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An Expert System for Automatic Design of Compound Dies

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AI Applications in Sheet Metal Forming

Part of the book series: Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering ((TMMME))

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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.

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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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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, JSPM, Narhe Technical Campus, Pune, India

    Sachin Salunkhe

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, 395007, Gujarat, India

    Shailendra Kumar

  3. Mechanical Engineering Department, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

    Hussein M. A. Hussein

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Salunkhe, S., Kumar, S., Hussein, H.M.A. (2017). An Expert System for Automatic Design of Compound Dies. In: Kumar, S., Hussein, H. (eds) AI Applications in Sheet Metal Forming. Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2251-7_8

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