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Minimising the machining energy consumption of a machine tool by sequencing the features of a part

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  • Hu, Luoke
  • Peng, Chen
  • Evans, Steve
  • Peng, Tao
  • Liu, Ying
  • Tang, Renzhong
  • Tiwari, Ashutosh

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Increasing energy price and emission reduction requirements are new challenges faced by modern manufacturers. A considerable amount of their energy consumption is attributed to the machining energy consumption of machine tools (MTE), including cutting and non-cutting energy consumption (CE and NCE). The value of MTE is affected by the processing sequence of the features within a specific part because both the cutting and non-cutting plans vary based on different feature sequences. This article aims to understand and characterise the MTE while machining a part. A CE model is developed to bridge the knowledge gap, and two sub-models for specific energy consumption and actual cutting volume are developed. Then, a single objective optimisation problem, minimising the MTE, is introduced. Two optimisation approaches, Depth-First Search (DFS) and Genetic Algorithm (GA), are employed to generate the optimal processing sequence. A case study is conducted, where five parts with 11–15 features are processed on a machining centre. By comparing the experiment results of the two algorithms, GA is recommended for the MTE model. The accuracy of our model achieved 96.25%. 14.13% and 14.00% MTE can be saved using DFS and GA, respectively. Moreover, the case study demonstrated a 20.69% machining time reduction.

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  • Hu, Luoke & Peng, Chen & Evans, Steve & Peng, Tao & Liu, Ying & Tang, Renzhong & Tiwari, Ashutosh, 2017. "Minimising the machining energy consumption of a machine tool by sequencing the features of a part," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 292-305.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:121:y:2017:i:c:p:292-305
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.039
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