Special issue: Rapid product development, tooling and agile manufacturing

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management 2(2) 2007

• Trends in agility for rapid product development and manufacturing – a review
• A case study of flexible tooling solutions for a small healthcare company
• Chip form strategy for tool wear prediction solution
• White layer formation and tool wear in high speed milling of 57HRc tool steel using coated and uncoated tools
• Development of a tool life prediction model for plaster machining
• Six Sigma approach for build-time estimation of Selective Laser Sintering
• Critical notes and considerations on the use of ISO 286-1 for CAD modelling and rapid product development
• Integrating Computational Fluid Dynamic and prototyping technologies in the investigation of multi-element profiles for a high-lift variable pitch vertical-axis tidal power generator