Marc-André Dittrich

TL;DR: Using the concept of exergy analysis, two ISF technologies, namely single sided and double sided incremental forming, are investigated and compared to conventional forming and hydroforming and suggest that ISF is environmentally advantageous for prototyping and small production runs.

TL;DR: An overview of current machine- and process-related measures to improve the energy efficiency of metal cutting machine tools and latest developments and already available energy efficiency options in the machine tool industry are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a machine learning approach for planning, optimizing and inspection of automated fiber placement (AFP) processes is presented, where data from planning, CNC and online process monitoring is aggregated for the documentation of the part specific manufacturing history and the automated generation of manufacturing knowledge.

TL;DR: This article aims to summarize selected recent developments in digital twins and demonstrate use cases from different phases of the product lifecycle and ideas for new value stream patterns using digital twins are envisioned.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed and compared the electrical energy and material efficiency of machining, additive and hybrid manufacturing processes based on machine tool data from a sample process and showed that hybrid manufacturing becomes beneficial from an environmental point of view compared to milling, when the material removal ratio exceeds 55%.