With the increasing demand for high productivity and low cost, the advanced manufacturing system has become more complex. It is challenging to develop an advanced manufacturing system by engineers or researchers from manufacturing engineering disciplines. To combine knowledge and skills from two or more disciplines, interdisciplinary engineering (IDE), from industrial information integration, was carried out as a promising subject for further developing advanced manufacturing systems. Recently, Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) technology has attracted attention from industrial sectors due to its capability to fabricate medium-to-large scale components with low capital investment and high productivity. In addition, a variant of WAAM, called multi-directional WAAM techniques, has been developed for the direct fabrication of parts with overhanging features. The multi-directional approach can reduce the need for additional supporting structures, reducing (amongst other things) materi
Successful manufacturing companies are combatting the skilled labor shortage by investing in automation and software to complement their existing workforce, meet production requirements, and attract new talent.
In the world of robotics, Offline Programming (OLP) has come a long way in a short time, and the global pandemic has jumpstarted more innovation. Industrial robots have evolved to collaborative robots (“cobots”) that work side by side with their human counterparts.
Self-sustainability means, of course, that the working systems between robots and humans can continue to function, and grow, into the future. Indeed, for manufacturers a key signifier of growth is acquiring more machines that also have more capabilities.
Self-sustainability means, of course, that the working systems between robots and humans can continue to function, and grow, into the future. Indeed, for manufacturers a key signifier of growth is acquiring more machines that also have more capabilities.