Rapid manufacturing

3D Printing and the Additive Manufacturing Process Additive manufacturing (AM) is a process where an object is created by adding layer-upon-layer of material. This basic process requires the use of a computer, CAD software, the material(s) and the appropriate machine to fabricate the end result. AM has been used in many applications. At first, it was used in Rapid Prototyping (RP). Today, AM is used to create end-products used in many different applications, from aerospace, automotive and…

Introduction/Background -What is the nature of the product or technology? The nature of 3d printing is nearly any area you can think of applying it to. -What is its development history? Rapid prototyping came about in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ‘Rapid prototyping ‘paved the road for all the 3d printing companies out today. (Rapid prototyping created prototypes for a manufacturer to create a prototype of a product with plastics before executing their plans and mass producing them from…

INTRODUCTION Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's leading firms in the rail-equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. It is headquartered in Berlin, Germany with regional offices and major development facilities in Canada & the United States. Bombardier Transportation has numerous more minor generation and advancement offices around the world, for accessibility. It offers a wide range…

Additive manufacturing technology, more commonly known as 3D printing, is everywhere in the news! Innovations made possible by 3D printers are changing the world and propelling society into the future. With this technology, it is possible for anyone to make anything. 3D printers are ushering a new industrial age, but the current US patent system is restricting its potential. The Federal government of the United States is questioning the legality of additive manufacturing and considers it…

The first component of just in time manufacturing that lowers cost is the concept of just in time delivery. Instead of having the parts arrive at the factory, storing them in a warehouse and having to access the parts at a later time, the parts are used immediately upon arrival. This requires…

The aircraft is then built in a final assembly manufacturing plant. The amount of assembly required in the assembly plant depends on the manufacturer. At Boeings manufacturing plant in South Carolina, they build the aircraft sections in different buildings, moving each section to the final assembly building to put all major assemblies together. For Airbus, “Sections of the aircraft have been manufactured in the UK, Germany, Spain and France before being transported to Toulouse for assembly”.…

verge of shutting down is Oneida. Oneida was founded in 1880 and grew to be the world’s largest flatware producer, with manufacturing plants in four different countries and sales at more than $500million. “But in the early 2000s, Oneida fell into a steep, sharp decline, as the rise of low-cost Asian manufacturing eviscerated its sales. In 2004, it gave up on domestic manufacturing and announced plans to close the plant it had run in Sherrill for 125 years” states an article titled Silver Spoons…

developed the model of mass production, changing the way products were manufactured, simplifying tasks and reducing the necessity for skilled workers in labour roles and introduced management positions to the manufacturing industry. A fundamental principle Henry Ford pioneered was that product manufacturing shouldn’t cost more than a product is worth, that workers were paid enough so that they could afford to purchase the products they were producing (Sayer and Walker, 1992). These principles…

and thirty people. Their one location/facility is situated on twelve acres of land located in a rural suburb of Small town, USA. The manufacturing plant and the main office are located in the same building with the manufacturing. The administrative offices are in the front of the building and the manufacturing area is in the back of the building. The manufacturing part of the building is antiquated, worn, dirty, technology deprived and it no longer meets all US safety and environmental standards…

1b) Provide a one-two sentence summary of what the entire exercise was about. This SAP exercise revolves around the production logistics, emphasizing the regions involved in manufacturing the kites as well as the processes and steps required to do so. It portrays the significance of planning for materials in the process of procurement as it is essential to have the correct amount of materials required in order to finish the product. Through the exercise we can learn how to make planned orders…