intelligent knowledge based system approach for optimization of design and manufacturing for abrasive water jet machining

a water jet machining is an industrial tool capable of cutting a wide variety of materials using avery high-pressure jet of water, or a mixture of water and an abrasive substance. this paperaddresses the concept of the intelligent knowledge base system (ikbs) for optimization of productdesign and manufacturing process for water jet machining in computer based concurrentengineering environment. the i kbs links with feature library. the design specification is acquiredthrough a feature based approach. the ikbs links with material data base which holds attributes ofmore than 20 type of materials. it also links with abrasive data base which hold attributes of 8 typesof abrasive, and also 4 type and size of machine. ikbs is also links with machine data base whichhold machine parameters. for each design feature, ikbs provides information needed for designand manufacturing optimization. the ikbs can be used as an advisory system for designers andmanufacturing engineers. it can be used as a teaching program for new water jet operators incomputer based concurrent engineering environment.