Process monitoring and industrial informatics for online optimization of Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) – Industry 4.0 for robotic additive remanufacturing of aeroengine components

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Intelligent systems for additive manufacturing-based repair in remanufacturing: a systematic review of its potential

“… French, Benakis & Marin-Reyes (2018) discussed the implementation of robotic AM in aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul of components, such as vanes, turbine blades and compressor blades, aimed at retaining the functionality and long-term reliability of the components. The authors proposed that AM, which is a series of welding trials consisting of monitoring welding, predicting quality and detecting the occurrence of errors and damage, be automated.…”

“… French, Benakis & Marin-Reyes (2018) proposed a system that used a robotic arm system to automate the repair of an aerospace component, which is the tip of a blade that has complex geometries and different repair requirements. This tip repair relied heavily on highly skilled welding engineers who use GTAW-based AM in repairing.…”

Tunneling the barriers of blockchain technology in remanufacturing for achieving sustainable development goals: A circular manufacturing perspective

“…Butzer et al (2016) attempted to identify the different approaches that exist within the application of Industry 4.0 in remanufacturing context; this author discussed the challenges of Industry 4.0 and remanufacturing individually. There are few studies which utilized specific technology in remanufacturing application, for instance, simulation (Goodall et al, 2019; Okorie et al, 2020), automated guided vehicles (Groß et al, 2020), virtual 3D models (Siddiqi et al, 2019), additive remanufacturing (French et al, 2018), and robots (Huang et al, 2019).…”

“…A classification of studies that link remanufacturing with CE reveals six broad categories: (i) closed supply chain and logistics, (ii) consumer intentions, (iii) policy, (iv) life cycle assessments, (v) concepts and factors, and (vi) business models. (Goodall et al, 2019;Okorie et al, 2020), automated guided vehicles (Groß et al, 2020), virtual 3D models (Siddiqi et al, 2019), additive remanufacturing (French et al, 2018), and robots (Huang et al, 2019). [DOCTYPE, "re"]) AND (LIMIT-TO [LANGUAGE, "English"]), a total of 91 documents are obtained.…”