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Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).This special volume focuses on the current progress and trends in machining technologies. The objective was to harness and exchange experience, knowledge, new ideas and information concerning the latest developments in research pertaining to a wide range of subjects such as machining of novel, difficult-to-cut and free-machining materials, new tool materials and new abrasive tools, precision, micro and nano-machining, abrasive machining, high-speed machining, unconventional machining, new machine tools and tooling technology, and monitoring of the machining process. The 159 peer-reviewed papers are grouped into chapters on: I. New Tool Materials and New Abrasive Tools; II. New Machine Tools and Tooling Technology; III. Digital Design and Manufacturing; IV. Cutting/Grinding Fluids; V. Precision, Micro and Nano-Machining; VI. Cutting Mechanisms, Analysis and Simulation; VII. Abrasive Machining; VIII. High-Speed Machining; IX. Unconventional Machining; X. Surface Integrity and Machining Quality.This makes the work essential reading material for anyone dealing with abrasives and/or production technology. The conference is held every two years under the auspices of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, with the support of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering. Selected and peer-reviewed, 159 papers cover new machine tools and tooling technology; digital design and manufacturing; cutting and grinding fluids; precision, micromachining, and nanomachining; cutting mechanisms, analysis, and simulation; abrasive machining; high-speed machining; unconventional machining; and surface integrity and machining quality. The keynote papers discuss the bioforming technology of bionic micro- and nano-structures, and the development trend of cutting tools. Other topics include an experimental study on suppressing chatter vibrations with different helix angles end-mill, a template-based process planning system for