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Qualitative process automation: self-directed manufacture of composite materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

Steven R. LeClair ,
Frances L. Abrams  and
Richard F. Matejka
Steven R. LeClair
Affiliation:
Wright Research and Development Center, Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-6533
Frances L. Abrams
Affiliation:
Wright Research and Development Center, Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-6533
Richard F. Matejka
Affiliation:
Universal Technology Corporation Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
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Abstract

This paper addresses manufacturing research involving contributions in computer science, control theory and material processing science. The research objective has been to develop intelligent, †self-directed‡ control systems which enable in situ control path generation based on †product-processing‡ feedback. A †product-directed‡ control philosophy which emphasizes product quality is described together with a generic architecture for representing process knowledge. Specific details are presented involving the development and application of a self-directed material processing system for autoclave curing of composites together with recent research results, production challenges and future research in †self-improving‡ material processing systems.

Type
Research Article
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , May 1989 , pp. 125 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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