Current trends in machinability research

The manufacturing index of a country relies on the quality of manufacturing research outputs. The emergence of new materials such as composites and multi component alloy has replaced traditional materials in certain design application. Materials with properties like high strength to weight ratio, fatigue strength, wear resistance, thermal stability and damping capacity are a popular choice for a design engineer. Contrary, the manufacturing engineer is novice to the science of machining these materials. This paper is an attempt to focus on the current trends in machinability research and an addition to the existing information on machining. The paper consist of information on machining Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI), Duplex Stainless Steel and Nano-Structured Bainitic Steel. The various techniques used to judge the machinability of these materials is described in this paper. Studying the chip formation process in duplex steel using a quick stop device, metallographic analysis using heat tinting of ADI and cutting force analysis of Nano-structured bainitic steel is discussed.