Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.045
G. Totis , A. Bordon , F. Scalzo , E. Vaglio , M. Sortino
Nowadays robotic milling is largely used in strategic industrial sectors such as aerospace. Unfortunately, robotic arms are characterized by a large, posture-dependent dynamic compliance, which limits the achievable performances of the cutting process. In-process, real-time knowledge of system dynamic compliance – for any generic robot posture – together with a good reconstruction of the input cutting forces would enable an effective optimization of robotic milling. For this purpose, a novel device for cutting force measurements in robotic milling was designed and developed in this work. Relatively cheap PVDF sensors have been selected as main sensing elements, in combination with piezoelectric accelerometers, according to the principles of the Universal Dynamometer that was recently presented in technical literature. In this work, the design, testing and preliminary validation of the new device will be presented, showing its outstanding potential advantages.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.082
J. Huuk , B. Denkena , A. Dhingra , E. Ntoutsi
This paper presents an innovative method for predicting shape errors in 5-axis machining using graph neural networks. The graph structure is defined with nodes representing workpiece surface points and edges denoting the neighboring relationships. The change in workpiece geometry is captured at each node as time series data. The dataset encompasses data from a material removal simulation, process data, and post-machining quality information. Experimental results show that the presented approach can generalize the shape error prediction for the investigated workpiece geometry. Moreover, by modelling spatial and temporal connections within the workpiece, the approach handles a low number of labels compared to non-graphical methods such as Support Vector Machines.
{"title":"Shape error prediction in 5-axis machining using graph neural networks","authors":"J. Huuk , B. Denkena , A. Dhingra , E. Ntoutsi","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.082","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents an innovative method for predicting shape errors in 5-axis machining using graph neural networks. The graph structure is defined with nodes representing workpiece surface points and edges denoting the neighboring relationships. The change in workpiece geometry is captured at each node as time series data. The dataset encompasses data from a material removal simulation, process data, and post-machining quality information. Experimental results show that the presented approach can generalize the shape error prediction for the investigated workpiece geometry. Moreover, by modelling spatial and temporal connections within the workpiece, the approach handles a low number of labels compared to non-graphical methods such as Support Vector Machines.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 474-479"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The parameters that characterize the profile grinding method productivity, e.g., the material removal rate, specific material removal rate, and material removal as well as specific grinding energy can be obtained through the cross-sectional area of the material layer being cut. In turn, the value of the cross-sectional area during profile grinding is usually found by integrating the equation that describes the groove profile shape in its cross section. The paper proposes a simpler method at the theorem level, which consists of determining the cross-sectional area of an equivalent (in terms of area) rectangular profile installed at the same grinding depth. That is, the task of profile grinding with a curved profile grinding wheel (triangular, semi-circular, involute, etc.) is reduced to the task of the area determining for an equivalent rectangular profile, i.e., just the same as for rectangular grinding conventional operations – surface and cylindrical ones. It is shown that the width of the specified equivalent rectangular profile is in the interval between the widths of the grooves of the curved profile before and after the next working stroke during profile grinding.
{"title":"Material Removal Rate Definition Based on Equivalence Principle in Profile Grinding","authors":"Natalia Lishchenko , Vasily Larshin , Garret O’Donnell","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.092","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.092","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The parameters that characterize the profile grinding method productivity, e.g., the material removal rate, specific material removal rate, and material removal as well as specific grinding energy can be obtained through the cross-sectional area of the material layer being cut. In turn, the value of the cross-sectional area during profile grinding is usually found by integrating the equation that describes the groove profile shape in its cross section. The paper proposes a simpler method at the theorem level, which consists of determining the cross-sectional area of an equivalent (in terms of area) rectangular profile installed at the same grinding depth. That is, the task of profile grinding with a curved profile grinding wheel (triangular, semi-circular, involute, etc.) is reduced to the task of the area determining for an equivalent rectangular profile, i.e., just the same as for rectangular grinding conventional operations – surface and cylindrical ones. It is shown that the width of the specified equivalent rectangular profile is in the interval between the widths of the grooves of the curved profile before and after the next working stroke during profile grinding.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 534-539"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.098
Soraya Zenhari , Jie Ni , Kim Werkle , Hans-Christian Möhring
Accurate prediction of surface roughness based on input cutting parameters is beneficial for controlling the surface quality of the workpiece. Traditional mathematical models struggle with the complex relationship between cutting parameters and surface quality. The objective of the research is to identify an optimal model and hyperparameters through a comprehensive evaluation process. To achieve desired surface roughness, a fusion model is presented to control production cutting parameters. Experimental results indicate that fusion models trained with machine learning algorithms are highly accurate in predicting the surface roughness of additively manufactured parts. Notably, the data fusion method enhances prediction accuracy even further.
