ABSTRACT
Advancement of technology has enabled newer and advanced engineering and engineered materials to be increasingly used in many applications. Among many competing manufacturing processes, conventional machining is one established and competitive process. However, now with the developments in additive manufacturing process, conventional machining is facing a tough fight. In order to enhance the competitiveness of conventional machining processes, it becomes imperative to make advancements. Many of these advancements happening in both industries and academia are not easily available in the open literatures. Hence, this chapter helps researchers as well as the end users in both academia and industries to get an idea of the techniques, trends, and advances in the area of conventional machining. This can help them to make a scientific decision when facing manufacturing issues especially in conventional machining of materials. In this chapter, techniques and advances in the field of conventional machining especially in two thrust areas, namely, aerospace and automotive, where high volume of metal removal is involved, are the focus. Rather than focusing on process parameters and their optimization, the focus here is on developments in machining techniques that have resulted in improving the machinability of materials spanning the engineering and engineered.
