Abstract
An increasing demand to provide customised products creates challenges for manufacturing organisations. This poses a need to understand the characteristics required for manufacturing systems to handle customisation. In this study, 3D printing technology is assessed as an enabler for customisation. Additionally, the requirements of manufacturing systems with respect to configuration and control co-ordination are explored. A demonstrator is implemented to integrate 3D printing with conventional manufacturing, using an agent based distributed control system that co-ordinates the customisation of products and the order management.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing |
| Subtitle of host publication | SOHOMA 2016 |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 215-223 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 3 Mar 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Computational Intelligence |
|---|---|
| Volume | 694 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1860-949X |
Keywords
- 3D printing
- Mass customization
- Service orientation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Artificial Intelligence
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Vaggelis Giannikas
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Srinivasan, R., Giannikas, V., McFarlane, D., & Ahmed, M. (2017). Customisation in manufacturing: The use of 3D printing. In Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing: SOHOMA 2016 (pp. 215-223). (Studies in Computational Intelligence; Vol. 694). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51100-9_19