Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing
About the Book Series
The CRC Press Series in Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing covers the complete spectrum of materials and manufacturing technology, including fundamental principles, theoretical background, and advancements. Considering the accelerated importance of advances for producing quality products for a wide range of applications, the titles in this series reflect the state-of-the-art in understanding and engineering the materials processing and manufacturing operations. Technological advancements for enhancement of product quality, process productivity, and sustainability, are on special focus including processing for all materials and novel processes. This series aims to foster knowledge enrichment on conventional and modern machining processes. Micro-manufacturing technologies such as micro-machining, micro-forming, and micro-joining, and Hybrid manufacturing, additive manufacturing, near net shape manufacturing, and ultra-precision finishing techniques are also covered.
Fundamentals and Advances in Metal Matrix Composites
1st Edition
Edited
By Tharmaraj Ramakrishnan, PM Gopal
October 16, 2026
The scope of this book covers the fundamental background of metal matrix composites (MMCs), their processing and fabrication, testing and characterization, exploration of materials for MMCs and green MMCs, and advancements in all aspects of fabrication, testing, and applications. Development or ...
Thermoelectric Materials and Devices for Clean Energy Harvesting: Properties, Fabrication, and Opportunities
1st Edition
By Ram Krishna, A. D. Dhass
October 16, 2026
This book is designed to demonstrate the need for thermoelectric energy materials including non-conventional materials for heating and cooling applications in thermoelectric energy-efficient devices. In addition to the fundamentals, functionalities, and classifications associated with ...
Laser Based Manufacturing
1st Edition
Edited
By Juan Pou, Fernando Lusquiños, Mohamed Boutinguiza, Félix Quintero, Antonio Riveiro, Rafael Comesaña, Jesús del Val
September 29, 2026
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of lasers as tools for advanced manufacturing, including laser cutting, drilling, welding, surface treatment, marking, laser-assisted additive manufacturing, microprocessing, nanoprocessing, modeling and optimization, machining and ...
Micro-Joining of Materials: Current and Future Needs
1st Edition
By N. Rajesh Jesudoss Hynes, P. Shenbaga Velu, N. J. Vignesh, R. Sankaranarayanan, J. Angela Jennifa Sujana
July 29, 2026
This book addresses primary and secondary procedures for combining sophisticated materials such as metals and alloys, intermetallic, ceramics, glasses, polymers, superalloys, electronic materials, and composites in similar and dissimilar combinations, based on the most recent research. It further ...
Environmentally Benign Machining
1st Edition
Edited
By Şenol Bayraktar, Sunil Pathak
July 19, 2026
This book provides essential information on environmentally benign/sustainable machining processes including innovations and developments in conventional machining, considering economy, safety, and productivity. Developments in machine tools, recent research on green lubricants and lubrication ...
Forming and Machining of Polymers, Ceramics, and Composites
1st Edition
Edited
By Matruprasad Rout, Kishore Debnath
July 19, 2026
Forming and Machining of Polymers, Ceramics, and Composites targets the two important manufacturing processes where plastic deformation is involved to give the required shape and size to the raw material. The main goal of the book is to represent the recent developments in the field of forming and ...
Post-Processing of Parts and Components Fabricated by Fused Deposition Modeling: Techniques and Advancements
1st Edition
Edited
By Vinayak R. Malik, Vivek Kumar Tiwary, Arunkumar Padmakumar
July 19, 2026
This book describes several post-processing techniques that can be used to enhance the mechanical strength, isotropy, surface quality, and dimensional accuracy of 3D printed components using the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technique. It also discusses the usage of adhesives, interlocks, ...
Developments in Electric Discharge Machining
1st Edition
Edited
By Ranjan Kumar Ghadai, Prosun Mandal, Sujeet Kumar Chaubey
May 10, 2026
This book covers both the fundamentals and recent advancements in Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) technology, including developments in machine tools, process capabilities, subsystems, electrodes and dielectrics, control units, and more. It also explores EDM variants such as wire-EDM, ...
Additive Manufacturing of Thin-Walled Structures
1st Edition
Edited
By Sagar Nikam, Mayur Sawant, Shaun McFadden
April 05, 2026
This comprehensive book examines the manufacturing of thin-walled structures using diverse Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes. It emphasizes fundamental principles alongside cutting-edge developments in AM, covering materials ranging from non-metallic to metallic thin-wall applications. This ...
Thin Film Coatings: Fundamentals and Advancements
1st Edition
Edited
By Lokeswar Patnaik, Sunil Kumar, Magdalena Łępicka, Saikat Ranjan Maity
March 22, 2026
This book provides a thorough overview of the fundamental principles, design strategies, fabrication techniques, characterization methods, and diverse applications of thin films and advancements therein. With a balance between theoretical concepts, practical applications, and computational ...
Engineered Ceramics and Composite Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Neethu Bhaskar, Sathish Kumar Palaniappan, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin
February 22, 2026
This book provides a comprehensive insight into the diversity of ceramics and their applications in producing clean devices and their capability of being recycled into useful in-demand products. The emphasis is on the role of ceramic industries to build a circular economy by reusing and recycling ...
Fused Deposition Modeling: Technology, Applications, and Developments
1st Edition
Edited
By Anshuman Kumar Sahu, Siba Sankar Mahapatra
December 30, 2025
This book covers fused deposition modeling (FDM) from its fundamentals to research advances including developments in FDM machines, development of polymer materials, novel applications, process modeling, simulation, and optimization backed by case studies and research results. It explains the ...