Innovations in Mechanical Engineering III

This book reports on innovations and engineering achievements of industrial relevance, with a special emphasis on mechanical engineering developments applied to modeling, simulation, and design of mechanical systems, and synthesis of new materials  for advanced manufacturing applications. It gathers peer-reviewed papers presented at the 3rd International Conference “Innovation in Engineering”, ICIE 2024, held on June 26-28, 2024, in Povoação, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. All in all, this first volume of a three-volume set, provides engineering researchers and professionals with a timely snapshot of technologies and strategies that should help shaping different industrial sectors to improve production efficiency, industrial sustainability, and human well-being.

Chapter 1. Efficient Integration of Industry 4.0 Technologies in Mobile Industrial and Forestry Machines Fleet Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Environmental Impacts.- Chapter 2. A concept of a walking robot with potential use in length and angle metrology.- Chapter 3. The Inlet Average Absolute Flow Angle Effect on Mixed Inflow Turbine Rotor Performances.- Chapter 4. Intrinsic Rheocasting Defect Study of an EN AB-42000 Mechanical Component.- Chapter 5. A review of Additive Technologies applied to Gear Transmission.- Chapter 6. Precision enhancement in filament extrusion through an alternative cooling solution for industrial engineering.- Chapter 7. Standardizing guidelines and procedures for reassembly of complex second-hand heavy-duty equipment.- Chapter 8. Numerical method for highly accurate prediction of the vacuum assisted resin infusion process based on reusable vacuum bags with integrated flow channels.- Chapter 9. Repeatability of Multi-jet fusion prints of Polyamide 12.- Chapter 10. Elderly People Motivations to Keep Playing Exergames: A Systematic Review.- Chapter 11. Novel Spatial Cable Driven Parallel Robot with Non-limited Workspace.- Chapter 12. The Impact of Complex Periodic Structures on the Acoustic Performance of Architectural Materials: An Interdisciplinary Approach.- Chapter 13. Development of light-weight high entropy alloys for aerospace applications: Perspective of artificial intelligence.- Chapter 14. A Mathematical Model for Scheduling Aluminium Profiles Production.- Chapter 15. Analysis of surface roughness and vibrations during micro ball end milling with various ramping directions.- Chapter 16. How Geometry Influences the Use of an Abrasive Tool in Relation to the Performance of Vibration Processing.- Chapter 17. Virtual Prototyping Validation of a Leg Exoskeleton Mechanism from Dynamic Considerations.- Chapter 18. Hydrostatic Stability of Marine Tagging Devices.- Chapter 19. Experimental Evaluation of Cable Tensions in Cable-Driven Parallel Manipulators.- Chapter 20. Determination of the Grinding Headstock  Surface Temperature,  which Varies Depending on the Process Fluids Thermal State.- etc...