Nanofinishing of Materials for Advanced Industrial Applications Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing Series

This book details out nanofinishing techniques employed for finishing of the industrial applications in a comprehensive manner. It provides introduction about nanofinishing requirements, and basic nanofinishing techniques and their variants; details the latest developments, research and innovation, and advancements. It includes topics ranging from working principles, material removal mechanisms, force analysis, and mathematics involved to industry-specific applications, salient features, comparative study, and automation and optimization in nanofinishing technologies.

Features:

• Explains cutting edge nanofinishing technologies comprehensively,
• Discusses numerical explanations for better selection of process parameters and their modeling and optimization,
• Provides application-oriented aspects of nano finishing process,
• Explains processes considering Industry 4.0 capabilities and green manufacturing,
• Focusses on applications with good relevance to Industry and coverage of case studies.

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in manufacturing and process engineering, die and mold industry.

1. Nanofinishing in light of optimization and sustainability 2. Multi-objective Optimization of Rotational Magnetorheological Abrasive Flow Finishing Process 3. Nano-Finishing of Metallic Mirrors 4. Exploring the frontiers of nanofinishing for biomedical implant applications in healthcare 5. Understanding the Role of Nano-Micro Surface Topography on Osseointegration and Antibacterial Properties 6. Investigating the Material Removal Mechanism During Magnetorheological Finishing of Extrusion Punch Surface 7. Advanced finishing processes for internal cylindrical surfaces: A review 8. Post Processing Methods for Surface Enhancement of Additively Manufactured Parts 9. Process Automation for Abrasive-based Precision-Finishing Techniques 10. Precision Finishing Innovations: Recent Advances in Abrasive Flow Machining, Magnetic Abrasive Finishing, and Magnetorheological Finishing

Dr Faiz Iqbal is a Mechanical Engineering Lecturer at the University of Lincoln. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at Mahindra Ecole Central School of Engineering in India, focusing on Mechatronics, Industry 4.0, and Mechanical Engineering. He gained experience as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh, specializing in robotics for extreme environments where he co-founded Fluidic Logic Limited, a spin-off company from his entrepreneurial endeavours. Additionally, he secured EPSRC funding for COVID-19 research, aiding a Scottish micro-SME in scaling up disinfectant production using Industry 4.0 technologies.

He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical and automation Engineering from Maharshi Dayanand University, India in 2011, his master’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Amity University, India in 2013 and PhD in Manufacturing Automation from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India in 2019. He is currently working as a Lecturer in the School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom. As an academician and researcher, he has to his credit several research papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences. His research interests include but are not limited to Mechatronics; Industrial Automation; Smart Manufacturing; Fluidic logic/Soft Robotics; Advanced Machining Processes; Non-Conventional Machining; Industry 4.0 - Cyber Physical Systems; Advanced Metrology.

Dr Dilshad Ahmad Khan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur, India. He is a prominent academician and researcher. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London. He has received his PhD in Manufacturing from IIT Delhi, India in 2018 and Master of Technology from Aligarh Muslim University, India, in 2010. He has received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Dr B.R. Ambedkar University (formerly