Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 7473
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Interests: CAD/CAM; computer graphics; industry 4.0; cutting and packing and optimization problems
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Interests: precision manufacturing; advanced manufacturing technologies; digital manufacturing; precision manufacturing; measurement uncertainty; 3D coordinate metrology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Smart manufacturing processes and systems have been receiving a great amount of attention through the latest innovations, ongoing efforts, and best practices in the Industry 4.0 era. The idea of the smart factory and its cyber physical systems, intelligent support systems for manufacturing decision making, intelligent inspection to monitor production health, in situ data collection and fusion of sensor information for manufacturing processes, collaborative robots, self-configuration and self-diagnosis, Internet of Things for manufacturing shop floors, intelligent prescriptive and preventive maintenance, simulation-assisted process control and digital twins, big data analytics for manufacturing systems and processes, on-demand and customized processes utilizing the hybrid model of additive and subtractive manufacturing, autonomy and autonomous vehicles, smart quality assurance and intelligent inspection, data-driven and model-based prognostics, and zero defect production are among the most important topics that need further research attention. This call aims to develop a Special Issue of the journal of Applied Sciences dedicated to publishing new initiatives, applications, and research advances on smart manufacturing processes and systems addressing the needs of the fourth industrial revolution.
Dr. Marcos de Sales Guerra Tsuzuki
Dr. Ahmad Barari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart manufacturing
- intelligent manufacturing
- industry 4.0
- digital manufacturing
- digital metrology
- intelligent support systems
- manufacturing process control
- smart quality assurance
- intelligent inspection
- predictive and prescriptive maintenance
- model-based prognostics
- vision systems
- collaborative robots
- manufacturing health management
- artificial intelligence for manufacturing processes
- big data analytics
- sensor information
- digital twins
- manufacturing virtualization and simulation
- self-configuration and self-diagnosis
- internet of Things
- self-optimization models
- scheduling and sequencing
- blockchain technology
- resource efficiency
- circular economy tracking
- autonomy
- autonomous vehicles
- drones
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