Purpose: Cloud manufacturing (CM) represents a new manufacturing paradigm that integrates distributed resources to provide on-demand services. The high consumer demand from various locations, coupled with the customizability and complexity of manufacturing, complicates task scheduling. In this...

Background: The objective of this literature review is to systematically explore the supply chain (SC)-related issues of additive manufacturing (AM)-based production processes. For SC sustainability, efficiency, and performance improvements, the adoptation of disruptive technologies like AM...

Background: Additive manufacturing (AM) for patient-specific medical care products offers great opportunities. However, evidence about the supply chain (SC) performance impact based on empirical data is limited. Methods: In this case study, we gathered real-life data about a traditional...

Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables mass customization and has thereby the potential to revolutionize traditional manufacturing. In this paper, we examine how the adoption of AM affects competition and welfare in traditionally standardized product markets. Analyzing a game-theoretical model of...

The growing demand for sustainable materials as substitutes for conventional materials has led to the need for sustainable manufacturing practices that can effectively balance the use of limited resources and reduce environmental impact while maintaining economic viability and promoting human...

Background: the advent of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) innovations has revolutionized supply chain management through technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) integrated into procurement processes. Methods: this study addresses a critical knowledge gap by conducting...

Many new ventures position themselves along the additive manufacturing (AM) value chain to benefit from the quickly maturing technology. Yet, their business models and sources of value creation are largely unidentified. We compile a unique dataset with 160 entrepreneurial AM-firms using a...

Purpose: This paper aims to present how the project-based learning (PBL) methodology was implemented in the Faculty of Engineering of Mondragon Unibertsitatea in the second year of the Engineering in Industrial Organisation degree to help integrate statistical knowledge related to the design of...

Purpose: This paper examined supply chain disruptions in the manufacturing industry in South Africa and how additive manufacturing technology was used to help deal with disruptions encountered.Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a qualitative research approach in order to meet the...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is an evolutionary manufacturing technology attracting many firms and governments. Its impact, however, on supply chains remains unexplored. To date, no research has investigated the implications of additive manufacturing on Supply Chain (SC) resilience utilizing a...

The manufacturing industry contributes to the rapid development of world economy but generates substantial adverse impacts on the environment and society. This research paper explores the tools and methods used to evaluate the sustainability of additive and subtractive manufacturing. A...

Additive manufacturing (AM) has attracted significant attention in recent years based on its wide range of applications and growing demand. AM offers the advantages of production flexibility and design freedom. In this study, we considered a practical variant of the batch-processing-machine...

Purpose: Although additive manufacturing (AM; 3D printing/3DP) is presently in its infancy, once it becomes economically viable for mass production, it would revolutionize the operation and supply chain network of traditional businesses and manufacturing industries. To this end, approaches for...

Dieses Buch beschreibt den Rahmen und den aktuellen Stand der Additiven Fertigung (3D-Druck) in Deutschland. Es bringt Entscheiderinnen und Entscheidern aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft die Potenziale und Herausforderungen der Additiven Fertigung nahe. Diese können in richtungweisende...

Background: Research on Additive Manufacturing [AM] provides few guidelines for successful adoption of the technology in different market environments. This paper seeks to address this gap by developing a framework that suggests market attributes for which the technology will successfully meet a...

Background: Additive manufacturing (AM) applications in producing spare parts are increasing day by day. AM is bridging the digital and physical world as a 3D computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) method. The usage of AM has made the supply chain of the aviation spare parts industry simpler, more...

Purpose: This paper aims to provide a flexible solution to include additive manufacturing into a process chain complying with Industry 4.0 pillars, overcoming major drawbacks in terms of reliability and experimental effort. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on the combination of...

Purpose: the aim of the study is to compare the performance of different supply chain configurations adopting Additive Manufacturing. Five input factors have been varied with the aim of testing the response of the supply chain to different starting conditions. In order to evaluate the supply...

Wire-feed laser additive manufacturing is an emerging fabrication technique capable of highly automated large-scale volume production that can reduce both material waste and overall cost while improving product lead times. Quality assurance is necessary for implementation into critical...

Using powders of different particle sizes, 9Cr steel samples are additively prepared by laser coaxial powder feeding technology. 9Cr steel is a material that has been widely used in pressure vessel parts in thermal power plants and nuclear power plants, and has good high-temperature creep...

The use of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) as a working fluid is garnering interest in next generation power production systems due to the possibility of increased operational efficiencies and lower associated costs. Its implementation requires alloys with excellent high temperature strength...

NiTi alloy exhibits superior superelastic properties but its wide application is limited by its poor workability. In this study, Ni-rich NiTi wire was used as the feedstock and a wall-shaped NiTi component with height of 130mm was deposited on Ti substrate by cold metal transfer (CMT) based wire...

This work proposes a new auxetic lattice based on replacing the vertexes of traditional three-dimensional re-entrant structural with self-similar configurations. Derived by Castigliano's second theorem, a theoretical model is built to predict its elastic mechanical properties, including the...

Absorbance is often used for simulations or validation of process parameters for powder-based laser materials processing. In this work, the absorbance of 39 different metal powders for additive manufacturing is determined at 20 different laser wavelengths. Different grain sizes and aging states...

Despite the flexibility offered by additive manufacturing (AM), various process factors ranging from design to material can lead to inconsistent repeatability and quality issues from build-to-build. Currently, AM process monitoring mainly focuses on gaining an understanding of physical phenomena...

In the present work, a novel Laser Directed Energy Deposition (LDED) process planning methodology is proposed to build a dome structure with variable overhang angles. Overhang structures with different overhang angles were built where the maximum angle of 35° can be used to build overhang...

In this study, a new grade of Inconel 718 alloy (IN718) strengthened by nano-oxides have been designed and produced. The alloy composition of 0.3 wt.% Y 2 O 3 – IN718 has been determined using CALPHAD based thermochemical modelling approach. Designed ODS-IN718 alloy is produced by Selective...

In this research, a room temperature multicycle nanoindentation technique was implemented to evaluate the effects of the laser peening (LP) process on the surface mechanical behavior of additively manufactured (AM) Inconel 625. Repetitive deformation was introduced by loading-unloading during an...