1. Surface characteristics of Ti-5Al-2.5Sn in electrical discharge machining using negative polarity of electrode

   • Md. Ashikur Rahman Khan
   • M.M. Rahman

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 February 2017 Pages: 1 - 13

2. Design and evaluation of high-pressure nozzle assembly for laser cutting of thick carbon steel

   • S. Marimuthu
   • A. K. Nath
   • S. P. Chaudhuri

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 February 2017 Pages: 15 - 24

3. Electromagnetic superposed forming of large-scale one-dimensional curved AA2524-T3 sheet specimen

   • Anlin Long
   • Min Wan
   • Chunping Fang

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 February 2017 Pages: 25 - 38

4. Nonlinear adaptive backstepping control for variable-speed wind energy conversion system-based permanent magnet synchronous generator

   • Marwa Ayadi
   • Nabil Derbel

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 February 2017 Pages: 39 - 46

5. An algorithm for precise machining area computation in rough machining of complex 3D pocket

   • Zujie Zheng
   • Guolei Zheng
   • Shulin Chen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 February 2017 Pages: 47 - 56

6. Design and manage deep lane storage system layout. An iterative decision-support model

   • Riccardo Accorsi
   • Giulia Baruffaldi
   • Riccardo Manzini

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 February 2017 Pages: 57 - 67

7. Thermo-mechanical analysis in pulsed laser cladding of WC powder on Inconel 718

   • Y. Javid
   • M. Ghoreishi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 February 2017 Pages: 69 - 79

8. Material removal model of ultrasonic elliptical vibration-assisted chemical mechanical polishing for hard and brittle materials

   • Defu Liu
   • Riming Yan
   • Tao Chen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 February 2017 Pages: 81 - 99

9. Distribution-free phase-II exponentially weighted moving average schemes for joint monitoring of location and scale based on subgroup samples

   • Amitava Mukherjee

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 February 2017 Pages: 101 - 116

10. Experimental study on minimal nanolubrication with surfactant in the turning of titanium alloys

    • Mohd Asyraf Mahboob Ali
    • Azwan Iskandar Azmi
    • Kean Wei Leong

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 February 2017 Pages: 117 - 127

11. Analysis of ball-burnishing impact on barrier properties of wood workpieces

    • Djordje Vukelic
    • Branko Tadic
    • Goran Simunovic

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 February 2017 Pages: 129 - 138

12. Method for recognizing wave dynamics damage in high-speed milling cutter

    • Bin Jiang
    • Tiantian He
    • Guanglei Cao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 February 2017 Pages: 139 - 150

13. Ablation of copper by a scanning Gaussian beam of a femtosecond laser pulse

    • C. W. Cheng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 February 2017 Pages: 151 - 156

14. An experimental analysis of a flaring process for tube ends using a novel spinning tool

    • Ahmed Rabea Khalil Hazawi
    • Ragab K. Abdel-Magied
    • Mohamad N. Elsheikh

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 February 2017 Pages: 157 - 165

15. Optimization of process parameters in micro-EDM of Ti-6Al-4V based on full factorial design

    • Farshid Alavi
    • Muhammad P. Jahan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 February 2017 Pages: 167 - 187

16. Flow characteristics of accelerating pump in hydraulic-type wind power generation system under different wind speeds

    • Xie Fangwei
    • Xuan Rui
    • Wang Cuntang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 February 2017 Pages: 189 - 196

17. Complex phenomena study in dielectric fluid from gap during the W-EDM processing in ultrasonic field

    • Viorel-Mihai Nani

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 February 2017 Pages: 197 - 215

18. A flexible process information reuse method for similar machining feature

    • Jinfeng Liu
    • Honggen Zhou
    • Xuwen Jing

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 February 2017 Pages: 217 - 229

19. Online detection method of weld penetration based on molten pool morphology and metallic vapor radiation for fiber laser welding

    • Jie Sheng
    • Yan Cai
    • Xueming Hua

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 February 2017 Pages: 231 - 245

20. Using Barkhausen noise to measure coating depth of coated high-speed steel

    • N. Seemuang
    • T. Slatter

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 22 February 2017 Pages: 247 - 258

21. Multi-variable driving thermal energy control model of dry hobbing machine tool

    • Libin Zhu
    • Huajun Cao
    • Benjie Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 February 2017 Pages: 259 - 275

22. Investigation on the influence of different types of dielectrics in electrical discharge machining

    • Sadagopan P.
    • Mouliprasanth B.

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 February 2017 Pages: 277 - 291

23. Evolution of milled cavity in the multiple laser scans of titanium alloy under a flowing water layer

    • Viboon Tangwarodomnukun
    • Taweeporn Wuttisarn

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 February 2017 Pages: 293 - 302

24. A digital process optimization, process design and process informatics system for high-energy abrasive mass finishing

    • M. Jamal
    • M. N. Morgan
    • D. Peavoy

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 February 2017 Pages: 303 - 319

25. A review identifying the effectiveness of minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) during conventional machining

    • B. Boswell
    • M.N. Islam
    • Ai Keem Ong

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 February 2017 Pages: 321 - 340

26. Modelling of friction stir welding of DH36 steel

    • M. Al-moussawi
    • A. J. Smith
    • M. Faraji

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 24 February 2017 Pages: 341 - 360

