The Applications of Additive Manufacturing Technologies in Cyber-Enabled Manufacturing Systems
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Date
2012-08-15
Authors
Isanaka, Sriram Praneeth
Liou, Frank
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University of Texas at Austin
Abstract
The application of networked sensors and control in various areas, such as smart grids and infrastructures, has become a recent trend, called cyber-physical systems. The Cyber Enabled Manufacturing (CEM) environment is to apply these technologies in manufacturing systems to handle a significantly greater magnitude of manufacturing data. Additive manufacturing techniques print or place material layer by layer to form a part, thus have a great potential to help accelerate CEM process by printing or embedding sensors and actuators in the proper locations. This paper summarizes the roles of additive manufacturing technologies to help establish a CEM environment.