Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

, Volume 22, Issue 5, pp 675–691 | Cite as

Recent advances on key technologies for innovative manufacturing

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Abstract

Through the I*PROMS Network of Excellence which originated during the sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission, this paper introduces a European vision of the essential research areas to deliver future innovations in manufacturing. In particular, these areas are identified as Advanced Production Machines, Production Automation and Control, Innovative Design Technologies and Production Organisation and Management. Then, special attention is given to the main findings from the authors’ research programme since the start of I*PROMS in October 2004 for a number of technologies belonging to these four generic research streams.

Keywords

Advanced production machines Micro and nano manufacturing Rapid prototyping Production automation and control Optimisation algorithms Innovative design technologies Conceptual design Automatic feature recognition Production organisation and management Fit manufacturing 

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.The Manufacturing Engineering CentreCardiff UniversityCardiffUK

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