Advanced Mechanical Cutting Process

The need of advanced materials required in the modern-day technology and the demand of miniaturisation from different kinds of engineering applications have led to the development of cutting processes that are able to offset the limitations encountered in the conventional manufacturing processes. Advanced mechanical cutting processes such as waterjet machining, abrasive waterjet machining and ultrasonic machining are important advanced machining processes that are contactless and tool-less processes used to cut advanced materials and in micromachining where the conventional machining process becomes prohibitive. These advanced mechanical cutting processes are analysed in this chapter. The working principles of these cutting processes are described with the advantages, disadvantages and areas of application presented. Some of the research works in this field are also presented in this chapter.