27. Materials characterization part I: contact area of the Berkovich indenter for nanoindentation tests

    • M. Jamal
    • M. N. Morgan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 February 2017 Pages: 361 - 370

28. Evaluation of modified jatropha-based oil with hexagonal boron nitride particle as a biolubricant in orthogonal cutting process

    • N. Talib
    • H. Sasahara
    • E. A. Rahim

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 February 2017 Pages: 371 - 391

29. Effect of mechanical vibration on Ra, Rq, Rz, and Rt roughness parameters

    • Jefferson Dobes
    • Jose Eduardo Silveira Leal
    • Rosenda Valdés Arencibia

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 February 2017 Pages: 393 - 406

30. Productivity improvement under manufacturing environment using Shainin system and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process: a case study

    • Kapil Mittal
    • Puran Chandra Tewari
    • Dinesh Khanduja

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 February 2017 Pages: 407 - 421

31. Frictional and wear performance of hard coatings during machining of superduplex stainless steel

    • José M. F. de Paiva Jr
    • Ricardo D. Torres
    • German Fox-Rabinovich

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 February 2017 Pages: 423 - 432

32. Erratum to: Frictional and wear performance of hard coatings during machining of superduplex stainless steel

    • José M. F. de Paiva Jr
    • Ricardo D. Torres
    • German Fox-Rabinovich

    Erratum 06 May 2017 Pages: 433 - 433

33. Prognosis agent technology: influence on manufacturing organizations

    • Somesh Kumar Sharma
    • Swatantra Vishwakarma
    • Nishant Jha

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 February 2017 Pages: 435 - 446

34. Probabilistic method in form error evaluation: comparison of different approaches

    • Paolo Chiabert
    • Manuela De Maddis
    • Jambul Yusupov

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 February 2017 Pages: 447 - 458

35. Surface feature formation mechanism during finish milling of gray cast iron

    • Kyle Odum
    • Nicholas Raymond
    • Masakazu Soshi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 February 2017 Pages: 459 - 469

36. Applying gray fuzzy logic to decide the weight ratio of activating flux during activated MIG aluminum alloy butt-joint welding

    • Hsuan-Liang Lin

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 February 2017 Pages: 471 - 479

37. An analytical investigation on the wrinkling of aluminium alloys during stamping using macro-scale structural tooling surfaces

    • Kailun Zheng
    • Junyi Lee
    • Trevor A. Dean

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 27 February 2017 Pages: 481 - 495

38. Numerical simulation and experimental study on the non-axisymmetric die-less shear spinning

    • Z. Jia
    • Z. R. Han
    • Z. J. Fan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 February 2017 Pages: 497 - 504

39. Fabrication of microgrooves with varied cross-sections by electrochemical micromachining

    • V. Rathod
    • B. Doloi
    • B. Bhattacharyya

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 February 2017 Pages: 505 - 518

40. Observation of a unique wear morphology of cBN inserts during machining of titanium metal matrix composites (Ti-MMCs); leading to new insights into their machinability

    • Maryam Aramesh
    • Helmi M. Attia
    • Marek Balazinski

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 February 2017 Pages: 519 - 530

41. Binder jetting advanced ceramics for metal-ceramic composite structures

    • Dean A. Snelling
    • Christopher B. Williams
    • Alan P. Druschitz

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 February 2017 Pages: 531 - 545

42. Determination of an adequate geometry of the flanged hole to perform formed threads

    • Narjes Masmoudi
    • Hela Soussi
    • Abdelkader Krichen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 February 2017 Pages: 547 - 560

43. Weld characterization of laser arc hybrid welding of pure copper

    • Mengcheng Gong
    • Yosuke Kawahito
    • Xiaoyan Zeng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 February 2017 Pages: 561 - 567

44. Comparison between IEF model and numerical method based on the derivation method of Bridgman to evaluating fracture toughness in galvanized steel sheet

    • Lotfi Daoud
    • Abdelaziz Belhamzaoui
    • Abdelaziz Amirat

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 March 2017 Pages: 569 - 581

45. A second-order semi-discretization method for the efficient and accurate stability prediction of milling process

    • Shanglei Jiang
    • Yuwen Sun
    • Weirui Liu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 March 2017 Pages: 583 - 595

46. Modeling friction coefficient for roll force calculation during hot strip rolling

    • Wei-Gang Li
    • Chao Liu
    • Xiang-Hua Liu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 March 2017 Pages: 597 - 604

47. Research on shaving processing of spiroid face gear

    • Yun Bo Shen
    • Xuan Liu
    • Da Yin Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 March 2017 Pages: 605 - 613

48. The influence of tool-surface contact on tool life and surface roughness when milling free-form geometries in hardened steel

    • Innocenzo Scandiffio
    • Anselmo Eduardo Diniz
    • Adriano Fagali de Souza

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 March 2017 Pages: 615 - 626

49. A thermal forming limit prediction method considering material damage for 22MnB5 sheet

    • Ping Hu
    • Wenquan Liu
    • Dantong Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 March 2017 Pages: 627 - 638

50. Self-centering positioner and principle for locating and guiding deep-hole drills using oil films

    • DaGuo Yu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 March 2017 Pages: 639 - 649