Intelligent Technologies in Manufacturing Process Design Using Neural Networks

Abstract

The development of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) requires intensive research in the field of the integration of software and hardware architecture of production systems. The artificial neural networks (ANNs) as a part of intelligent technologies are used to solve problems in group technology design, as discussed in this paper. The research carried out the exceptional implementation possibilities of ART-1 neural network in the analysis of the manufacturing similarity of work-pieces. Within this analysis and the group technology concept, as presented in the paper, it is possible to achieve software integration of the results obtained by hardware, i.e., with machine tools in the production system.