Abstract Large parts manufacturing involves the production of low batch, possibly one-of-a-kind, components high cost and complexity. Industry specific knowledge skills are converging to technological evolution brought by 4.0 where ICT automation boost productivity product quality. This paper presents an approach towards assembly large-scale parts, synergy robots, human tools enable flexible pr...

In a number of manufacturing applications, parts of circular cross-section must be centered for optimal processing or measurement. However, part form is never perfect, making accurate determination of the “centered” state of a part difficult. Imperfect inputs to the manufacturing process such as roughprocessed parts, deformation due to heat treatment, or raw formed materials present difficulty ...

The second level CDIO project of the mechanical manufacturing technology and fixture design is designed on the basis of CDIO educational idea and the requirements of undergraduate educational goal in machine design manufacture and automation specialty. According to the capacity requirements of a qualified machinery manufacturing engineer, the project is centered to process designs and the proce...

Flexible manufacturing system is a system that is able to respond to changed conditions. In general, this flexibility is divided into two key categories and several subcategories. The first category is the so called machine flexibility which enables to make various products by the given machinery. The second category is routing flexibility enabling to execute the same operation by various machi...

REMORA aims at offering an agile robotic solution for manufacturing tasks done on very large parts (e.g.: very long and slender parts found in aeronautic industries). For such tasks, classical machine-tools are designed at several tens of meters. Both their construction and operation require huge infrastructure supports. REMORA is a novel lightweight concept and flexible robotic solution that c...

Most of the metal additive manufacturing technologies are focused on high cost and high end applications. There is in need, a low cost additive manufacturing technology suitable for low and high end metallic applications. Robotic automated welding can be considered as an alternative to manufactured large scale metal parts with layer by layer approach. However, many obstacles have to be overcome...

Kodak equipment manufacturing and, specifically, the role of Kodak Apparatus Division (KAD), are examined. KAD, Kodak's shared and captive parts supplier organization, competes with outside vendors to supply Kodak Lines of Business (LoBs) with a variety of fabricated parts, ranging from commodity parts to leading edge optical subassemblies and electronic components. KAD has in recent years suff...

The costs of additive manufactured parts often seem too high in comparison to those of traditionally manufactured parts, as the information about major cost drivers, especially for additive manufactured metal parts, is weak. Therefore, a lifecycle analysis of additive manufactured parts is needed to understand and rate the cost drivers that act as the largest contributors to unit costs, and to ...

Among direct metal processing manufacturing technologies (Rapid Manufacturing), Electron Beam Sintering (EBS) exhibits a high application potential. Especially, the fast beam deflection provided by electromagnetic lenses allows the realization of considerable building speeds and minor residual stresses. Therefore, this paper aims to examine and utilize the given potential for additive layer man...