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A knowledge based system for the integrated design and manufacture of round broach tools

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A complete knowledge based procedure for the design and manufacture of a round hole broach tool is described. The knowledge based design system (KBDS) produces a tool specification from user inputs describing the task to be performed. These design results are then used by the knowledge base to generate a geometric CAD/CAM representation, which can be utilized directly to display a drawing of the tool or to generate a CNC program for producing it. The process of formulating a knowledge-based design system demonstrates: the integration of expertise from experts, handbooks and theory; the awareness of restrictions on the scope of design that can be handled by a given system: the use of failure handling mechanisms to detect design failures and either adjust the emerging design or indicate infeasibility.

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  1. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ohio University, Athens

    W. Robert Terry & Chad W. Richards

  2. Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

    Reuven Karni

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Terry, W.R., Karni, R. & Richards, C.W. A knowledge based system for the integrated design and manufacture of round broach tools. J Intell Manuf 1, 77–91 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01472505

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