Proceedings of the 35th International MATADOR Conference Formerly Th

Presented here are 88 refereed papers given at the 35th MATADOR Conference held at the National University of Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2007. The MATADOR series of conferences covers the topics of Manufacturing Automation and Systems Technology, Ap

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Srichand Hinduja • Kuang-Chao Fan Editors

Proceedings of the 35th International MATADOR Conference Formerly The International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference

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Srichand Hinduja, PhD School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering The University of Manchester Sackville Street Manchester M60 1QD UK

Kuang-Chao Fan, PhD Department of Mechanical Engineering National Taiwan University 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd. Taipei 10627 Taiwan ROC

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2007929078

ISBN-13: 978-1-84628-987-3

e-ISBN-13: 978-1-84628-988-0

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Proceedings of The Thirty-Fifth International MATADOR Conference

Organising Committee Professor S. Hinduja (Co-Chairman) Professor K.-C. Fan (Co-Chairman) Professor Z. Q. Lin (Co-Chairman) Professor L. Li Professor C. L. Liu Professor Y. S. Liao Professor Y. Y. Tsai Professor L. F. Xi Dr J. Atkinson Dr P. Mativenga Dr S. Mekid Dr M. A. Sheikh Dr R. Heinemann

Organising Secretaries Mrs C. Collins Ms J. Chen

The University of Manchester, National Taiwan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Foreword by the Conference Chairmen

It gives us pleasure to introduce the Proceedings for the 35th internal MATADOR conference. The Proceedings include 88 refereed papers from several countries on different continents, thus making this Conference truly international. Since its inception in 1959, the MATADOR conferences have been held at various locations within the United Kingdom and this is the first time that it is being held in Taiwan. This reflects the increasingly important role played by the East Asian countries in manufacturing. When the MATADOR Conference was established, it dealt with metal working fundamentals in