Smart product recovery decision-making (SRDM) plays a critical role in the closed-loop
manufacturing chain. SRDM can facilitate the maximum reclamation of End-of-Life product …

Hybrid manufacturing combines additive manufacturing's advantages of building complex
geometries and subtractive manufacturing's benefits of dimensional precision and surface …

Repair technologies have been considered as sustainable approaches due to their
capability to restore value in a damaged component and bring it to like-new condition …

Efforts to establish a sustainable circular economy and in particular Remanufacturing, which
maintains the added value of products at a high level, are increasing. The overall …

Under the circular economy paradigm, de-and remanufacturing systems are more relevant
than ever. However, such systems present specific challenges related to the system …

In many industrial applications, it is possible to approximate the shape of mechanical parts
with geometric primitives such as spheres, boxes, and cylinders. This information can be …

Remanufacturing has been considered as an eco-industry, demonstrating environmental
and economic benefits. Damage feature inspection is a critical and step in remanufacturing …

Efficient and precision model registration of complex workpiece with arbitrary pose is a
challenging task that determines the effects of intelligent robotic machining. Aiming at the …

Repair is a critical step in restoring end-of-life components into their original shape or new
functionality that contributes to sustainability for society. One of the advanced technologies …

Low-pressure turbine blades are the most erosion-exposed moving parts of the steam
turbine. This article brings a detailed overview of an innovative system applying a stellite …