International Conference on Machining of Advanced Materials;July 20-22, 1993; Gaithersburg, Maryland

先进材料，如陶瓷和复合材料，正越来越多地被用于各种应用。与机械加工相关的高成本和在机械加工过程中产生的损坏是这些材料实施的主要不利因素。在某些情况下，不能使用现有的加工方法，需要创新技术或修改现有方法。世界各地许多机构的研究人员正在解决这些问题，并在各种技术会议上交流结果，并在期刊上发表。然而，这些会议和期刊的范围有限，没有涵盖广泛的问题。例如，聚合物复合材料、金属基复合材料和陶瓷的加工在不同的会议上讨论；光学材料的精密加工在其他会议上讨论。然而，所有先进材料的成本和可靠性的主要问题是相同的。本次会议的目标是加强先进材料加工各个方面的研究人员和工程师之间的交流和技术转让。

Advanced materials, such as ceramics and composites, are being increasingly used in various applications. The high cost associated with machining and damage generated during machining are major detriments for implementation of these materials. In some cases, current machining methods cannot be used and innovative techniques or modifications of existing methods are needed. These problems are being addressed by researchers in many institutions around the world; and the results are being communicated in various technical conferences and published in journals. However, these conferences and journals have a limited scope, and do not cover the broad spectrum of the problems. For example, machining of polymer composites, metal matrix composites, and ceramics are covered in different conferences; and precision machining of optical materials are covered in others. Nevertheless, the main issues of cost and reliability are the same for all advanced materials. The goal of this conference is to strengthen communication and technology transfer among researchers and engineers involved in various aspects of machining of advanced materials.