Aims and scope
Precision Manufacturing is a premier, peer-reviewed open-access, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the rapid publication of high-impact fundamental research, applied technological advances, and comprehensive reviews in the field of high-accuracy, high-reliability manufacturing. The journal bridges the gap between precision engineering and industrial manufacturing, serving as the international platform for academics, researchers, and industrial practitioners. Our mission is to advance the scientific understanding and technological capabilities required to produce components and systems based on modern manufacturing. Precision Manufacturing covers a broad spectrum of topics related to advanced methodologies, equipment, and material characterization, emphasizing a strong link between scientific theory and practical engineering applications. Precision Manufacturing welcomes original research articles, reviews, viewpoints, perspectives, and comments.
Scope
The journal welcomes fundamental and applied research spanning multiple scales across the following core themes:
1. Multi-Scale and Advanced Precision Processes
• Scale-Specific Processing: Atomic level manufacturing, micro/nano manufacturing, and ultra-precision machining.
• Beam and Energy Field Processing: Material interactions with energy beams and fields, ultrafast laser processing, laser strengthening and surface modification, and high energy/hybrid energy field processing.
• Electronics and PCB Manufacturing: High-precision PCB manufacturing processes, board-level fault diagnosis, non-destructive testing, embedded high-platform construction technology, and bionic manufacturing.
2. Additive Manufacturing and Biofabrication
• Precision AM Technologies: Metal, inorganic non-metal, and polymer materials additive manufacturing; 4D printing, bioprinting, and biofabrication.
• Process Control: Enhanced closed-loop control of additive manufacturing systems, and novel scientific contributions detailing the interactions between machine tools, control systems, software design, and processes.
3. Functional Materials, Structures, and Devices
• Fabrication of materials, structures, and devices with extreme functionalities.
• Processing of 2D materials, metamaterials, and metadevices.
• Manufacturing techniques for flexible materials, photoelectronic structures, fluidic and thermal devices, biomaterials, functional robots, and novel functional structures.
4. Advanced Metrology, Sensors, and Machine Vision
• Machine Vision: Intelligent detection of micro-components based on computer vision, defect identification across multiple industrial scenarios, and visual security monitoring for intelligent perception.
• Systems and Characterization: Novel measurement methods, overarching measurement systems, micro/nano-mechanics, in-situ monitoring, and special sensors tailored for extreme accuracy.
5. Intelligent Systems, Digital Production, and Software
• AI and Automation: Artificial Intelligence for product design, manufacturing, and operations; robot and autonomous vehicle applications; and overarching intelligent manufacturing systems.
• Digital Integration: Implementation of advanced information technologies, including AR, VR, and MR, in industrial applications and digital production technologies.
• Industrial Software: Engineering application methods of software systems, integration of technical documents, intelligent algorithm models, data architectures, and industrial software toolchains.
• Theory and Design: Approaches and theories of processing, novel modeling, and AI-assisted design principles.
6. Equipment, Robotics, and Intelligent Maintenance
• Intelligent Operation and Maintenance: Equipment health management based on intelligent algorithms, state assessment, and remaining useful life prediction methods for key components.
• Advanced and Extreme Systems: Extreme performance manufacturing tools, extreme environment manufacturing, and robotic manufacturing systems.
7. New Energy Storage Systems and Full-Chain Assurance
• System Integration and Testing: Integration, safety testing, and performance testing technologies in new energy storage.
• Lifespan and Reliability: Degradation laws, aging mechanisms, and reliability/consistency assessment methods.
• Economics and Full Life Cycle: Life cycle assessment, cost analysis, economic optimization, and recycling technologies.
• Theory and Standards: Principles of energy storage, theoretical calculation, simulation methods, standard/specification formulation, policy research, business model innovation, and demonstration project construction.
To position Precision Manufacturing as a forward-thinking, globally responsible journal, we must clearly articulate how the research we publish actively drives sustainable human progress. This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 3 (good health and well-being), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production).