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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Hybrid Manufacturing"”.
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Research on hybrid manufacturing using industrial robot
"The applications of using industrial robots in hybrid manufacturing overcome many restrictions of the conventional manufacturing methods, such as small part building size, long building period, and limited material choices. However, some problems such as the uneven distribution of motion accuracy …
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Vision-based localization for robot-CNC hybrid manufacturing
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) has shown promise in recent years for producing large scale parts with higher deposition rates than other additive processes. WAAM is often combined with subtractive machining to form a hybrid manufacturing process. This hybrid process can be realized by …
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Integrated process planning for a hybrid manufacturing system
"A hybrid manufacturing system integrated CNC machining and laser-aided layered deposition and achieves the benefits of both processes. In this dissertation, an integrated process planning framework which aims to automate the hybrid manufacturing process is investigated. Critical components of the …
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Development and evaluation of interfacial structures for hybrid manufacturing
Hybrid manufacturing is a combination of additive (deposition) and subtractive (machining) manufacturing in a single machine tool. Such a system can be used for near net shape manufacturing and component repair using either similar or dissimilar materials. This dissertation investigates …
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A Comparison of Push/pull Hybrid Manufacturing Control Strategies
… strategies can be proven. In addition, the manufacturing objective and other factors within the environment, as well as strategy, are shown to have an impact on a system's performance. This study is significant for manufacturing managers who are dissatisfied with MRP or JIT and are seeking …
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Integrated process planning for a multi-axis hybrid manufacturing system
"In a multi-axis metal hybrid layered manufacturing system, in which a laser material deposition and material removal system with more than 3-axis mobility are configured, a process planning to automatic define motion path for the integrated system is critical. The purpose of this research is to …
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Development of an integrated inspection system for additive and subtractive hybrid manufacturing
… in systems combining additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies, commonly referred to as hybrid manufacturing. Hybrid manufacturing has opened a new and innovative avenue in product development, and also in product repair and maintenance. One of the areas where it can excel is in the …
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Development of a hybrid process for manufacturing surgical-grade knife blade cutting edges from bulk metallic glass
… precision surgical knives. To this end, a novel hybrid manufacturing process integrating thermally-assisted micromolding and micro-drawing has been developed for producing BMG surgical-grade knife blade cutting edges with edge radii <25 nm. A hybrid process testbed was designed and used to …
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An integrated framework for developing generic modular reconfigurable platforms for micro manufacturing and its implementation
… wide use of the Internet have great impacts upon manufacturing in the 21st century. Micro manufacturing will play an increasingly important role in bridging the gap between the traditional precision manufacturing and the emerging technologies like MEMS/NEMS. The key requirements for micro …
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Creating Complex Hollow Metal Geometries Using Additive Manufacturing and Metal Plating
Additive manufacturing introduces a new design paradigm that allows the fabrication of geometrically complex parts that cannot be produced by traditional manufacturing and assembly methods. Using a cellular heat exchanger as a motivational example, this thesis investigates the creation of a hybrid …
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A Collaborative Industrial Robotic System with Machine-Learned Trajectory Planning and Control
The manufacturing industry is undergoing a paradigm shift from mass production to mass personalisation, driven by increasingly diverse customer demands. This transition necessitates the development of smart manufacturing systems capable of adapting to customised products and varying production …
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Design for dissemination of a low cost washing machine
… washer was designed for the lowest cost, using a hybrid manufacturing strategy that leverages the flexibility of industrial manufacturing with the low cost advantages of local assembly. The washer can be constructed from a kit that weighs only 8 lbs and packs in less than one cubic foot. The kit …
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Optimal replacement in the proportional hazards model and its applications in a product-service system
… of products and the inventory management of a hybrid manufacturing-remanufacturing system in the context of a product-service system. A joint optimization technique is developed to obtain the optimal parameters for the operational policy of the integrated model to minimize the long run average …
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Selective Deposition of Copper Traces onto Additively Manufactured All-Aromatic Polyimides via Laser Induced Graphene to Enable Conformal Printed Electronics
The hybridization of direct write (DW) and additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to create additively manufactured electronics (AME) has enabled the integration of electrical functionality to form multifunctional AM components. Current work in AME has demonstrated the integration of conductive …