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Selected papers of the 31st International Manufacturing Conference (IMC31)
Editor(s): G. Hao, G. Kelly, B. Wright, and M. CotterellMore information
Manufacturing competitiveness has been selected in areas of national priority and in areas aligned with EU Horizon 2020. The IMC31 conference uniquely showcases research undertaken in academia and industry by postgraduate students and experienced researchers in manufacturing engineering domains. The conference was held at the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and jointly hosted by University College Cork (UCC) on the 4th and 5th of September 2014. The theme of this conference was "The Engineer in the Innovation Ecosystem", which highlights innovation and entrepreneurship amongst engineers across all sectors.
Cold Spray is a novel technology for the application of coatings, in which bonding is realized by the acceleration of powder particles through a carrier gas and their high speed impact over a substrate material. Different nozzle designs are shown experimentally to vary in deposition efficiency, which cannot be explained by standard computational simulations. In order to amend the modelling techniques, a stronger coupling of solid and gas phase is employed, which provided improved results.
Temperature fields evolving during metal cutting processes have been of major interest. Temperatures in the tool influence the wear behaviour and hence costs, temperatures in the work-piece are directly responsible for later product quality. Due to the high significance of temperatures, many modelling attempts for temperature fields have been conducted, however failed to deliver satisfying results. The present paper describes an analytical model using complex functions based on potential theory.