Electromagnetic forming (EM forming or magneforming) is a type of high velocity, cold forming process for electrically conductive metals, most commonly copper and aluminum. The work piece is reshaped by high intensity pulsed magnetic fields that induce a current in the work piece and a corresponding repulsive magnetic field, rapidly repelling portions of the work piece. The work piece can be re...

Additive manufacturing (AM) has been considered for distributed manufacturing. However, the consideration usually concerned AM in general, not specific processes. This paper will look at properties of different processes from perspective process and materials, post-processing, requirements devices spaces, raw materials. The findings show that powder bed fusion binder jetting pose challenges mat...

This chapter surveys some recent work on the application of techniques from computational geometry to geometric problems arising in manufacturing processes such as layered manufacturing, mold design, and numerically controlled machining. Within each topic, we discuss problems that have benefited from the application of geometric techniques, and mention several other problems where such techniqu...

Welcome to this second lecture on advanced manufacturing processes. In this session, we will discuss the concepts of advanced manufacturing, hybrid manufacturing and their examples. The trends in manufacturing and the newer manufacturing philosophies adopted by the manufacturers to remain competitive in the market have also been presented.

Cloud manufacturing is defined as a relationship between the consumer and a flexible array of production services, managed by an intervening architecture that can match service providers to product and manufacturing processes Cloud manufacturing definitions typically make explicit or imply three groups of actors: consumers, who request and use cloud manufacturing processes; application provider...