Abstract: - The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of additive manufacturing (AM) best practices on supply chain (SC) performance. The study developed conceptual framework with four AM best practices as independent variables and five SC performance measuring factors as dependent variables. To test the developed model and hypothesis data’s has been collected from 129 respondents from...
Abstract:- The main objective of this study was to assess the awareness levels of academic staffs and industry experts towards the best practices of additive manufacturing (AM) in transforming traditional manufacturing (TM) ) in local context. The study used closed ended questionnaires with 1-5 liker scales to collect questionnaires from the respondents. The collected data’s were analyzed...
Researchers and engineers are constantly looking to nature for design inspiration as they work to create novel and effective energy conversion structures. Developing durable and resilient materials to survive extreme weather conditions and environmental issues have been possible by using inspiration from the Nenuphar's durability in adverse aquatic environments and the sunflower's adaptation...
Abstract. This study investigates the impact of plastic injection moulding process parameters on overflow defect formation. Employing a Taguchi L27 orthogonal array, we designed and conducted experiments. We explored Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) artificial neural networks and compared them with ANOVA predictions. To assess model performance, we employed Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) and the...
Continuous carbon fiber materials are nowadays 3D printed and widely used in different fields such as aerospace, automotive industries, and sports materials. The drive for this extensive use is that carbon fiber has high mechanical strength, and stiffness, and is lightweight. The material properties of the 3D printed samples are commonly done by following established international standards,...
This paper explores the potential geographic expansion of a Publicly Listed Compostable Plastic Resins Company (D&L Industries) outside the Philippines to establish a country office that will manufacture compostable resins (Biorez). This narrative aims to produce data-driven analyses that utilize the microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts and models that will aid in the decision-making...
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Bio-inspired structure is a topic of immense interest to researchers worldwide. In order to maximize energy absorption through biomimetic structures, this article presents bio-inspired structure particularly, thin walled and cellular structures thorough analysis of the interactions between experimental research and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulations. The study compiles the...
Material properties for additive manufacturing, also known as 3Dprint, became a trend research topic in recent years. There are many fabrication parameters that influence the material properties of a 3Dprinted parts which are required to perform an topology optimization. In order to help researchers, we propose to create an open database where we store fabrication files for each material and...
The necessity to discover a workable substitute for heavy metals to replace them in alternative natural fiber reinforced polymer composites is driven by the growing concern over environmental issues, attention to green and clean composite materials. Light materials are receiving a lot of attention in order to de-crease vehicle weight, fuel consumption, and improve physical and mechanical...
Manufacturing is the foundation of any industrialized country and involves making products from raw materials using various processes. Additive manufacturing (AM) was initially developed as a technique for rapid prototyping to visualize, test, and authenticate a design before end-user production of the design. FDM is the most commonly used additive manufacturing process for the construction of...
In the realm of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, the quest for designing biomimetic scaffolds that closely mimic the structural and functional properties of natural tissues has gained immense importance. Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS), a class of intricate mathematical surfaces, have emerged as a promising framework for scaffold design due to their ability to replicate...
In this work, sparking electro-discharge machining (EDM) process parameters are optimized by using multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. The workpiece utilized for the investigation was LM25 aluminum alloy reinforced with Vanadium carbide (VC), processed through a stir casting technique. The EDM process parameters that have been considered in this work are current expanded by high...