CHAPTER 1: NONTRADITIONAL MACHINING

1. Why are the nontraditional material removal processes important?

2. Advantage and disadvantage of nontraditional removal processes
3. Nontraditional removal processes are categorized based on which
principle, how many of them and name those categories.
4. Explain why ultrasonic machining uses the mechanical principle
5. Describe the working principle of ultrasonic machining process and field
of application
6. Which technology factor affect the cutting process using water
7. Describe the working principle, geometry and technology of the water-
jet abrasive cutting process
8. Why do they use abrasive grits in the water-jet abrasive cutting
process?
9. Name the 3 main types of the electrochemical machining
10. Identify the two significant disadvantages of Electrochemical
Machining
11. How does increasing discharge current affect metal removal rate and
surface finishing in EDM
12. What is the difference between EDM and EDWC?
13. What is meant by the term over-cut in EDM?
14. Describe the Laser Beam machining
15. Advantage of carbon dioxide gas lasers over solid-state lasers
16. Principle of Electron Beam Machining (EBM) process. In which field
this process is applied?
17. Principle of the arc-cutting process and the oxyfuel-cutting process
18. Name the four basic steps in chemical machining
19. What is a photoresist in chemical machining?
 CHAPTER 2:
SUFACE PROCESSING OPERATIONS

1. What are some important reasons why manufactured parts must be

cleaned?
2. What are the basic types of contaminants that must be cleaned from
metallic surfaces in manufacturing?
3. Name some of the important chemical cleaning methods. Name some
chemical substances that often be used for cleaning
4. Describe blasting finishing method and blast-tumbling method
5. Why is the cleanliness of the Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS)
hundreds of times higher than that of the human operating room (surgery
room)?
6. Describe diffusion and ion implantation
7. Describe the plating processes (electroplating, electroforming, and
electroless plating)
8. Describe the principle of Conversion Coating process
9. Describe the physical and chemical vapor deposition process
 CHAPTER 3: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS PROCESSES

1. What is rapid prototyping? Provide a definition of the term.

2. What are the three types of starting materials in rapid prototyping?
3. Besides the starting material, what other feature distinguishes the rapid
prototyping technologies?
4. What is the common approach used in all of the material addition
technologies to prepare the control instructions for the RP system?
5. Of all of the current rapid prototyping technologies, which one is the
most widely used?
6. Describe the RP technology called solid ground curing (SGC).
7. Describe the RP technology called laminatedobject manufacturing
(LOM).
8. What is the starting material in fused-deposition modeling (FDM)?
 CHAPTER 4: MICROFABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES

1. Describe the basic definition of the part or product of the macro, micro,
and nano process.
2. Describe the commonly used terms related to micro products such as
MEMS, MST
3. Name some devices that represent microsystem technology.
4. What is meant by the term aspect ratio in microsystem technology? In
what way does this ratio affect microsystem technology manufacturing
process?
5. Briefly present Silicone semiconductor, what advantages does it have
over germanium semiconductor
6. Describe the technology to create silicon wafers (Wafer) from
monocrystalline silicon cylinders
7. When do we need to create a layer of SiO2 on the surface of silicon
semiconductors?
8. When do we need to create a thin film made of metal such as titanium?
Describe the method to create them.
9. What is lithography process? Describe photolithography process.
10. Analyze photolithography steps
11. Describe detail etching process in manufacturing circuit board, the
advantage and disadvantage of each method
12. Describe LIGA process. Give examples
13. What are the requirements for traditional microsystem technology
(MST)?
14. Describe some traditional manufacturing method that can be used in
microsystem technology.
15. Describe some nontraditional manufacturing methods and rapid
prototyping that can be used in microsystem technology?