Nesting and scheduling problems for additive manufacturing: A taxonomy and review

Y Oh, P Witherell, Y Lu, T Sprock - Additive Manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
With the trends of Industry 4.0 spanning physical and virtual worlds, Additive Manufacturing
(AM) has been the mainstream for realizing complex geometries designed in computers …

Analysis of irregular three-dimensional packing problems in additive manufacturing: a new taxonomy and dataset

LJP Araújo, E Özcan, JAD Atkin… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
With most Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology variants, build processes take place
inside an internal enclosed build container, referred to as a 'build volume'. It has been …

Improved evolutionary algorithm for parallel batch processing machine scheduling in additive manufacturing

J Zhang, X Yao, Y Li - International Journal of Production Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
With the increasing prosperity of additive manufacturing, the 3D-printing shop scheduling
problem has presented growing importance. The scheduling of such a shop is imperative for …

Smart additive manufacturing: Current artificial intelligence-enabled methods and future perspectives

YB Wang, P Zheng, T Peng, HY Yang, J Zou - Science China …, 2020 - Springer
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been increasingly used in production. Because of its rapid
growth, the efficiency and robustness of AM-based product development processes should …

Machine scheduling with orientation selection and two-dimensional packing for additive manufacturing

Y Che, K Hu, Z Zhang, A Lim - Computers & Operations Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM) gains increasing attention in manufacturing
industries due to the growing demands, and the corresponding machine scheduling …

A hybrid learning-based meta-heuristic algorithm for scheduling of an additive manufacturing system consisting of parallel SLM machines

M Rohaninejad, R Tavakkoli-Moghaddam… - … Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been recognised as a promising technology under the
context of Industry 4.0, which is reshaping manufacturing paradigms. A prominent type of AM …

Cost-driven build orientation and bin packing of parts in Selective Laser Melting (SLM)

V Griffiths, JP Scanlan, MH Eres… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is an additive manufacturing process capable of
producing mixed batches of parts simultaneously within a single build. The build orientation …

Scheduling unrelated additive manufacturing machines with practical constraints

K Hu, Y Che, Z Zhang - Computers & Operations Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In the context of Industry 4.0 and COVID-19 pandemic, additive manufacturing (AM), the
technology of rapid prototyping directly from digital models, has received rapid development …

Part decomposition and assembly-based (Re) design for additive manufacturing: A review

Y Oh, C Zhou, S Behdad - Additive Manufacturing, 2018 - Elsevier
Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has been highlighted as a
complementary method to the traditional (subtractive and formative) manufacturing. This …

The flexibility of industrial additive manufacturing systems

DR Eyers, AT Potter, J Gosling… - International Journal of …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose Flexibility is a fundamental performance objective for manufacturing operations,
allowing them to respond to changing requirements in uncertain and competitive global …