Manufacturing industry profoundly impact economic and societal progress. As being a
commonly accepted term for research centers and universities, the Industry 4.0 initiative has …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems applications are widespread due to its domain
independent characteristics. In this work, an attempt has been made for review on AI …

Process evaluation is widely accepted as an effective strategy to improve product quality
and shorten its development cycle. However, there has been very little research on how to …

Feature-based product modeling is the leading approach for the integrated representation of
engineering product data. On the one side, this approach has stimulated the development of …

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a high-valued production application for the manufacture of
functional parts. Despite significant advances in the AM field, numerous challenges remain …

The ability to enable a fast modification and system-change, in order to fulfil quickly
changing market needs, is one of the essential requirements of future production systems …

Although machine tool can meet the specifications while it is new, after a long period of
cutting operations, the abrasion of contact surfaces and deformation of structures will …

There is a variety of schemes when a part with multiple features is processed in CNC
machines, and hence, different feature sequencing and cutting parameter selections affect …

The machining processes of machining features, as the crucial components of the
machining process for the overall part, significantly impact machining quality and production …

Operation sequencing in CAPP aims at determining the optimal order of machining
operations with minimal machining cost and satisfying all the precedence constraints. The …