Electrode wear prediction in milling electrical discharge machining based on radial basis function neural network |
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Authors: | He Huang Ji-cheng Bai Ze-sheng Lu Yong-feng Guo |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Manufacturing and Automation Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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Abstract: | Milling electrical discharge machining (EDM) enables the machining of complex cavities using cylindrical or tubular electrodes. To ensure acceptable machining accuracy the process requires some methods of compensating for electrode wear. Due to the complexity and random nature of the process, existing methods of compensating for such wear usually involve off-line prediction. This paper discusses an innovative model of electrode wear prediction for milling EDM based upon a radial basis function (RBF) network. Data gained from an orthogonal experiment were used to provide training samples for the RBF network. The model established was used to forecast the electrode wear, making it possible to calculate the real-time tool wear in the milling EDM process and, to lay the foundations for dynamic compensation of the electrode wear on-line. This paper demonstrates that by using this model prediction errors can be controlled within 8%. |
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Keywords: | milling electrical discharge machining (EDM) electrode wear prediction radial basis function (RBF) neural network |
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