Computer-implemented method and system for machine tool damage assessment, prediction, and planning in manufacturing shop floor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10139311-B2
Application number	US-201414499060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2014
Priority date	Sep 26, 2014
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A self-aware machine platform is implemented through analyzing operational data of machining tools to achieve machine tool damage assessment, prediction and planning in manufacturing shop floor. Machining processes are first identified by matching similar processes through an ICP algorithm. Machining processes are further clustered by Hotelling's T-squared statistics. Degradation of the machining tool is detected through a trend of the operational data within a cluster of machining processes by a monotonicity test, and the remaining useful life of the machining tool is predicted through a particle filter by extrapolating the trend under a first-order Markov process. In addition, process anomalies across machines are detected through a combination of outlier detection methods including SOMs, multivariate regression, and robust Mahalanobis distance. Warnings and recommendations are flexibly provided to manufacturing shop floor based on policy choice.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented system for detecting machine tool wear, predicting machine tool failure, and manufacturing shop floor planning, comprising:
a computing device comprising a processor and configured to:
obtain a machine tool's operational data comprising positional parameters and movement parameters during a time window;
identify a plurality of machining processes of the machine tool based upon a match of the positional parameters and the movement parameters that defines the machining processes;
cluster the plurality of the machining processes into one or more process clusters, based upon a similarity of the machining processes;
detect the machine tool's wear by characterizing a trend of change in a parameter from the one or more clusters of machining processes performed by the machine tool; and
predict the machine tool's remaining useful life by extrapolating the trend under a first-order Markov process, wherein the machine tool is replaced based on the predicted remaining useful life.

2. A computer-implemented system according to claim 1 , wherein the operational data comprise of at least one of X-axis position, Y-axis position, Z-axis position, feed rate, spindle speed, spindle power, spindle load, and tool number.

3. A computer-implemented system according to claim 1 , the computing device further configured to:
determine a tool path shape in a 3-D space for the plurality of the machining processes by plotting X-, Y-, and Z- positions of the machine tool during associated with the processes;
determine a movement parameter shape by plotting the spindle speed, feed rate, and time of the machine tool in the parameter space for the plurality of the machining processes associated with the machine tool; and
determine the match between two machining processes from the plurality of the machining processes by matching both the tool path shapes in the 3-D space and the movement parameter shapes in the parameter space between two machining processes, via finding the smallest possible differences between the matched shapes using an ICP algorithm.

4. A computer-implemented system according to claim 1 , the computing device further configured to:
cluster the machining processes based on the similarity of the machining processes, further comprising:
obtain an initial cluster of machining processes;
calculate the difference between at least one of the plurality of the machining processes and the average of the initial cluster using a T2 method of:
T 2=( d a −{circumflex over (d)} a )* s −1 * ( d a −{circumflex over (d)} a )′

wherein d a is a measurement of the difference and calculated by d a =[d s ,d p ], d s is a difference between tool path shapes in shape spaces, d p is a difference between movement parameter shapes in parameter spaces, {circumflex over (d)} a is the mean value of the difference of the initial cluster of the processes, and s is the covariance;
determine a T2 limit by a formula of

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keep the at least one process out of the cluster if the T2 statistics is above the T2 limit ; and
assign the at least one process into the initial cluster of the processes and update the centroid of the cluster if the T2 statistics is below the T2 limit .

5. A computer-implemented system according to claim 1 , the computing device further configured to:
characterize the trend of the parameter from one of the one or more clusters through detecting a unidirectional change of the parameter via a monotonicity test as described in for

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wherein F is the measurement of the parameter, d/dF is the derivative, and n is the number of measurement in a period of time;
set up a threshold of F ; and
provide a notification of a degradation when the threshold is exceeded by the calculated monotonicity,
wherein the parameter used for the trend detection is chosen from at least one of the following group: the machine tool's spindle power, the machine tool's torque, heat generated by the machine tool during the processes, and frictions of a bearing associated with the machine tool during the processes.

6. A computer-implemented system according to claim 1 , the computing device further configured to:
define the first-order Markov process model with a second order polynomial model of:
Xk=a k t k +b k t k 2 +c k =X k −1 +( a k +2bt k−1 ) Δt + b k Δt 2

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Assignees

• Palo Alto Res Ct Inc

Inventors

• Liao Linxia
• Minhas Rajinderjeet Singh
• Rangarajan Arvind
• Kurtoglu Tolga
• Kleer Johan De

Classifications

• G05B23/0283

  Predictive maintenance, e.g. involving the monitoring of a system and, based on the monitoring results, taking decisions on the maintenance schedule of the monitored system; Estimating remaining useful life [RUL] (preventive maintenance, i.e. planning maintenance according to the available resources without monitoring the system G06Q10/06) · CPC title

• G05B2219/50185

  Monitoring, detect failures, control of efficiency of machine, tool life · CPC title

• G05B2219/37252

  Life of tool, service life, decay, wear estimation · CPC title

• G05B2219/37258

  Calculate wear from workpiece and tool material, machining operations · CPC title

• G01M13/00 Primary

  Testing of machine parts · CPC title