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A study of the surface microtopography of aluminium alloys in single point diamond turning. Machining with singlepoint diamond tools is an area of increasing interest in the manufacture of optics, lens moulds, hard discs and other products although. Diamond turning is a process of mechanical machining of precision elements using lathes or derivative machine tools e. Numerical simulation of single point diamond turning.
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