire electrical discharge machining process

    • Sameh Habib
    • Akira Okada

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 September 2015 Pages: 2265 - 2276

42. Influence of work material microstructure on vibrations when machining cast Ti-6Al-4V

    • Stefan Cedergren
    • Constantinos Frangoudis
    • Göran Sjöberg

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 September 2015 Pages: 2277 - 2291

43. Effects of applying electric and magnetic fields on laser drilling

    • Yi Lu
    • G. F. Sun
    • A. X. Feng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 September 2015 Pages: 2293 - 2300

44. Sensitivity analysis of machining accuracy of multi-axis machine tool based on POE screw theory and Morris method

    • Qiang Cheng
    • Qiunan Feng
    • Guojun Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 September 2015 Pages: 2301 - 2318

45. Surface normal interpolation for five axis CNC milling

    • Kenneth Sprott

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 September 2015 Pages: 2319 - 2329

46. Compound deep drawing and extrusion process for the manufacture of geared drum

    • Xincun Zhuang
    • Xiaolong Sun
    • Zhen Zhao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 October 2015 Pages: 2331 - 2345

47. Pinion development of face-milled spiral bevel and hypoid gears based on contact attributes

    • Yu Yang
    • Shimin Mao
    • Yuhua Kuang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 October 2015 Pages: 2347 - 2356

48. Rapid prototyping by heat diffusion of metal foil and related mechanical testing

    • Javaid Butt
    • Habtom Mebrahtu
    • Hassan Shirvani

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 01 October 2015 Pages: 2357 - 2366

49. Assembly sequence planning based on an improved harmony search algorithm

    • Xinyu Li
    • Kai Qin
    • Jiezhi Su

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 October 2015 Pages: 2367 - 2380

50. Design optimization of mechanical properties of ceramic tool material during turning of ultra-high-strength steel 300M with AHP and CRITIC method

    • Dong Wang
    • Jun Zhao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 October 2015 Pages: 2381 - 2390