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An overview of material removal processes and its industrial application

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Oweibo I. Tukuru, Joseph F. Kayode, Sunday A. Afolalu, Ayodeji A. Noiki, Sunday L. Lawal, Olusola M. Banjoko, Stella I. Monye, M.E. Emetere

Summary

This overview covers the range of material removal processes used in manufacturing — such as cutting, grinding, and chemical etching — and their industrial applications. Understanding manufacturing processes informs strategies for reducing industrial waste and the chemical and particulate pollution that can result.

This paper provided an overview of material removal processes and their industrial applications. Materials perform very important functions industrially owing to their mechanical properties and nature. The essence of material removal processes is to formulate the structural features required for a product to perform to the specification of its intended applications. Unfinished castings can be modified through the removal of materials to make them meet design requirements and also a group of shaping processes that involve removing unwanted surplus material from a starting workpiece to bring the remaining piece closer to the desired shape. Additionally, selective material removal can be used to transform generic castings into one-of-a-kind finished goods. Common castings can have unique hold patterns, flanges eliminated, wall thicknesses decreased, surfaces flattened, and other design characteristics added by removing unneeded material, resulting in distinctively diverse final products. In contrast, casting and molding operations are frequently substituted with material removal techniques. Materials removal may end up being the sole viable option when the issues related to cast form processing concerns become overwhelming (often based on cost-effectiveness).

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