Rapid Prototyping (RP) is the process of building three-dimensional objects, in layers, using additive manufacturing. Rapid Manufacturing (RM) is the use of RP technologies to manufacture end-use, or finished, products. At small lot sizes, such as with customized products, traditional manufacturing technologies become infeasible due to the high costs of tooling and setup. RM offers the opportunity to produce these customized products economically. Coupled with the customization opportunities afforded by RM is a certain degree of uncertainty. This uncertainty is mainly attributed to the lack of information known about what the customer’s specific requirements and preferences are at the time of production. In this paper, we present an overall method for selection of a RM technology under the geometric uncertainty inherent to mass customization. Specifically, we define the types of uncertainty inherent to RM (epistemic), propose a method to account for this uncertainty in a selection process (interval analysis), and propose a method to select a technology under uncertainty (Hurwicz selection criterion). We illustrate our method with an example on the selection of an RM technology to produce custom caster wheels.
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ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
September 24–28, 2005
Long Beach, California, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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0-7918-4741-1
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Selection for Rapid Manufacturing Under Epistemic Uncertainty
Jamal O. Wilson
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Jamal O. Wilson
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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David Rosen
David Rosen
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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Jamal O. Wilson
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
David Rosen
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Paper No:
DETC2005-85264, pp. 451-460; 10 pages
Published Online:
June 11, 2008
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Wilson, JO, & Rosen, D. "Selection for Rapid Manufacturing Under Epistemic Uncertainty." Proceedings of the ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 4b: Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference. Long Beach, California, USA. September 24–28, 2005. pp. 451-460. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2005-85264
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