Majid Tolouei-Rad

Edith Cowan University

Dr. Majid Tolouei-Rad is currently with the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He has worked as an engineer for industries and later as an academic for reputable universities in Iran, Canada, and Australia. Dr. Tolouei-Rad has been involved in tertiary teaching and research for more than two decades during which he has educated dozens of engineers. He has more than eighty publications in the form of books, book chapters, and research articles. His research interests include additive manufacturing, robotics and automation, and advanced manufacturing systems and technologies.

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Production engineering and advanced control systems make it possible to respond to the increasing needs of nations around the world. This book presents some of the new ideas, creative applications, and process optimization methods for more efficient utilization of resources available for improving productivity and reliability or lessening the times and costs of industrial production processes. It presents a variety of chapters on the development of production techniques and systems including abrasive waterjet machining, additive manufacturing, and production management. It also discusses the methods used for the development and improvement of control mechanisms with the objective of improving the reliability and efficiency of production systems. This book is useful for researchers, engineers, and experts working in different areas of production engineering and manufacturing control systems.

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Production Engineering and Robust Control

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Drilling Technology

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Intelligent Analysis of Utilization of Special Purpose Machines for Drilling Operations

By Majid Tolouei-Rad

Part of the book: Intelligent Systems

Analysis of the Performance of Drilling Operations for Improving Productivity

By Majid Tolouei-Rad and Muhammad Aamir

Drilling is a vital machining process for many industries. Automotive and aerospace industries are among those industries which produce millions of holes where productivity, quality, and precision of drilled holes plays a vital role in their success. Therefore, a proper selection of machine tools and equipment, cutting tools and parameters is detrimental in achieving the required dimensional accuracy and surface roughness. This subsequently helps industries achieving success and improving the service life of their products. This chapter provides an introduction to the drilling process in manufacturing industries which helps improve the quality and productivity of drilling operations on metallic materials. It explains the advantages of using multi-spindle heads to improve the productivity and quality of drilled holes. An analysis of the holes produced by a multi-spindle head on aluminum alloys Al2024, Al6061, and Al5083 is presented in comparison to traditional single shot drilling. Also the effects of using uncoated carbide and high speed steel tools for producing high-quality holes in the formation of built-up edges and burrs are investigated and discussed.

Part of the book: Drilling Technology

Introductory Chapter: Drilling Technology

By Majid Tolouei-Rad and Muhammad Aamir

Part of the book: Drilling Technology

Multi-objective Optimisation in Abrasive Waterjet Contour Cutting of AISI 304L

By Jennifer Milaor Llanto, Ana Vafadar and Majid Tolouei-Rad

The optimum waterjet machining parameters were found for maximising material removal rate and minimising surface roughness and kerf taper angle where three levels of traverse speed, abrasive flow rate, and waterjet pressure are used. The multi-linear regression equations were obtained to investigate the relationships between variables and responses, and the statistical significance of contour cutting parameters was analysed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA). Further, the response surface methodology (desirability function approach) was utilised for multi-objective optimisation. The optimum traverse speeds were 95 mm/min for 4 mm thickness and 90 mm/min for both 8 and 12 mm thicknesses. For all material thicknesses, the abrasive mass flow rate and waterjet pressure were 500 g/min and 200 MPa, respectively. The minimum values of surface roughness, kerf taper angle, and maximum material removal rate for 4-, 8- and 12-mm material thicknesses were respectively 0.799º, 1.283 μm and 297.98 mm3/min; 1.068º, 1.694 μm and 514.97 mm3/min; and 1.448º, 1.975 μm and 667.07 mm3/min. In this study, surface roughness and kerf taper angle decreased as the waterjet pressure and abrasive mass flow rate increased; and this is showing a direct proportional relationship with traverse speed, abrasive mass flow rate and waterjet pressure.

Part of the book: Production Engineering and Robust Control

Introductory Chapter: Production Engineering

By Majid Tolouei-Rad

Part of the book: Production Engineering and Robust Control

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