Tool Path of Lathe Machine in Flexible Transfer Lines by using Genetic Algorithms
In today’s global market, many large industries have put strenuous efforts to survive in ever-changing competitive market requirements. Most of the countermeasures that have been taken are through the introduction of automatic production systems such as Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) and Flexible Transfer Lines (FTL) as their strategies in order to improve production efficiencies. The typical FTL is established by installing machining centers (MC) and numerical control (NC) lathe machine tools in the production lines depending on their task. The purpose of this research is to develop a system that automatically generates the tool path of the NC lathe machine tools in FTL. The machine tools of the FTL machine produce parts before transferring them to another machine. In this paper, we adopt a Genetic Algorithm (GA) approach to decide on the reverse position and generate tool path automatically, when the workpiece is machined by several NC lathe machines in the FTL. The GA approach of our system adopts the moving points of the tool path as an individual. We introduce two original individual expressions. The first expression is an Absolute Individual Expression (AIE) and the second expression is the Incremental Individual Expression (IIE). After some simulations, a better machining efficiency for a cylindrical type of work piece obtained using in this machining process was acquired. It could be ascertained that our system is useful.
Flexible Manufacturing Systems Genetic Algorithms NC Lathe Machine Tool Path Generation
Rizauddin RAMLI Jaber ABU QUDEIRI Hidehiko YAMAMOTO
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Laboratory,Faculty of Engineering,Gifu University,1-1 Yanagido,Gif Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Laboratory,Faculty of Engineering,Gifu University,1-1 Yanagido,Gif
国际会议
北京
英文
2007-05-30（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）