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Today’s production systems have to cope with volatile production environments characterized by frequently changing customer requirements, an increasing number of product variants, small batch sizes, short product life-cycles, ...

This thesis discusses the application of the image analysis methods for the cross section surface images of wood pieces, such as disc and block samples or logs and boards. The analysis methods have been developed in the ...

Studies related to the productivity of machine work often show that there is a large amount of unexplained variation in the productivity, which counts in most of the performance differences between the machines. This ...

Printing papers constitute 45 % of the global paper consumption. As printed products compete with electronic media, printability has become increasingly important as a cost-efficiency factor. It refers to the properties ...

The research objective is to find solutions for how companies manufacturing physical products are able to increase profitability and efficiency with products using variability and commonality. The focus of this research ...

In the field of surface engineering, laser cladding is an emerging coating method with the quality of high energy density, which enables the production of low diluted and fusion bonded thick metallic coatings on wide variety ...

Polylactide is biodegradable and bioresorbable polymer which is used in fibers, packaging, and medical applications. The main method to manufacture polylactide fibers is melt spinning. In this process a molten polymer is ...

Cold spraying is a thermal spray process which enables production of metallic and metallic-ceramic coatings with dense (very low porosity level) and pure (low oxygen content) structures. Several coating properties such as ...