... 2017 01 07 2017 03 07 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Automation Material properties Rheology 3D concrete printer Thixotropy Figure 4 Current 3D concrete printers Another company that has...

... metallic components automatically. The focus of this work was to realize automated alignment and adaptive tool path generation that can repair metallic components after a single setup. Design/methodology/approach Stereo vision was used to detect the defect area for automated alignment. After the defect...

...Wutthigrai Boonsuk; Matthew C. Frank Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for the automated design of a fixturing system for a rapid machining process. Design/methodology/approach The method proposed is the use of sacrificial fixturing, similar to the support...

... the cell dimension and the point cloud density. In this context, the use of adaptive slicing will be considered, in order to improve time performances. Practical implications The approach is fully automated and enables the direct creation of layered manufactured copies of 3D scanned products directly...

...Steve Tennyson; Gary McCain; Steve Hatten; Rudy Eggert Purpose This paper describes a cooperative endeavor between a state university and a federal agency to modernize design automation among rural manufacturers. It concerns efforts to infuse leading‐edge design technology into rural product...