Manufacturing Processes and Systems
A section of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Section Information
The section on Manufacturing Processes and Systems in Materials covers a wide range of manufacturing processes, from traditional methods to more advanced technologies. It emphasizes the importance of selecting the appropriate manufacturing process based on the desired material properties, the complexity of the parts design, and economic factors. Understanding, optimizing, monitoring, controlling, modelling, and simulating these different processes and systems is essential for efficient and cost-effective production, ensuring that materials are processed and converted into finished products with the required quality and functionality.
Keywords
- manufacturing processes;
- manufacturing systems;
- smart manufacturing;
- additive manufacturing/3D printing;
- welding;
- fusion bonding;
- joining;
- casting;
- forming;
- powder metallurgy;
- sintering;
- non-equilibrium processing;
- microwave processing;
- polymer processing;
- composites manufacturing;
- liquid composite moulding (e.g., resin transfer moulding and resin infusion/vacuum infusion);
- automated lay-up (e.g., automated fibre placement and automated tape laying);
- filament winding;
- prepreg technology;
- pultrusion;
- autoclave;
- film stacking;
- compression moulding;
- injection moulding;
- over-moulding/back-moulding;
- extrusion and co-extrusion;
- blow moulding;
- thermoforming;
- rotational moulding;
- foaming;
- coating;
- textile reinforcement performing;
- thixomoulding.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Laser Processing Technology of Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Advances in Hybrid Structure Manufacturing Technology (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Advanced Designs of Materials, Machines and Processes in a Circular Economy (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Research on High-Heat-Input Welding and Three-Dimensional Printing (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Manufacturing and Mechanics of Materials, Volume II (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Precision Kinematic Systems - Design and Operation (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Functional Materials Sintered by FAST/SPS—From Research to Industry (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Precision Machining and Micro-/Nano Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Surface Engineering in Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Machine Learning for the Development of 3D Printing Process/Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing and Nondestructive Testing of Metals (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Electron Beam Processing of Materials, Volume II (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Recent Trends in Roughness Measurement and Data Analysis of Machined Surfaces (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing: Materials and Technologies for Digital Construction (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Laser Surface Modification Technology for Materials Sciences (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Sustainable Materials from Industrial Waste (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Manufacturing Technology: Materials, Innovations and Applications (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Surface Inspection and Description in Metrology and Tribology (Second Volume) (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Advances in Cold Gas Spraying Technology: Expanding Boundaries in Coating and Additive Manufacturing of Materials (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Contemporary Progresses in Additive Manufacturing and Welding of Advanced Materials (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Collection of Reviews in Material Processing Engineering (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Cutting Processes for Materials in Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Measuring and Managing Metal-Forming Processes (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Data-Driven Modeling, Simulation and Design for Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Emerging Technologies for Development of Novel Materials Systems and Coatings (Volume 2) (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Advances in 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing Technology of Materials (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Progress in Additive Manufacturing: Design, Fabrication and Post Processing (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Advanced Production, Processing and Characterization of Industrial Materials (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Ultrasound for Material Characterization and Processing III (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Applications of Modeling and Machine Learning in Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Materials for Additive Manufacturing Processes (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Smart Manufacturing: Materials and Technologies for Advanced Equipment (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- High-Efficiency Machining Technologies and Advanced Tools for Hard and Brittle Materials (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Advances in Metal Cutting, Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Structures and Weldability of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Design and Application of Additive Manufacturing: Volume II (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Novel Materials Synthesis by Mechanical Alloying/Milling or by Rapid Solidification (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Advances in the Welding of Materials (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- State of the Art in Materials for Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing of Smart Polymers and Composites (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Manufacturing, Heat Treatment and Forming of Advanced Metallic and Ceramic Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Integrating Topology Optimization and Metal Additive Manufacturing for Functionally Graded Material Structures (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advanced Sheet/Bulk Metal Forming (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Process Research, Numerical Simulation and Application of Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Advances in Electrochemical Machining of Hard-to-Machine Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Beyond the Sintering Challenge: From Conventional to Field-Assisted Sintering (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Innovative Technologies for Designing, Obtaining and Investigating Modern Engineering Materials Used in Industry (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Development and Applications of Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Precision and Ultra-Precision Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing Processes of Alloys and Steels, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Laser Technology for Materials Processing (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Research on Laser Welding and Laser Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Additive Processing of High-Temperature Alloys (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Processing of End-of-Life Materials and Industrial Wastes – Volume 2 (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Forming Technologies and Mechanical Properties of Advanced Materials - 2nd Volume (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Advances in Additive Manufacturing (Volume II) (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Mechanical and Metallurgical Behaviour of Welded Materials (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Advances in Electron Beam Melting and Refining Technology (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- 3D-Printed Composite Structures: Design, Properties and Application (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Manufacturing Defects in Composite Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- 3D Printing Technology with Metal Materials (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Materials Formed under Extreme Conditions in Additive Manufacturing: Creation of Materials by Super-Thermal Field (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Nuclear Materials via Advanced Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Development of Advanced Materials Using Additive Manufacturing Technologies (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Manufacturing Technology, Materials and Methods (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advanced Abrasive Processing Technology and Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advances in Laser Processing of Materials (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Metalworking Processes: Theoretical and Experimental Study (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advances in 4D Printing: Material, Processes, Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Advanced Machining Technology for Modern Engineering Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Novel Approaches in the Design, Simulation, and Manufacturing for Processes and Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Ceramic Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Advanced Casting of Materials (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Processes, Applications, and Challenges (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Intelligent Processing Technology of Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advances in Materials Joining and Additive Manufacturing (Volume II) (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advances in the Machined Surface Integrity in Manufacturing Process of Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Nonconventional Technology in Materials Processing-3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Precision Manufacturing of Advanced Alloys and Composites (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Materials, Processing, and Post-treatment for Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advanced Additive Manufacturing and Application (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Advanced Hydrometallurgy and Recycling/Utilization of Metallic Resources (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advanced Plasma Technology in Material Synthesis, Processing and Analysis (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Progressive Technologies and Materials in Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advances in Solid-State Welding Processes (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advanced Welding in Alloys and Composites (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Achievements in Foundry Materials and Technologies (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Novel High-Entropy Alloys Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics and Composites (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Additive Manufacturing Technologies in Materials Science (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Artificial Intelligence in Materials Science and Engineering (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- 3D & 4D Printing in Engineering Applications, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- The Application of Materials in Modern Manufacturing Processes: Design, Performance and Applied Research (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Mechanical Processing of Granular and Fibrous Materials (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Additive Manufacturing: Alloy Design and Process Innovations
- Advanced Powder Metallurgy Technologies
- Laser Processing for Bioengineering
- Machining and Manufacturing of Alloys and Steels
- Spark-Plasma Sintering and Related Field-Assisted Powder Consolidation Technologies
- Welding and Joining Processes of Materials