An Expert System for Automatic Design of Compound Dies

  • Sachin Salunkhe
  • Shailendra Kumar
  • Hussein M. A. Hussein
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Abstract

The present chapter describes an expert system for automatic design of compound dies. The knowledge base of this system is constructed through coding of more than 1500 production rules of ‘IF-THEN’ variety in AutoLISP language. The system is structured in 22 modules. User interface is created using Visual Basic (VB) and AutoCAD software. The proposed system automates all major activities of design of compound die. The system finally generates the drawings (2-D and 3-D) of die components and die assembly of compound die automatically in the drawing editor of AutoCAD software. These drawings can be directly used for die manufacturing. The system can be implemented on a PC having VB and AutoCAD software and therefore its low cost of implementation makes it affordable for small scale enterprises.

Keywords

Expert system Compound die Automatic design Knowledge base Production rules 
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Acknowledgments

Authors thank all domain experts for providing expertise in the development of proposed expert system. Authors also acknowledge the sanction of the project on “Automation of design of compound dies for sheet metal industries” (File No. SB/S3/MMER/0061/2013) by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi, India.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sachin Salunkhe
    • 1
  • Shailendra Kumar
    • 2
  • Hussein M. A. Hussein
    • 3
  1. 1.Mechanical Engineering DepartmentJSPMPuneIndia
  2. 2.Mechanical Engineering DepartmentS.V. National Institute of TechnologySuratIndia
  3. 3.Mechanical Engineering DepartmentHelwan UniversityCairoEgypt

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