Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a disruptive digital manufacturing technology.
However, its broad adoption in industry is still hindered by high entry barriers of design for …

Today's manufacturing systems are becoming increasingly complex, dynamic, and
connected. The factory operations face challenges of highly nonlinear and stochastic activity …

Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is an additive manufacturing process, which constructs
physical items by fused melt material, selectively deposited layer-by-layer through a heated …

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has been increasingly adopted in
the aerospace, automotive, energy, and healthcare industries over the past few years. While …

Driven by the innovative improvement of information and communication technologies
(ICTs) and their applications into manufacturing industry, the big data era in manufacturing is …

The fast development of smart sensors and wearable devices has provided the opportunity
to develop intelligent operator workspaces. The resultant Human-Cyber-Physical Systems …

Real-time monitoring of the additive manufacturing process offers the promise of
guaranteeing product quality and increasing the efficiency of the printing process. This …

Interest in 3D printing for pharmaceutical applications has increased in recent years.
Compared to other 3D printing techniques, hot melt extrusion (HME)-based fused deposition …

Variability in product quality continues to pose a major barrier to the widespread application
of additive manufacturing (AM) processes in production environment. Towards addressing …

Laser beam powder bed fusion (LB-PBF) is a widely-used metal additive manufacturing
process due to its high potential for fabrication flexibility and quality. Its process and …