THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM WHEN ELID GRINDING HARD MATERIALS

摘要

The article, at first, focuses on the newly developed method for grinding of hard and brittle materials, called ELID (electrolytic in- process dressing). The secondary objective is the presentation of the Expert System (ES). ES is based on a Question-Answer format in which the system prompts the user to a series of questions about the material to be machined, manufacturing (grinding) methods, required surface roughness, etc. The answers given by the user identify a situation, and this situation will conduct to an action, finally the system offering the solution for grinding method, processing parameters, etc. The real-time measurement of key grinding process parameters as grinding forces (x, y, and z components) may be collected, displayed, stored and analysed using a PC and specialised Lab View programs.