... utilize available resources during normal operations. This study explores various manufacturing system configurations to assess both their adaptability and connection to circular economy principles. Forty-four configurations are categorized based on layout (e.g., job shop, flow line, cellular...

... 08 2023 16 08 2023 11 09 2023 design of experiments digital twin multi-agent simulation manufacturing systems graph model Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering 10.13039/100000083 IIS-2302834 Rapid advances in sensing technology...

...Hector J. Carlo; J. Patrick Spicer; Adamaris Rivera-Silva The design of manufacturing systems is typically decoupled from ordering policy decisions. Traditionally, the system design decision is made to minimize the total investment cost given some system capacity requirements. Then, after...

... i In a manufacturing system, each machine usually has four states: operating, breakdown, blocked, and starved (idle). A machine is “blocked” implies that the machine fails to deliver a finished part to downstream buffer or machine, while a machine is “starved” means the machine is idle...

...Troy B. Rippere; Koustubh J. Rao; Gloria J. Wiens This paper presents an investigation of fixel design alternatives for active (dynamic) fixturing to be incorporated into mesoscale manufacturing systems. Using simple compliant mechanisms and components, fixels exhibiting mechanically adjustable...

...Qing Chang; Stephan Biller; Guoxian Xiao 01 02 2011 01 02 2011 manufacturing systems On page 051015-1, information for a Co-Author was omitted. This information is shown below. Jianbo Liu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State...

... 2010 01 11 2010 cladding techniques manufacturing systems metallurgical industries metals rapid prototyping (industrial) thickness measurement direct laser metal deposition rapid prototyping Laser metal deposition (LMD) ( 1 ) is an important solid freeform fabrication...

...Lan Ren; Todd Sparks; Jianzhong Ruan; Frank Liou A hybrid manufacturing system integrates computer numerical controlled (CNC) machining process and layered deposition process and achieves the benefits of both processes. An integrated process planning framework, which includes every module...

... 04 12 2009 04 12 2009 coolants cutting tools environmental factors life testing manufacturing systems steel surface finishing surface roughness titanium compounds turning (machining) Weibull distribution machining green manufacturing tool life finish turning...

...Kornel F. Ehmann 06 10 2009 manufacturing systems It is time again to recognize the dedication and exceptional services of an unusually large number of members of the Editorial team of the Journal. In the last several months, the six-year terms of ten Associate Editors have...

...Jeonghan Ko; S. Jack Hu The conventional approaches to manufacturing system design and line balancing have often focused on a single generation of products, thus leading to new design or rebalancing when new products are introduced or different models are produced in the same line. As the life...

...Zhenyu Kong; Wenzhen Huang; Asil Oztekin Modeling of variation propagation in multistation assembly processes is crucial in predicting product dimensional quality and general performance of manufacturing systems. Based on the state space modeling, this paper develops a variation propagation model...

...Laine Mears; John T. Roth; Dragan Djurdjanovic; Xiaoping Yang; Thomas Kurfess Dimensional measurement feedback in manufacturing systems is critical in order to consistently produce quality parts. Considering this, methods and techniques by which to accomplish this feedback have been the focus...

...Lin Li; Mingyi You; Jun Ni Machine failures in manufacturing systems interrupt production operations and cause production loss. The conventional methods for failure prevention are to perform preventive maintenance before failure occurs. In these methods, a fixed maintenance threshold (FMT...

... with the sensor’s accuracy specifications provided by the manufacturer. Δ x , Δ y , and Δ z versus position along the x direction for speed of 50 mm/min 09 07 2007 26 03 2008 14 08 2008 inspection manufacturing systems measurement errors sensors...

...Xugang Zhang; Hongrui Jiang; Xiaochun Li Recent developments in integrated microphotonics have led to unprecedented potential toward robust sensor enhancements for manufacturing systems. These micron-sized subwavelength structured photonic sensors could allow critical thermomechanical phenomena...

... of simulations conducted using standardized industrial software (3DCS Analyst). 14 08 2006 27 03 2007 assembling manufacturing systems fixtures statistics quality management Multi-station assembly processes generally refer to the processes involving multiple work-stations...

... industrial software. It provides the basis for variation control through tolerance design analysis, synthesis, and diagnosis in manufacturing systems. 14 08 2006 28 02 2007 assembling manufacturing systems Monte Carlo methods design engineering Modern manufacturing systems...

...Qing Chang; Jun Ni; Pulak Bandyopadhyay; Stephan Biller; Guoxian Xiao Timely performance of preventive maintenance (PM) tasks is a critical element of manufacturing systems. Since the majority of PM tasks requires that equipment be stopped, these tasks can generally only be performed during...

... forming processes micromechanical devices process planning biomedical equipment manufacturing systems maintenance engineering measurement quality control nanotechnology The Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of the ASME will be organizing its own conference (separate from...