Engineering Faculty Internship: Abrasive Flow Machining

威廉姆斯9411994 非传统制造工艺正被用于从现代材料生产几何复杂和高度精确的零件。 该项目涉及将磨料流加工（AFM）研究与该设备的领先机床制造商联系起来的努力。 该项目将涉及首席研究员在机床制造商度过一个夏天。 该项目包括三个主要目标：（1）将磨料流加工的研究成果整合到工业应用中。 特别是声发射监测系统的使用。 (2)工程专业研究生参与AFM研究项目。 这将包括来自学院和大学的学生。 (3)让学术研究人员了解机床制造商面临的竞争问题。 预期的好处包括增强磨料流加工系统的技术，更好地了解AFM和更好地了解行业需求，以及建立长期的合作研究工作。

9411994 Williams Nontraditional Manufacturing processes are being used to produce geometrically complex and highly accurate parts from modern materials. This project involves an effort to link abrasive flow machining (AFM) research with a leading machine tool builder of the equipment. The project will involve the principal investigator spending one summer at the machine tool builder. The project entails three major objectives: (1) Integration of abrasive flow machining research results into industrial applications. Particularly, the use of the acoustic emission monitoring system. (2) Involvement of graduate engineering students in the AFM research projects. This will include students from colleges and universities. (3) Exposure of the academic researcher to the competitive issues facing the machine tool builders. Expected benefits include enhanced technology of the abrasive flow-machining systems, greater understanding of AFM and better awareness of industry needs, and the establishment of long-term collaborative research efforts.