Abstract:
Mass customization manufacturing (MCM) has been gaining recognition as an industrial revolution in the 21st century. This paper presents innovative approaches in realizing and exercising MCM in theoretical and practical applications. Strategies of generalized production line platform and modularization are explored to support dynamic reconfigurations of MCM. NISTâ„¢s XML-based Shop Data information integration specification is utilized to derive a data driven reconfigurable MCM modeling methodology. A simulation model of a Boei ....etc

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Due to innovations in sensor technology and rising complexity of manufacturing processes, increasingly more sensors are distributed throughout manufacturing and production systems to maintain the production performance, to ensure the life-cycle quality of products, and to improve the quality of management and service. This system-wide deployment of sensing devices is referred to as a distributed sensor system. Distributed sensor systems have resulted in a data-rich manufacturing environment and provide us unprecedented opportunities for quality ....etc

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The wide deployment and applications of automatic sensing devices and computer systems have resulted in both temporally and spatially dense data-rich environments, which bring new challenges in quality engineering. Data fusion, through integration of engineering domain knowledge with data analysis techniques from advanced statistics, signal processing, decision making and control, represents one of the frontiers in quality improvement research for complex systems. In this presentation, an overview of ongoing research activities along this emerg ....etc

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INTRODUCTION
Solid freeform fabrication (SFF) encompasses a class of processes that can be used to design and construct parts using a layer-additive approach. SFF processes are an outgrowth of rapid prototyping processes such as stereolithography for plastics and welding repair techniques employing laser, electron beam, or arc welding for repairing metal seal knife edges, turbine blade tips, or tooling dies. Current development efforts are expanding these repair techniques and applying principles from ....etc

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Introduction

Due to innovations in sensor technology and rising complexity of manufacturing processes, increasingly more sensors are distributed throughout manufacturing and production systems to maintain the production performance, to ensure the life-cycle quality of products, and to improve the quality of management and service. This system-wide deployment of sensing devices is referred to as a distributed sensor system. Distributed sensor systems have resulted in a data-rich manufacturing environment and provide us unprecedented opport ....etc

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Demand for the research and development of the micro-manufacturing technologies is being fueled by the ever-increasing trend towards miniaturization over a wide spectrum of disciplines and industries. Recent technological advancement in the defense, biomedical, telecom-munications, consumer electronics have spearheaded the need for micromanufacturing technology, which is now beginning to find application in the automotive and aerospace industries due to the economic potential of the micro-factory paradigm. Micro-scale mechanical manufacturing p ....etc

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Manufacturing of the intricate machines has taken a new dimension with the introduction of the innovative process of chemical, electrical and mechanical methods. Electrochemical machining (ECM) is a groundbreaking technology, for the development of complicated machines. ....etc

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Integrating the cell
Integrating the cell into a larger manufacturing system is basically a step up the system hierarchy of figure 3-5.Now the problems become ones concerning the cell as a whole (or, to use the earlier lexicon, a module). This purpose of this section is not to provide a detailed set of guidelines for the system design but to consider the most important features of the system and to discuss the relationship between the cells and the system.

5.1. System Definition

The system should be usable as a building block for a comp ....etc

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Introduction

The wide deployment and applications of automatic sensing devices and computer systems have resulted in both temporally and spatially dense data-rich environments, which bring new challenges in quality engineering. Data fusion, through integration of engineering domain knowledge with data analysis techniques from advanced statistics, signal processing, decision making and control, represents one of the frontiers in quality improvement research for complex systems. In this presentation, an overview of ongoing research activiti ....etc

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Materials

The majority of gears are composed of carbon and low-alloy steels, including carburised steels. Among the carburised steels used in gears are 1018, 1524, 4026, 4118, 4320, 4620, 4820, 8620 and 9310. The intended gear use will dictate the material used in its creation. For example gears to be used in food processing are made of stainless steels or nickel-base alloys because of their corrosion resistance.


Gear manufacturing processes

There are multiple ways in which gear blanks can be shaped through the cutting and fin ....etc

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