Manufacturing Strategies and Systems

Advancements in manufacturing strategies and systems have sparked a profound transformation, ushering in a new era of efficiency, precision, and sustainability, driven by the integration of automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced materials, reshaping industries, boosting productivity, reducing costs, and improving the overall quality of products. This book focuses on practical applications of manufacturing technologies, providing case studies and real-world examples of how these advancements in manufacturing are being implemented to solve manufacturing challenges and improve efficiency. Manufacturing Strategies and Systems: Technologies, Processes, and Machine Tools presents numerical, experimental, and computational approaches for various methods of manufacturing and offers different concepts from cross-disciplinary fields, including discussions from mechanical engineering, production engineering, and industrial engineering, and acts as a guide on the modeling and optimization of various manufacturing methods. The book explores key emerging trends in manufacturing technologies, such as Industry 4.0, additive manufacturing, robotics and automation, advanced materials, digital twins, augmented reality/virtual reality, edge computing, sustainable manufacturing, and cyber security. Key chapters on micro- and nanomanufacturing and cellular manufacturing are included and details on the advances in machining, joining, forming, powder metallurgy, casting, and molding science are discussed. Included are original theoretical, experimental, and modeling results of advancements in manufacturing techniques along with recent developments, outlook, and advanced and analytical modeling techniques of manufacturing with examples backed by experimental and numerical data. This reference title provides logical, technical, and analytical solutions and ideas to complex problems faced by researchers and professionals in the field of advancements in manufacturing. Academicians and students will get a comprehensive update on the state of the arts in this area and ample ideas for further research and innovation in manufacturing strategies.