This research investigates and establishes a system for monitoring the guiderail wear on medium size CNC machines. The system possesses the function of measuring the wear state on guiderails in an in-process way, which is ...

The wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a CNC and welding deposition based additive manufacturing method. This novel manufacturing technique has potential cost and environment advantage and was developed as an ...

This research project aims to develop a framework to manage uncertainty in cloud manufacturing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The framework includes a cloud manufacturing taxonomy; guidance to deal with uncertainty ...

With the changing and increasingly more demanding global markets, also Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) gets challenged. Industry is expecting more adaptive, dynamic, intelligent CAPP systems to deal with the uncertainty ...

Conventional manufacturing processes often require a large amount of machining and cannot satisfy the continuously increasing requirements of a sustainable, low cost, and environmentally friendly modern industry. To ...

The complex nature of ISO 9001 standards has been an obvious limitation for implementation. ISO 9001 accreditation provides external and internal advantages. The external benefits include increased market access and customer ...

Since the first CAPP (Computer Aided Process Planning) came out in the 1960’s, it has improved the performance of machining significantly. However, traditional process planning is established on the basis of a ...

A solution for visualising the tool path generated by a function block system is introduced in this research. It facilitates the real-time monitoring of the behaviour of function blocks running on-board a CNC controller, ...

During recent decades supply chains have grown, and became increasingly interconnected due to globalisation and outsourcing. Empirical and theoretical studies now characterise supply chains as complex networks rather than ...

The design features of machine components can impact significantly in its life while in-service, and only relatively few studies which are case specific have been undertaken with respect to this. Hence, the need for more ...