A Decision Support System for Capturing CNC Operator Knowledge

Wikan Sakarinto; Hiroshi Narazaki; Keiichi Shirase

doi:10.20965/ijat.2011.p0655

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IJAT Vol.5 No.5 pp. 655-662

doi: 10.20965/ijat.2011.p0655

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A Decision Support System for Capturing CNC Operator Knowledge

Wikan Sakarinto, Hiroshi Narazaki, and Keiichi Shirase

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokko-dai, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan

Received:

February 27, 2011

Accepted:

July 13, 2011

Published:

September 5, 2011

Keywords:

decision support system, knowledge-based system

Abstract

The main job of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) operators is to capture and use knowledge to assess product data. CNC operators assess Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) files before proceeding to CNC machining processes. Decision Support Systems (DSS), for these operators, is provided by Expert Systems (ES) designed to manage and learn intelligently from previous data and information and produce recommended actions and decisions. The purpose of the DSS is (i) to assist inexperienced operators in assessment using stored know-how of experienced operators and to collect additional knowledge in interaction between the DSS and experienced operators during semiautomatic assessment, and (ii) to present collected knowledge to users based on contexts or constraints the user must deal with in product data assessment. After outlining the DSS, the discussion is about its usefulness in dealing information and knowledge discrepancies between CAM and CNC operators - an important problem in practice that has been rather neglected so far - focusing on CNC milling operations.

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W. Sakarinto, H. Narazaki, and K. Shirase, “A Decision Support System for Capturing CNC Operator Knowledge,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.5 No.5, pp. 655-662, 2011.

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