Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Volume 43, Issue 6, Pages 1275-1293Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00207540412331327727
Keywords
diagnostics; Hidden-Markov-models; process monitoring; prognostics; remaining useful life
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Despite considerable advances over the last two decades in sensing instrumentation and information technology infrastructure, monitoring and diagnostics technology has not yet found its place in health management of mainstream machinery and equipment. This is in spite of numerous studies reporting that the expected savings from widespread deployment of condition-based maintenance (CBM) technology would be in the tens of billions of dollars in many industrial sectors as well as in governmental agencies. It turns out that a prerequisite to widespread deployment of CBM technology and practice in industry is cost efficient and effective diagnostics and prognostics. This paper presents a novel method for employing hidden Markov models (HMMs) for carrying out both diagnostic as well as prognostic activities for metal cutting tools. The methods employ HMMs for modelling sensor signals emanating from the machine ( or features thereof), and in turn, identify the health state of the cutting tool as well as facilitate estimation of remaining useful life. This paper also investigates some of the underlying issues of proper HMM design and training for the express purpose of effective diagnostics and prognostics. The proposed methods were validated on a physical test-bed, a vertical drilling machine. Experimental results are very promising.
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