1. Understanding the process parameter interactions in multiple-pass ultra-narrow-gap laser welding of thick-section stainless steels

   • A. S. Elmesalamy
   • L. Li
   • H. K. Sezer

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 January 2013 Pages: 1 - 17

2. Effect of pulse frequency on microstructure and properties of Ti-6Al-4V by ultrahigh-frequency pulse gas tungsten arc welding

   • Mingxuan Yang
   • Bojin Qi
   • Zhou Yang

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 February 2013 Pages: 19 - 31

3. Identifying the directions of a set of 2D contours for additive manufacturing process planning

   • Neri Volpato
   • Alexandre Franzoni
   • Julian Martin Schramm

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 January 2013 Pages: 33 - 43

4. Grasping force controller for parallel grip with fuzzy rules emulated networks

   • Chidentree Treesatayapun

   Original Article 02 February 2013 Pages: 45 - 55

5. Solving reverse logistics vehicle routing problems with time windows

   • Sally Kassem
   • Mingyuan Chen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2013 Pages: 57 - 68

6. One-dimensional multipulse laser machining of structural alumina: evolution of surface topography

   • Hitesh D. Vora
   • Soundarapandian Santhanakrishnan
   • Narendra B. Dahotre

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 January 2013 Pages: 69 - 83

7. Finite element modeling of heat transfer in single and multilayered deposits of Ni-WC produced by the laser-based powder deposition process

   • Prabu Balu
   • Syed Hamid
   • Radovan Kovacevic

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 January 2013 Pages: 85 - 98

8. On the contribution of primary deformation zone-generated chip temperature to heat partition in machining

   • M. Fahad
   • P. T. Mativenga
   • M. A. Sheikh

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 January 2013 Pages: 99 - 110

9. Assessment of non-uniform shrinkage in the laser sintering of polymer materials

   • S. P. Soe
   • D. R. Eyers
   • R. Setchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 January 2013 Pages: 111 - 125

10. Artificial neural network prediction of weld distortion rectification using a travelling induction coil

    • C. J. Barclay
    • S. W. Campbell
    • N. A. McPherson

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 January 2013 Pages: 127 - 140

11. Modelling human performance within an automotive engine assembly line

    • Qian Wang
    • Martin Sowden
    • Antony R. Mileham

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 January 2013 Pages: 141 - 148

12. Propagation of assembly errors in multitasking machines by the homogenous matrix method

    • E. Díaz-Tena
    • U. Ugalde
    • F. J. Campa

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 January 2013 Pages: 149 - 164

13. The optimal design of micro end mill for milling SKD61 tool steel

    • Chen Chi-Hsiang
    • Wang Yung-Cheng
    • Lee Bean-Yin

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2013 Pages: 165 - 173

14. Effects of tool diameters on the residual stress and distortion induced by milling of thin-walled part

    • Xiaohui Jiang
    • Beizhi Li
    • Xiao Yan Zuo

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 January 2013 Pages: 175 - 186

15. Machining deformation prediction for frame components considering multifactor coupling effects

    • Z. T. Tang
    • T. Yu
    • Z. Q. Liu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 January 2013 Pages: 187 - 196

16. ANN-based prediction of surface and hole quality in drilling of AISI D2 cold work tool steel

    • Sıtkı Akıncıoğlu
    • Faruk Mendi
    • Gülşah Akıncıoğlu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 January 2013 Pages: 197 - 207

17. Laser-arc hybrid welding of wrought to selective laser molten stainless steel

    • Giuseppe Casalino
    • Sabina Luisa Campanelli
    • Antonio Domenico Ludovico

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2013 Pages: 209 - 216

18. Algorithm for the generation of mandrel protection curve and trajectory scheme for spinning machine

    • Qihang Wang
    • Lei Wang
    • Shihua Gong

    Original Article 24 February 2013 Pages: 217 - 226

19. Effect of roughness geometry on friction during micro V-die bending by using finite element method

    • Daw-Kwei Leu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 January 2013 Pages: 227 - 240

20. Electric hot incremental forming of low carbon steel sheet: accuracy improvement

    • Xiaofan Shi
    • L. Gao
    • LingLing Jin

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 January 2013 Pages: 241 - 247

21. Preparation mechanism and grinding performance of single-layer self-lubrication brazed CBN abrasive wheels

    • W. F. Ding
    • Q. Miao
    • Y. C. Fu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2013 Pages: 249 - 255

22. Modeling of on-line measurement for rolling the rings with blank size errors in vertical hot ring rolling process

    • Xiaokai Wang
    • Lin Hua

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 January 2013 Pages: 257 - 262

23. The effect of tube material, microstructure, and heat treatment on process responses of tube hydroforming without axial force

    • A. Fatemi
    • M. R. Morovvati
    • F. R. Biglari

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 January 2013 Pages: 263 - 276

24. Friction stir welding of AZ61A magnesium alloy

    • S. Rajakumar
    • A. Razalrose
    • V. Balasubramanian

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 March 2013 Pages: 277 - 292

25. Studies on fracture toughness of cold wire addition in narrow groove submerged arc welding process

    • M. Ramakrishnan
    • K. Padmanaban
    • V. Muthupandi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 January 2013 Pages: 293 - 316

26. A hybrid GA–PSO approach for reliability optimization in redundancy allocation problem

    • M. Sheikhalishahi
    • V. Ebrahimipour
    • M. Jeihoonian

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 January 2013 Pages: 317 - 338

