Control of a Magnetostrictive-Actuator-Based Micromachining System for Optimal High-Speed Microforming Process

In this paper, the process control of a magnetostrictive-actuator-based microforming system is studied. Microforming has recently become an emerging advanced manufacturing technique for fabricating miniaturized products for applications including medical devices and microelectronics. Particularly, miniaturized desktop microforming systems based on unconventional actuators possess great potential i...