Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

Original Research

Published on 14 Jul 2025

Extraction of exact symbolic stationary probability formulas for Markov chains with finite space with application to production lines. Part I: description of methodology

in Sustainable Life Cycle Engineering and Manufacturing

Konstantinos S. Boulas
Georgios D. Dounias
Chrissoleon T. Papadopoulos

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2025.1439421

672 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jul 2025

Extraction of exact symbolic stationary probability formulas for Markov chains in finite space with application to production lines. part II: unveiling accurate formulas for very short serial production lines without buffers (three- and four-stations)

in Sustainable Life Cycle Engineering and Manufacturing

Konstantinos S. Boulas
Georgios D. Dounias
Chrissoleon T. Papadopoulos

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2025.1439429

623 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

Development of an end-to-end automated production concept for extrusion-based additive manufacturing of personalized medical scaffolds

in Additive Processes

Kai Janning
Sven König
Laura Herbst
Bastian Nießing
Robert H. Schmitt

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2025.1572842

806 views

Review

Accepted on 22 May 2025

A REVIEW OF FLEXIBLE ROBOTIC GRIPPING SYSTEMS

in Industrial Robotics and Automation

Bahadir Tarhan
Seemal Asif
Phil Webb
Marco Chacin

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2025.1517727

485 views

Review

Published on 01 May 2025

Multifunctional inks in aerosol jet printing: performance, challenges, and applications

in Additive Processes

Rawan Elsersawy
Arafater Rahman
Chowdhury Sakib-Uz-Zaman
Mohammad Abu Hasan Khondoker

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2025.1558209

1,969 views

Editorial

Published on 29 Apr 2025

Editorial: Advances of finite element methods in the precision manufacturing processes

in Precision Engineering

Chitaranjan Pany
Dawood Desai
Wagner de Rossi

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2025.1608699

695 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Apr 2025

Overcoming digital transformation barriers: Chinese SMMEs in the sharing economy

in Digital Manufacturing

Ji Xiaosheng
Zhang Hua
Zhang Jin
Khalil AL-Bukhaiti
Anping Wan

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2025.1495840

2,777 views

Review

Published on 28 Feb 2025

Behavior at work: propositions for optimizing the human and organizational challenges of digital materials passports

in Digital Manufacturing

Vladislav Hristov Grozev
Carolyn Axtell
Hui Zhang
Karina Nielsen

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2025.1511735

899 views

Review

Published on 07 Jan 2025

Toward sustainable industrialization in Africa: the potential of additive manufacturing – an overview

in Sustainable Life Cycle Engineering and Manufacturing

Desmond Klenam
Tabiri Asumadu
Michael Bodunrin
Japheth Obiko
Rodney Genga
Sechaba Maape
Fred McBagonluri
Wole Soboyejo

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2024.1410653

21,495 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 15 Nov 2024

Influence of material orientation, loading angle, and single-shot repetition of laser shock peening on surface roughness properties

in Precision Engineering

Lebogang Lebea
Dawood Desai
Harry Ngwangwa
Fulufhelo Nemavhola

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2024.1421589

1,019 views

Original Research

Published on 15 Nov 2024

How can manufacturers identify the conditions for financially viable product-as-a-service?

in Sustainable Life Cycle Engineering and Manufacturing

Johan Vogt Duberg
Tomohiko Sakao

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2024.1498189

1,976 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 31 Oct 2024

Investigating the efficiency of mixtures based on supercritical CO2 and lubricants by friction tests under conditions similar to the machining of Ti6Al4V

in Material Forming and Removal

Koffi Samuel Koulekpa
Chadi Benked-Dar
Hélène Elias-Birembaux
Frédéric Rossi
Gérard Poulachon

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2024.1410292

1,251 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 28 Oct 2024

The golden batch-driven root cause analysis for anomalies in bioreactor fermentation process

in Sustainable Life Cycle Engineering and Manufacturing

Dennis Luo
Meiling He
Justice Darko
Fatime Ly Seymour
Francisco Maturana

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2024.1392038

2,115 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Oct 2024

Modeling the interaction between powder particles and laser heat sources

in Precision Engineering

P. Baloyi
D. A. Desai
N. K. K. Arthur
S. L. Pityana

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2024.1411971

1,041 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Sep 2024

Forecasting models analysis for predictive maintenance

in Digital Manufacturing

Marco Belim
Tiago Meireles
Gil Gonçalves
Rui Pinto

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2024.1475078

3,432 views
2 citations

Review

Published on 20 Aug 2024

Challenges and opportunities to advance manufacturing research for sustainable battery life cycles

in Sustainable Life Cycle Engineering and Manufacturing

Björn Johansson
Mélanie Despeisse
Jon Bokrantz
Greta Braun
Huizhong Cao
Arpita Chari
Qi Fang
Clarissa A. González Chávez
Anders Skoogh
Henrik Söderlund

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology

doi 10.3389/fmtec.2024.1360076

22,403 views
3 citations