An adaptive control strategy for the abrasive waterjet cutting process with the integration of vision-based monitoring and a neuro-genetic control strategy

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 514-523

  Srinivasu, D S ^a   Babu, N Ramesh ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Abrasive waterjet cutting; Artificial neural networks; Control strategy; Genetic algorithms; Machine vision

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE CUTTING; ABRASIVES; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPUTER VISION; CUTTING TOOLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTEGRATED CONTROL; MONITORING; NOZZLES; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; WATER CRAFT;

ABRASIVE WATERJET CUTTING; ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTIVE CONTROL STRATEGIES; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; AWJ CUTTING; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONTROL STRATEGY; DEPTH OF CUT; FLOW-RATE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MACHINE VISION; MACHINE-VISION SYSTEM; MEAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATION; MONITORING AND CONTROLLING; MONITORING APPROACH; MONITORING SYSTEMS; NEURO-GENETIC; NOZZLE DIAMETERS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; TRAVERSE RATE; VISION-BASED; WATER PRESSURES;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 49449118897     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-007-1294-3     Document Type: Article

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