In 2024, the Scientific Technical Committee Cutting STC “C” continued its work on processes and techniques used to shape components by material removal under the leadership of the current officers:
Chair: S. Melkote, Vice Chair: P.-J. Arrazola, Secretary: V. Schulze
The group held one meeting on 2024 February 22th and another meeting in 2024 August 23th during the GA in Thessaloniki, Greece.
The cooperative working group coordinated by I.S. Jawahir on Integrated Machining Performance for Assessment of Cutting Tools (IMPACT) launched in 2021 presented its progress.
This WG will provide understanding and will assist researchers and industry practitioners in the following specific topics
• A: (D. Axinte and Z. Liao). Survey of current best-practices in machinability evaluation and industrial knowledge for maximizing machining performance
• B. (H. Attia and A. Sadek). Physics-based model development and fundamental characterization of cutting tool performance
• C. (P. Mativenga and J. Schoop). Engineered design of cutting tool material, geometry, and coating for optimal performance and customized applications
• D. (A. Shokrani and T. Schmitz). Design and development of smart tooling/sensors for closed-loop adaptive machining.
• E. (M. Dix and H. Ghadbeigi). AI-based multi-objective optimization of total machining performance, including tool-wear, chip-form, surface integrity, cutting forces, dynamic stability, part accuracy, etc.
In all meetings, a discussion on further cooperative work took place. This included two topics, one which might be more intensively related to industrial applications, and the second on Sensor Integrated Manufacturing proposed by F. Bleicher. The last topic was approved in the GA meeting and will be initiated during the Winter meeting 2025. Another outcome of the discussion was to propose a Cross STC topic on Advanced Process and Part Quality Monitoring proposed by Th. Bergs.
In addition, technical topics and proposals for keynotes were presented and discussed in the two STC “C” meetings. These presentations are listed below.
I. STC “C”-Winter meeting, Paris February 2024
At the meeting – attended by 70 members, 10 research affiliates, and 10 guests, the following cooperative work and technical contributions and potential keynotes were made.
Cooperative work within STC-C:
• Integrated Machining Performance for Assessment of Cutting Tools (IMPACT)
• Industrial Cooperation
Technical presentations
• Comparison of cutting force measurement systems – a way to transfer learning in the cutting process monitoring, P. Kolar
• Myths of white layer generated during hard machining of bearing steels, V. Bedekar
• Academic research on cooling lubricants: current status and future needs from an industrial viewpoint, L. Meier
• Unlocking cutting-fluids secrets: towards a tribologically-based discrimination method, J. Rech
• Intelligent control of part distortion in machining, J. Outeiro
• In-depth analysis of the microstructural and residual stress alterations produced by the high-speed machining of the medical titanium alloy Ti64ELI, G. Ortiz-de-Zarate
• Increasing milling force prediction accuracy using a hybrid approach based on analytical process modeling and machine learning, E. Budak
Keynote Papers
• Keynote for 2024: Sustainable Machining. A. Shokrani
• Keynote for 2025: Integrated Machining Performance for Assessment of Cutting Tools (IMPACT). I.S. Jawahir.
• Keynote for 2026: Part distortion in machining: prediction, measurement, and control. J.C. Outeiro
• Keynote for 2027: Advanced methods for application and modeling of cooling lubricants in metal-cutting processes, D. Biermann
• Cross-STC Keynote: Microstructure-driven design of forming, additive manufacturing and cutting, L. Madej
CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering (CNTPE)
• Contribution of STC C in 1st volume is “Leveraging Transients and Material Properties to Improve Machining Material Removal” by Roth, Heigel, Marusich and Thimm.
CIRP/sponsored conferences with STC-C approval
• 10th CIRP Conference on High Performance Cutting (HPC 2026), Cluny, France
• 11th CIRP Conference on High Performance Cutting (HPC 2028), Stuttgart, Germany
• 24th Machining Innovations Conference for Aerospace Industry (MIC 2025), Hannover, Germany
• 21st International Manufacturing Conference in China (ICMC 2025), Guangzhou, China
• 18th International Conference on High-Speed Machining (HSM 2025), Metz, France
II. STC “C“ meeting, during CIRP GA in Thessaloniki, Greece, August 2024
At the STC “C” meeting held at the GA in Thessaloniki, Greece – attended by 79 members, 12 research affiliates, and 11 guests – the following cooperative work and technical contributions and potential keynotes were presented:
Cooperative work within the STC-C
• Integrated Machining Performance for Assessment of Cutting Tools (IMPACT). I.S. Jawahir, Liao, Attia, Boing, Shokrani, Kolar, Ghadbeigi
• Discussion on further cooperative work inspired by the following impulses
• Sensor Integrated Manufacturing, F. Bleicher
• AIA RoMan Potential Research Topics, S. Engin
• Towards an advanced process and part quality monitoring for milled features, Th. Bergs
Technical presentations
• Research on breakage prevention of small diamond coated drill using drill image and machine learning, T. Furuki
• High resolution on-machine tool wear measurement using a camera based optical system, A. Shaheen
• Influence of cutting speed and tool wear on surface integrity when turning fillet radius in Inconel 718 using cemented carbide and PCBN tools, G. Ortiz de Zarate
• Simulation-based development of burr-inhibiting micro-structured tools for planning, J. Sälzer
• Sustainable surface conditioning using cryogenic MQL – examination of the tribological performance, B. Kirsch
• Influence of the supply conditions in minimum quantity lubrication on the temperature evolution in vibration-assisted drilling, J. Sölter
• Uniform micron-sized metal powders produced by cylindrical turning with ultrasonic modulation for additive manufacturing, P. Guo
Keynote Presentations
• Keynote for 2024: Sustainable Machining. A. Shokrani
• Keynote for 2025: Integrated Machining Performance for Assessment of Cutting Tools (IMPACT). I.S. Jawahir.
• Keynote for 2026: Part distortion in machining: prediction, measurement, and control. J.C. Outeiro.
Due to time restrictions the keynotes “Advanced methods for application and modeling of cooling lubricants in metal-cutting processes” by D. Biermann (2027) and “Role of additive manufacturing in cutting” by F. Zanger (2028) could not be presented.
CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering (CNTPE)
• “Engineered cutting processes for additively manufactured metallic components” by F. Zanger, St. Bruschi, HC. Möhring and I.S. Jawahir will be submitted by November 2024 as proposal for the 3rd Volume of CNTPE
CIRP/sponsored conferences with STC-C approval
• XIth Manufacturing Society International Conference (MESIC), 18th to 20th of June 2025, Bilbao Spain
III. Working Groups with STC “C” Involvement/Support
STC C members are involved in the following working groups:
• Manufacturing for Sustainability
Duration: Aug.2023 - Feb.2026
Chair: Prof. Michael Hauschild
Vice-Chair: Prof. Sami Kara
Secretary: Prof. Sebastian Thiede
• Ethics in Manufacturing
Duration: Feb.2024 - Aug.2026
Chair: Prof. Rajkumar Roy
STC “C” officers: Chair: S. Melkote, Vice Chair: P.-J. Arrazola, Secretary: V. Schulze