Publisher's Synopsis
This is a printed collection of 118 full-length, peer-reviewed technical papers. The topics include: Advances in Metal Forming; Advances in Quality Control in Multistage Manufacturing Systems; Advances in Rapid Manufacturing Technologies for Metallic Parts; Advances in Rapid Manufacturing Technologies for Metallic Parts; Advances in Synergistic Effects of Materials and Processing; Biomedical ManufacturingBottom-Up Nanomanufacturing; Collaborative and Digital Manufacturing for Advancing Product Quality; Communication Systems and Distributed Control in Manufacturing Enterprises; Design and Operations of Manufacturing Systems for ResponsivenessDevelopment and Applications of Micro Manufacturing Equipment; Diagnostics, Performance Prediction and Decision Making for Intelligent Maintenance of Manufacturing Systems; Fracture Reliability of Fabricated MaterialsHybrid Macro/Meso/Micro Manufacturing Processes; Micro-Manufacturing and Fabrication of Sensors; Miniaturization of Molding and Casting Processes; Solid Freeform Fabrication for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering; and, Thermally-Enhanced Manufacturing.