APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK AND FUZZY LOGIC FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING IN MACHINING
S. Kumudha, Y. G. Srinivasa and R. Krishnamurthy Manufacturing Engineering Section, Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600 036, India
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is widely applied in many applications due to the fact that it will not impair the future usefulness of the test object. One of the objectives of NDT is to ensure the product reliability. In machining, the product reliability is mainly affected by the status of the cutting wedge especially of tool flank (which influences the dimensional tolerances of the workpiece most) and chip morphology. Till date, the tool performance was maintained by the well-versed operators by their ability to sense, distinguish the events and control the machining processes.
Publication Source: Trends in NDE Science & Technology; Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, New Delhi, 8-13 December 1996.Vol. 3, pages 1867 - 1870 Publisher:Ashgate Publishing Company
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