Bentonite is a smectite clay formed from the alteration of siliceous, glass-rich volcanic rocks such as tuffs and ash deposits. The major mineral in bentonite is montmorillonite, which is a hydrated sodium, calcium, magnesium ...

Over time, the definition of maintenance has evolved from activities meant to keep equipment in an operable condition, to a set of activities required to keep the means of production in the desired operating conditions ...

Powder-mixed electrical discharge machining is one of the latest techniques for improving material removal rate and electrode wear ratio among other performance characteristics. However, its utilization in the manufacturing ...

Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) are increasingly becoming popular in the modern world. This is due to their ability to model or represent vagueness in day to day activities or processes. These systems ...

In recent times, lasers have been adopted in specific areas of machining because of their unique qualities. There has been a lot of research on the factors that affect the laser machining process. However most of this ...