This paper delineates a comprehensive and successful application of decision tree induction to 1054 records of production lots taken from a lithographic process with 45 processing steps. Complex interaction effects among manufacturing equipment that lead to increased product variability have been detected. The extracted information has been confirmed by the process engineers, and used to improv...

With the development of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology, it has been possible to reconstruct the cranio-maxillofacial defect with more accurate preoperative planning, precise patient-specific implants (PSIs), and shorter operation times. The manufacturing processes include subtractive manufacturing and additive manufacturing and should be selected in cons...

In this paper, we present a simulated annealing (SA) and a genetic algorithm (GA) based on heuristics for scheduling problem of jobs in virtual cellular manufacturing systems. A virtual manufacturing cell (VMC) is a group of resources that is dedicated to the manufacturing of a part family. Although this grouping is not reflected in the physical structure of the manufacturing system, but machin...

The metallurgy and processing science of metal additive manufacturing W. J. Sames, F. A. List, S. Pannala, R. R. Dehoff & S. S. Babu To cite this article: W. J. Sames, F. A. List, S. Pannala, R. R. Dehoff & S. S. Babu (2016): The metallurgy and processing science of metal additive manufacturing, International Materials Reviews To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09506608.2015.111...

Manufacturing Industries face a crucial change as products and processes are required to, easily and efficiently, be reconfigurable and reusable. In order to stay competitive and flexible, situations also demand distribution of enterprises globally, which requires implementation of efficient communication strategies. A prototype system called the “Broadcaster” has been developed with an assumpt...

The application of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) in additive manufacturing (AM) can effectively reduce material and energy waste the process help achieve lightweight parts. As a result, AM PEEK is considered an emerging technology line with green concepts. However, 3D-printed parts often suffer from low mechanical strength poor surface quality due to immaturity process. Therefore, this research i...

This paper examines the effects of technology spillover from FDI based on panel data analysis of Chinese large-scale domestic manufacturing industries. We use the panel data of 27 Chinese manufacturing industries from 2001 to 2007. We estimate technology spillover effects by two steps. First, we estimate the total factor productivity of domestic firms’ and foreign firms’ by Cobb-Douglas Product...

Modern engineering design, analysis and manufacturing activities rely heavily on software to handle increasing volumes of data and model complexity. Automated Feature Recognition (AFR) technologies are highly demanded by manufacturing sectors since AFR can efficiently improve the performance of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) processes and reduce costs. Nevertheless, most existing FR applications a...

Manufacturing enterprises are trying to cope with turbulent market situations by enhancing their existing monitoring and control of manufacturing processes. Enterprise integration within and across the enterprise can assist to realize the aforementioned goal. Further, event processing (EP) techniques can be employed to monitor and control manufacturing processes in real-time. Rules derived from...