Additive Manufacturing

This journal heavily relies on connections. American students can easily get published by just sprinkling some powder. Let me talk about my article. After being rejected by ACTA, I submitted it here. It took 8 months in total, going through three rounds of revisions.
First round: Three reviewers, one agreed to accept it directly, one asked for minor English language revisions, and the third raised two small issues. After the revisions, I thought it would be accepted, but the editor assigned two new reviewers.
Second round: Two reviewers, one recommended accepting it after grammar revisions, and the other raised many technical questions, indicating their interest in knowing more about the manufacturing details. After the revisions, it was sent back for review. After one month of being "under review," it showed "required reviews completed." However, the editor did not provide me with the feedback from these two reviewers. They kept finding new reviewers, and the "under review" status changed three times. It took four months before the second review, and in the end, only one reviewer's opinion was given to me. This reviewer was not even in my field and provided a bunch of random suggestions, leading to my rejection by the editor.
All I can say is, be cautious. This journal has low publication volume and a bunch of well-connected individuals occupying the spots.

1. Received
Submitted in early July 2021
First round of revision in mid-August 2021. Both reviewers' comments were positive. In addition, the editor may have found the two opinions to be simple, so he added many suggestions himself.
Second round of revision in mid-September 2021. Both reviewers agreed to accept the paper, but the editor did not let me off easily. He focused on the EBSD issue from the first round and asked me to add TEM testing. In the first round, I wrote a long response and cited references, explaining why I refused to add TEM experiments. Unfortunately, there was no other option but to urgently conduct the additional tests.
End of September 2021. Completed the additional tests with TEM. Sent for revision.
Accepted on October 1, 2021.

2. Submitted, unknown status
Submitted on October 12, 2022.
Under review since October 25, 2022.
Three opinions during the revision process on November 23, 2022. One recommended acceptance, one minor revision, and one major revision. The reviewers were very meticulous, as if they were using a magnifying glass to find issues. They are indeed experts in the field and have a good understanding of technical details. They also discovered many technical problems that I had not noticed.
Revision submitted on December 6, 2022.
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