Machine tool development from high level of holistic improvement to intelligence

摘要

Purpose: The aim of the paper is to identify the research efforts of the coming machine tool improvements towards the intelligent level of development.Design/methodology/approach: An approach to the machine intelligence will be based on a holistic modelling of machine tool system components and a process generating tool path, digitalization, virtualization and improvement for adaptive control of machine tool and process behaviour in real time.Findings: Intelligent procedures for machine and process efficiency control based on real time machine and process monitoring, on-line tool path generation, optimization and adaptive control.Research limitations/implications: A real time reachability for the high speed cutting and achievable computing power for the real time simulation of the tool path generation process.Practical implications: High efficient manufacturing.Originality/value: A unique presentation of the state of the art in knowledge oriented on concepts of intelligent machine tools generation as the coming level of development.