Intelligent Metal Manufacturing and Formation Technology

Dear Colleagues,

A new period of technological revolution and industrial transformation has arisen worldwide. The generation of information technology and artificial intelligence (such as the Internet of Things, big data, mobile internet, cloud and edge computation, machine learning, computer vision, virtual reality, digital twins and so on) is being used to empower the manufacturing industry. It has also promoted the development of intelligent manufacturing technology. This trend has brought with it a number of innovative designs, equipment, processes, systems, management, services and modes in the Industry 4.0 era.

In this Special Issue, we welcome articles that focus on the intelligent design of advanced metallic materials, intelligent manufacturing and the formation of metallic products. Additive manufacturing and advanced formation processes, intelligent equipment and systems, intelligent molds and dies, and intelligent production lines and factories remain of particular interest; these have enormous potential in the application of the new generation of information technology and artificial intelligence for metal manufacturing and formation.

Dr. Wei Liu
Guest Editor

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• intelligent manufacturing
• metal formation
• additive manufacturing
• intelligent equipment
• intelligent factory
• intelligent design
• big data
• machine learning
• computer vision
• digital twins