Open Access
Issue
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 347, 2026
2025 SAIMechE Central Branch Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Related Disciplines (SCMERD 2025)
Article Number 03001
Number of page(s) 11
Section Industrial Engineering
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202634703001
Published online 14 January 2026
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