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most citedIn-situ process monitoring and adaptive quality enhancement in laser additive manufacturing: a critical review

172 citations · 223 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cs.RO2026

Design-to-Plan: A Large Language Model-Based Multi-Agent Framework for Manufacturing Process Planning from 3D CAD Models and 2D Engineering Drawings

Muhammad Tayyab Khan, Lequn Chen, Wenhe Feng +1

Manufacturing process planning transforms heterogeneous design information into coherent manufacturing decisions. However, existing approaches focus on isolated subtasks, such as f…

cs.CE2026

Context-Aware Mapping of 2D Drawing Annotations to 3D CAD Features Using LLM-Assisted Reasoning for Manufacturing Automation

Muhammad Tayyab Khan, Lequn Chen, Wenhe Feng +1

Manufacturing automation in process planning, inspection planning, and digital-thread integration depends on a unified specification that binds the geometric features of a 3D CAD m…

cs.IR2025

Large Language Model Powered Decision Support for a Metal Additive Manufacturing Knowledge Graph

Muhammad Tayyab Khan, Lequn Chen, Wenhe Feng +1

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) involves complex interdependencies among processes, materials, feedstock, and post-processing steps. However, the underlying relationships and dom…

cs.CV2025★ 2 cited

Automated Parsing of Engineering Drawings for Structured Information Extraction Using a Fine-tuned Document Understanding Transformer

Muhammad Tayyab Khan, Zane Yong, Lequn Chen +3

Accurate extraction of key information from 2D engineering drawings is crucial for high-precision manufacturing. Manual extraction is slow and labor-intensive, while traditional Op…

cs.CE2024★ 2 cited

Leveraging Vision-Language Models for Manufacturing Feature Recognition in CAD Designs

Muhammad Tayyab Khan, Lequn Chen, Ye Han Ng +3

Automatic feature recognition (AFR) is essential for transforming design knowledge into actionable manufacturing information. Traditional AFR methods, which rely on predefined geom…

cs.AI2024★ 1 cited

Automatic Feature Recognition and Dimensional Attributes Extraction From CAD Models for Hybrid Additive-Subtractive Manufacturing

Muhammad Tayyab Khan, Wenhe Feng, Lequn Chen +3

The integration of Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Process Planning (CAPP), and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) plays a crucial role in modern manufacturing, facilit…

cs.CE2024★ 13 cited

Audio-visual cross-modality knowledge transfer for machine learning-based in-situ monitoring in laser additive manufacturing

Jiarui Xie, Mutahar Safdar, Lequn Chen +2

Various machine learning (ML)-based in-situ monitoring systems have been developed to detect anomalies and defects in laser additive manufacturing (LAM) processes. While multimodal…

eess.SP2024★ 172 cited

In-situ process monitoring and adaptive quality enhancement in laser additive manufacturing: a critical review

Lequn Chen, Guijun Bi, Xiling Yao +6

Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) presents unparalleled opportunities for fabricating complex, high-performance structures and components with unique material properties. Despite…

eess.IV2023★ 33 cited

Multimodal sensor fusion for real-time location-dependent defect detection in laser-directed energy deposition

Lequn Chen, Xiling Yao, Wenhe Feng +2

Real-time defect detection is crucial in laser-directed energy deposition (L-DED) additive manufacturing (AM). Traditional in-situ monitoring approach utilizes a single sensor (i.e…