    

27. Prediction of quality responses in micro-EDM process using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) model

    • X. Hyacinth Suganthi
    • U. Natarajan
    • K. Chidambaram

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 January 2013 Pages: 339 - 347

28. An efficient DEA method for ranking woven fabric defects in textile manufacturing

    • Reza G. Saeidi
    • Gholam R. Amin
    • Said Gattoufi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 January 2013 Pages: 349 - 354

29. Supplier evaluation and selection with QFD and FAHP in a pharmaceutical company

    • Alireza Alinezad
    • Azadeh Seif
    • Nima Esfandiari

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 January 2013 Pages: 355 - 364

30. A numeric investigation of friction behaviors along tool/chip interface in nanometric machining of a single crystal copper structure

    • Chunhui Ji
    • Jing Shi
    • Zhanqiang Liu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 January 2013 Pages: 365 - 374

31. Game theory methodology for optimizing retailers’ pricing and shelf-space allocation decisions on competing substitutable products

    • Xueping Li
    • Sirisha Nukala
    • Shima Mohebbi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 January 2013 Pages: 375 - 389

32. Micromechanical scribing and indentation behavior of injection-molded polymeric carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites

    • Chaneel I. Park
    • M. G. Mostofa
    • Simon S. Park

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 16 January 2013 Pages: 391 - 405

33. GRASP to minimize makespan for a capacitated batch-processing machine

    • Purushothaman Damodaran
    • Omar Ghrayeb
    • Mallika Chowdary Guttikonda

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 January 2013 Pages: 407 - 414

34. A fuzzy logic based model to predict surface hardness of thin film TiN coating on aerospace AL7075-T6 alloy

    • E. Zalnezhad
    • Ahmed A. D. Sarhan
    • M. Hamdi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 January 2013 Pages: 415 - 423

35. Eccentricity estimation with error modeling in dynamic wafer handling

    • Heping Chen
    • Hongtai Cheng
    • Harold Stern

    Original Article 03 March 2013 Pages: 425 - 433

36. An optimal fuzzy-PI force/motion controller to increase industrial robot autonomy

    • Nuno Mendes
    • Pedro Neto
    • Altino Loureiro

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 January 2013 Pages: 435 - 441

37. Optimization of shape rolling sequences by integrated artificial intelligent techniques

    • Francesco Lambiase

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 19 January 2013 Pages: 443 - 452

38. Investigating the effects of hard anodizing parameters on surface hardness of hard anodized aerospace AL7075-T6 alloy using fuzzy logic approach for fretting fatigue application

    • E. Zalnezhad
    • Ahmed A. D. Sarhan
    • M. Hamdi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 31 January 2013 Pages: 453 - 464

39. Applied technique of focused ion beam milling based on microstructure of photonic bandgap fiber

    • Xuefeng Li
    • Jinxing Liang
    • Toshitsugu Ueda

    Original Article 06 February 2013 Pages: 465 - 471

40. Analytical modeling of grinding wheel loading phenomena

    • H. Adibi
    • S. M. Rezaei
    • Ahmed A. D. Sarhan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 January 2013 Pages: 473 - 485

41. Squareness error calibration of a CMM for quality control of ophthalmic lenses

    • Diego Rodríguez-Ibáñez
    • José Alonso
    • Juan Antonio Quiroga

    Original Article Open access 13 February 2013 Pages: 487 - 493

42. Repetitive acceptance sampling plans for burr type XII percentiles

    • Muhammad Aslam
    • Y. L. Lio
    • Chi-Hyuck Jun

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 January 2013 Pages: 495 - 507

43. Lot-streaming policy for forward–reverse logistics with recovery capacity investment

    • Taebok Kim
    • Suresh K. Goyal
    • Chang-Hyun Kim

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 07 February 2013 Pages: 509 - 522

    

44. Optimization of production scheduling with time-dependent and machine-dependent electricity cost for industrial energy efficiency

    • Joon-Yung Moon
    • Kitae Shin
    • Jinwoo Park

    Original Article 15 March 2013 Pages: 523 - 535

45. Critical success factors for Kaizen implementation in manufacturing industries in Mexico

    • Jorge L. García
    • Denisse G. Rivera
    • Alejandro Alvarado Iniesta

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 March 2013 Pages: 537 - 545

46. Identifying time of a monotonic change in the fraction nonconforming of a high-quality process

    • Amirhossein Amiri
    • Ramezan Khosravi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 February 2013 Pages: 547 - 555

47. Force-based failure criterion in incremental sheet forming

    • A. Fiorentino

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 February 2013 Pages: 557 - 563

48. In-process 3D geometry reconstruction of objects produced by direct light projection

    • Ulrik Vølcker Andersen
    • David Bue Pedersen
    • Jakob Skov Nielsen

    Original Article 16 February 2013 Pages: 565 - 573

49. Discrete-time direct adaptive control for robotic systems based on model-free and if–then rules operation

    • Chidentree Treesatayapun

    Original Article 08 February 2013 Pages: 575 - 590

50. Estimating the effect of process parameters on MRR, TWR and radial overcut of EDMed AISI D2 tool steel by RSM and GRA coupled with PCA

    • M. K. Pradhan

    Original Article 13 February 2013 Pages: 591 - 605