ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the main parameters, physics, and applications behind the manufacturing of microcomponents. It includes topics of process physics, specific cutting energy, ductile mode machining, edges chipping, cutting fluid, and surface finishing of the microcomponents. According to Rajput, micromachining is a concern with miniaturization of shape and size of the product by conventional as well as nonconventional machining techniques. Definitely, the miniaturization of the products leads to a large extent of applications. In spite of this, miniaturization is also creating some negative effects on the cost of manufacturing, metrological instrumentation, working stability, and so on. Micromachining techniques have sustained many characteristics related to the conventional machining. Once the ratio between the workpiece size and the tool dimension (width or length) became diminished, the miniaturization of the size may lead to affect the all the parameters such as the depth of cut with respect to the tool edge radius.
