... an approach to reduce stress and defects. Design/methodology/approach A hybrid process of laser cladding deposition and shot peening is presented to transform surface strengthening technology to the overall strengthening technology through layer-by-layer forming and achieve enhancement. Findings...

... planning system for the hybrid process. This hybrid process is not limited by the shortcomings of the constituent processes in terms of tool accessibility and support volume. It has been established that the hybrid process together with an appropriate computer-aided process plan provides an effective...

... to create a scaffold to mimic functionally-graded tissue using a hybrid process, which incorporated electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) and electrosprayed hydroxyapatite (HA) in a simple pathway. Design/methodology/approach The PCL and HA were dispensed simultaneously from different positions to form...

... for the next layer deposition. The hybrid manufacturing method can fully resolve the problem derived from deposition layer surface undulation and improve the manufacturing accuracy and subsequent shaping capability. Similar to the above hybrid process, contour crafting (CC) is another hybrid rapid additive...