Abstract
The articles in this special section focus on visualization in manufacturing. While the overall idea of manufacturing might seem straightforward, the manufacturing processes themselves are extremely diverse, complex, and specialized depending on the area of application. Regardless of whether the raw materials are being transformed into simple objects, or simple objects into more complex systems, what all manufacturing processes have in common is to strive for performance optimization. Consequently, there is a need for various levels of communicating information, such as a manufacturing progress overview, detailed production result communication, or outcome prediction based on different parameters. Visualization tools are a natural answer to those needs as they can help to put large amounts of data into a straightforward and comprehensible context. However, an open question remains—Is it possible to establish common grounds for the field of visualization in manufacturing? The question persists mostly because of dissipated visualization efforts across different scientific fields, thus making it challenging to gather the efforts, compare them, and deduct common challenges and requirements. In this special issue, we decided to provide researchers with a venue where different visualization efforts and challenges in manufacturing can be highlighted, which will further facilitate establishing visualization in manufacturing as a distinct research field.
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