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Nazir A, Azhar A, Nazir U, Liu YF, Qureshi WS, Chen JE, Alanazi E. The rise of 3D Printing entangled with smart computer aided design during COVID-19 era. J Manuf Syst 2021; 60:774-786. [PMID: 33106722 PMCID: PMC7577663 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsy.2020.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
During the current Pandemic, seven and a half million flights worldwide were canceled which disrupted the supply chain of all types of goods such as, personal protective gears, medical health devices, raw materials, food, and other essential equipments. The demand for health and medical related goods increased during this period globally, while the production using classical manufacturing techniques were effected because of the lockdowns and disruption in the transporation system. This created the need of geo scattered, small, and rapid manufacturing units along with a smart computer aided design (CAD) facility. The availability of 3D printing technologies and open source CAD design made it possible to overcome this need. In this article, we present an extensive review on the utilization of 3D printing technology in the days of pandamic. We observe that 3D printing together with smart CAD design show promise to overcome the disruption caused by the lockdown of classical manufacturing units specially for medical and testing equipment, and protective gears. We observe that there are several short communications, commentaries, correspondences, editorials and mini reviews compiled and published; however, a systematic state-of-the-art review is required to identify the significance of 3D printing, design for additive manufacturing (AM), and digital supply chain for handling emergency situations and in the post-COVID era. We present a review of various benefits of 3DP particularly in emergency situations such as a pandemic. Furthermore, some relevant iterative design and 3DP case studies are discussed systematically. Finally, this article highlights the areas that can help to control the emergency situation such as a pandemic, and critically discusses the research gaps that need further research in order to exploit the full potential of 3DP in pandemic and post-pandemic future era.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aamer Nazir
- High Speed 3D Printing Research Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, China
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- Robot Design and Development Lab, NCRA, NUST C of E & ME, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Department of Computer Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Medical 3D Printing Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Computer Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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