Manufacturing Process and Optimization

Manufacturing process optimization is concerned with how physical products are systematically designed, planned, and produced—spanning decisions from the geometry of individual parts and their tolerances to the precise sequence in which components are assembled or taken apart. Getting these decisions right has direct consequences for cost, quality, and the speed at which a design moves from concept to factory floor, which is why methods like CAD/CAM integration and virtual prototyping have become central tools for reducing expensive physical iteration. Active research pushes on problems such as automating process planning for increasingly complex geometries, handling the combinatorial difficulty of disassembly sequencing for sustainable end-of-life recovery, and propagating tolerance constraints reliably through large assemblies where small errors compound. A persistent open challenge is tightening the feedback loop between design intent and manufacturing reality so that constraints from fixturing, tooling, and assembly are visible to engineers early enough to actually change the product.

Works

246,335

Total citations

1,121,493

Keywords

Design for ManufactureAssembly PlanningDisassembly SequencingCAD/CAM IntegrationProcess PlanningTolerance Analysis