Abstract: This paper establishes the concept of manufacturing risk assessment based on design features. It also presents a methodology for assessing risks associated with producing feature-rich products ...

Abstract: A 12-in. disk refiner was modified and instrumented. The resulting refining system had the capabilities to control the plate gap separation and at the same time monitor the refining or output ...

Abstract: This paper presents a critical analysis of the metric of rigid body displacements obtained from the so-called kinematic mapping. It is shown that this metric is not suitable for finite rigid ...