A 3D printing task packing algorithm based on rectangle packing in cloud manufacturing

  • Zhen Zhao
  • , Lin Zhang*
  • , Jin Cui
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In Cloud Manufacturing environment, massive 3D Printing services in various types provide users with the ability of mass customization. The large number of 3D printing tasks bring more challenges on printing task scheduling to improve 3D printers’ utilization and thus saving time and materials. This paper establishes the model of 3D printing process in different types and figures out the existence of auxiliary processes. Aiming at decreasing the ratio of auxiliary process time consumption, this paper develops an algorithm derived from the rectangle packing problem to pack printing tasks whose model size are relatively small into one task and print them all in one 3D printing process. Experiments show that the ratio of auxiliary process time consumption significantly reduced by this algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2017 Chinese Intelligent Systems Conference
EditorsWeicun Zhang, Junping Du, Yingmin Jia
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages21-31
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9789811064982
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
EventChinese Intelligent Systems Conference, CISC 2017 - Mudanjiang, China
Duration: 14 Oct 201715 Oct 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume460
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceChinese Intelligent Systems Conference, CISC 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityMudanjiang
Period14/10/1715/10/17

Keywords

  • 3D printing
  • Cloud manufacturing
  • Rectangle packing

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