Partial Additive Manufacturing: Experiments and Prospects with Regard to Large Series Production

Additive manufacturing with RepRap methodology: current situation and future prospects

In February 2004, Adrian Bowyer, from the University of Bath, began an open initiative called RepRap, with the purpose of creating an open source rapid prototyping machine which, moreover, could replicate itself. This article analizes the current status of the RepRap initiative, commenting the basic components of RepRap machines, the differences between the different 3D printers developed by th...

Status and prospects for hadron production experiments

Hadron production measurements for neutrino experiments is a well established field at CERN since the '70s. Precise prediction of atmospheric neutrino fluxes, characterization of accelerator neutrino beams, quantification of pion production and capture for neutrino factory designs, all of these would profit from hadron production measurements. In recent years, interest in such studies was reviv...

Falcon: Visual analysis of large, irregularly sampled, and multivariate time series data in additive manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing and Series Elastic Actuation for Hand Exoskeletons

Rehabilitation of the upper extremities, especially the hands, is critical for the restoration of independence in activities of daily living for individuals suffering from hand disabilities. There are currently two major challenges in developing robotic devices for hand rehabilitation: (1) design of a device that is compatible with the complex geometry and nonlinear biomechanics of the human ha...

Design Issues with Regard to Scheduling Systems in Manufacturing