Combining image analysis and NNs to optimize powder packing density

Metal Powder Report

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 28-31

  Smith, Lyndon N ^a   Dihoru, Luiza ^b   Orban, Radu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LASER DIFFRACTION; POWDER PACKING DENSITY; VISION SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

POWDER METALLURGY;

EID: 0034159467     PISSN: 00260657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0657(00)88589-6     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. J.M. Capus, Metal Powders: A Global Survey of Production, Applications and Markets, (1996), Elsevier Advanced Technology, Oxford, ISBN 1 85617 287 2.
2. SCM, Survey of Parts Manufacturers, (1985), SCM Metal Products Inc, 2601 Weck Drive, Box 12166, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2166, USA.
3. R.G. Iacocca and R.M. German, 'A comparison of powder particle measuring instruments', The International Journal of Powder Metallurgy, (1997), Vol. 33, No. 8.
4. L.N. Smith, 'A Knowledge Based System for Powder Metallurgy', (1997), PhD thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
5. D.J. Holve and T.L. Harvill, 'Particle size distribution measurements for in-process monitoring and control', Particle Size Measurement and Testing, Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials - 1996, Part 4, (1996), Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, NJ, USA.
6. T. Allen, Particle Size Measurement Vol. 1 Powder Sampling and Particle Size Measurement, 5th Edition, (1997), Chapman and Hall, London, UK.
7. M. Smith, Neural Networks for Statistical Modeling, Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1993), ISBN 0442013108.
8. L.N. Smith, 'Modelling PM processes using neural networks', Metal Powder Report (2000), Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 30-35.
9. H.B. Demuth and M. Beale, Neural Network Tool box User's Guide, (1998), Math Works Inc, Natick, MA, USA.