Abstract

Effective monitoring of a manufacturing process is essential for ensuring product quality. This paper outlines some basic concepts that will form the fundamental building blocks for selecting an appropriate monitoring system for any given machining system. Presented are the concepts of Fault, Sensor, Signal Processing, and Computing Spaces, and their generic characteristics. A mapping theory that should enable suitable sensors, signal processing algorithms, and computer hardware and software to be selected for a given machining system is discussed. Such a fundamental theory should facilitate development of monitoring systems for reconfigurable machining systems.

Volume Subject Area:
Sensor Based Control for Manufacturing
Topics:
Machining, Sensors, Monitoring systems, Signal processing, Algorithms, Blocks (Building materials), Computer software, Computers, Manufacturing, Product quality, Space
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