The question of the benefits of autonomous control is more important than ever: production
managers, governments and society hope that the vision of smart and digital production …

The Manufacturing System (MS) for the fourth industrial revolution, as known as industry 4.0,
will be highly flexible in volume production and customization of products. The control …

The scheduling activity, performed by the Production Planning and Control (PP&C) area, is
responsible for sequencing the use of transformation resources that will execute the …

With the aggravation of global environmental problems, energy saving, and emission
reduction are urgent for the manufacturing industry. However, due to the difficulty in …

Discrete manufacturing enterprise has a complex and varied production process, resulting in
the dynamic characteristics of manufacturing resources. Aiming at the efficient collection and …

Typically, the turning process to be executed using turning machine tools is designed by
experienced part programmers; however, the cutting efficiency and trade-off of the …

The friction rotary welding (FRW) is a solid state material welding method that is able to weld
not only similar but dissimilar materials as well. The FRW allows the union between two …

The challenges imposed on Manufacturing Systems (MS), given the demands of a dynamic
and competitive market, instigates the development of new technologies to promote the …