IMPLEMENTATION OF A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FOR MODELING NON-CONVENTIONAL MACHINING PROCESSES

The scope of this paper is to investigate how Knowledge Based Systems (KBS) can be applied to model manufacturing processes and especially processes concerning non-conventional machining such as Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Abrasive Water Jet Machining (AWJM). KBS have emerged as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) research field and have provided useful methods and techniques for knowledge representation and processing. Both EDM and AWJM processes can be supported by a Knowledge Based System (KBS) based on both rules and Object-Oriented structures such as Semantic Networks (SN) and Frames, which maintain, process and relate taxonomies of products and materials, their attributes and properties, processes’ parameters, quality control specifications and manufacturability rules.