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Logic programming for process planning in the domain of sheet metal forming with progressive dies

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In this work an intelligent system pertaining to sheet metal part and process design has been developed, storing knowledge and prescribing ways to use this knowledge according to the ‘programming in logic’ paradigm. The sheet metal parts covered by the software are those having U shape and being manufactured by bending (folding), cutting and piercing with particular emphasis on progressive dies. The use envisaged and corresponding parts of the system are: checking the part design for manufacturability, planning process phases, and checking the configuration of press tools involved. Particular attention is paid to the presentation of knowledge that has been gathered from handbooks and verified / enhanced in industry. This is first presented in natural language and then its formal representation in Prolog is described and explained by examples. Part design and press tool checking knowledge is relatively straightforward to represent and structure ‘linearly’. Process planning knowledge is based on patterns that are captured in lists and activated in a case-by-case fashion exploiting the power of Prolog. Validation of the system was conducted using examples from industry.

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    George-Christopher Vosniakos, Irene Segredou & Titos Giannakakis

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Vosniakos, GC., Segredou, I. & Giannakakis, T. Logic programming for process planning in the domain of sheet metal forming with progressive dies. J Intell Manuf 16, 479–497 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-005-1659-0

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