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Main Topics

1. Tribology of cutting, tool wear. Cutting tools and coatings.

2. Minimal quantity lubrification, dry cutting, ecological machining. Economical aspects of HSM. Health and environmental aspects in machining. Sustainable machining.

3. Cutting vibration, prediction of stable cutting conditions.

4. Machinability. Advanced materials.

5. High performance machining, hard material cutting. Combined processes, cutting operations. Optimisation of cutting conditions. Knowledge management and technological data in manufacturing processes, artificial intelligence, expert systems.

6. Workpiece quality.

7. High performance machine tool, components design and mechatronic solutions.

8. Productivity improvement in machining tools and dies.

9. Monitoring and control, process supervision.

10. CAD/CAM, process planning, tool path generation, CNC/DNC.