| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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| Symposium
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2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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| Presentation Title |
Feasibility Analyses of Distributed Digital Factories Integrating Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing: A Case Study |
| Author(s) |
Md Sazol Ahmmed, Asad Waqar Malik, Muhammad Arif Mahmood, Sriram Praneeth Isanaka, Frank Liou |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Md Sazol Ahmmed |
| Abstract Scope |
Many small and medium additive and subtractive manufacturing industries face challenges in global competition due to limited access to advanced machinery and high overhead costs from frequent line changes. To tackle this challenge, the concept of a distributed digital factory (DDF) has emerged. For this purpose, a queuing model has been developed for feasibility analysis on traditional isolated co-located factory environments and DDFs. The proposed model uses global balance conditions to obtain actual performance measurements to identify variables efficiency and correlations. Several manufacturing scenarios integrating additive and subtractive industries aimed at pinpointing the threshold at which the distributed overhead impact reduces. Through these scenarios, the specific factors at which the DDF setup becomes more efficient and cost-effective have been postulated. The results demonstrate that the implementation of DDF led to a reduction in queue time by 31.18% and 33.15% in distributed facilities, compared to the traditional. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |