Digital Manufacturing Technology, Volume 1 Issue 1 (2021), 1-80



Open Access Article

Maximum Utilization in Operations Scheduling for Multiple Machines and Batches in Additive Manufacturing

by Salvador Castillo-Rivera

ABSTRACT: Scheduling and sequencing are forms of decision making that present a fundamental role in Additive Manufacturing (AM). This work studies the scheduling for a set of three-dimensional (3D) printers...

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An Internal Model-Based PID Control for Smart Shot Peening Operation

by V. B. Nguyen, T. Ba, A. Teo, K. Ahluwalia, A. Aramcharoen, C. W. Kang

ABSTRACT: Current control systems for the shot peening operation merely rely on old technologies, which often require repetitive processes to obtain pre-validated Almen systems to guide industrial...

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Maturity Assessment of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process Chain Modelling and Simulation

by Anas Yaghi, Shukri Afazov, Matteo Villa

ABSTRACT: This paper presents case studies of additive manufacturing process chains including laser powder bed fusion and post-processes. The presented case studies are used to assess the maturity of the...

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Concept for the Urban Production of Pharmaceuticals to Compensate for Local Shortages

by Joachim Berlak, Tobias Götz

ABSTRACT: Long and complex supply chains are one of the main reasons for drug shortages. The COVID-19 pandemic and abrupt global lockdown have highlighted how precarious the global pharmaceutical market...

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An Industry 4.0 Training Framework Addressing ‘COVID-19 Type’ Disruptions on Manufacturing

by Jonathan Borg, Emmanuel Francalanza, Erwin Rauch, Goran Putnik, Catalin Amza, Magnus Lundgren , Catia Alves, Mark S. Zammit, Pierre Vella

ABSTRACT: Although digitization in the manufacturing industry has been going on for some years, the recent COVID-19 pandemic helped reveal a number of bottlenecks and challenges that still need to be...