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 …

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 …

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

Discussion regarding hybrid manufacturing has dominated research in recent years. By
synergistically integrating additive and subtractive manufacturing within a single workstation …

Laser metal deposition (LMD) is extensively used for repairing and remanufacturing
mechanical components. Amongst these components, the vast majority comprise of …

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 …