Smart Manufacturing and Processes Optimization: Toward More Sustainable Production Systems
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 596
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tribology; coatings; manufacturing processes
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Interests: materials; adhesives; manufacturing processes; structural optimization; simulation
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Interests: materials; materials selection; processes selection; machining; metallic alloys
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Interests: manufacturing processes; machining; tool wear; tribology; parameters optimization; tool coatings; machining forces analysis
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Interests: adhesive joints; adhesive strength; mechanical testing; manufacturing processes; welding
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Manufacturing processes keep evolving. In fact, the need to process new materials, the incessant search for process automation and cost reduction, as well as the need to care for the environment and make processes more sustainable in economic, environmental, and social terms, implies constant research around an immense range of manufacturing processes. This Special Issue aims to reveal the most recent studies carried out in the manufacturing area with a view to optimizing processes in their most diverse aspects: automation and robotization, design of new equipment, study of the best processing parameters, systems capable of guaranteeing quality, capable of reducing the cycle time of certain operations, the integration of production systems, systems that improve the working conditions and health of operators, among many others. The Editors expect to receive contributions of the highest quality in terms of improving processes and working conditions, essentially with a view to increase sustainability.
Dr. Francisco J. G. Silva
Dr. Raul D. S. G. Campilho
Dr. Arnaldo G. Pinto
Dr. Vitor C. Sousa
Prof. Dr. António Bastos Pereira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- manufacturing processes
- machines
- equipment optimization
- equipment update
- equipment upgrade
- equipment design
- novel manufacturing concepts
- process optimization
- automatic processes
- robotized manufacturing
- ergonomics
- sustainable production
- reducing cycle-time
- increasing quality
- environmentally friendly processes
- production
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