{"title":"Prediction of surface roughness based on fusion model","authors":"Soraya Zenhari , Jie Ni , Kim Werkle , Hans-Christian Möhring","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.098","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.098","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accurate prediction of surface roughness based on input cutting parameters is beneficial for controlling the surface quality of the workpiece. Traditional mathematical models struggle with the complex relationship between cutting parameters and surface quality. The objective of the research is to identify an optimal model and hyperparameters through a comprehensive evaluation process. To achieve desired surface roughness, a fusion model is presented to control production cutting parameters. Experimental results indicate that fusion models trained with machine learning algorithms are highly accurate in predicting the surface roughness of additively manufactured parts. Notably, the data fusion method enhances prediction accuracy even further.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 568-572"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146161897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.096
Bingzhou Xu , Zeyuan Yang , Wenqi Cai , Xiaojian Zhang , Sijie Yan , Han Ding
Robotic disk grinding is usually used in aeronautical parts manufacture with free-form surfaces which have high requirements for manufacturing accuracy. Most of the existing contact geometry models are unable to be used for accurate prediction for free-form surfaces, due to that the various curvatures of the free-form surfaces at different path points will lead to a time-varying contact state. This paper proposes a novel contact geometry model based on point cloud, which can efficiently predict contact geometry variations under force control along the tool path. Combined with the wear model, the dynamical material removal depth can be predicted accurately.
{"title":"Material removal model considering time-varying contact state for robotic disk grinding of free-form surfaces","authors":"Bingzhou Xu , Zeyuan Yang , Wenqi Cai , Xiaojian Zhang , Sijie Yan , Han Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.096","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Robotic disk grinding is usually used in aeronautical parts manufacture with free-form surfaces which have high requirements for manufacturing accuracy. Most of the existing contact geometry models are unable to be used for accurate prediction for free-form surfaces, due to that the various curvatures of the free-form surfaces at different path points will lead to a time-varying contact state. This paper proposes a novel contact geometry model based on point cloud, which can efficiently predict contact geometry variations under force control along the tool path. Combined with the wear model, the dynamical material removal depth can be predicted accurately.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 558-563"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146161898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.031
Merlin Korth , Marco Wurster , Marvin Carl May , Gisela Lanza
An increasingly dynamic market environment is enforcing greater changeability and flexibility in production systems. To address this complexity with simulation models, expert knowledge needs to be externalized. Therefore, we propose a framework that converts expert discussions and written documents into textual requirements to create simulation configurations. This automates the manual and time-consuming process of specifying the scenario and instantiating simulation models. We discuss the overall architecture that is able to understand complex technical language and explain the approach that dynamically adapts to new requirements. The natural language processing-based framework promises great potential of a seamless setup up of a-priori evaluations of productions systems to enable a comprehensive deployment of digital twins.
{"title":"Framework for Natural Language Processing to Automate Material Flow Simulation in Production System Planning","authors":"Merlin Korth , Marco Wurster , Marvin Carl May , Gisela Lanza","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An increasingly dynamic market environment is enforcing greater changeability and flexibility in production systems. To address this complexity with simulation models, expert knowledge needs to be externalized. Therefore, we propose a framework that converts expert discussions and written documents into textual requirements to create simulation configurations. This automates the manual and time-consuming process of specifying the scenario and instantiating simulation models. We discuss the overall architecture that is able to understand complex technical language and explain the approach that dynamically adapts to new requirements. The natural language processing-based framework promises great potential of a seamless setup up of a-priori evaluations of productions systems to enable a comprehensive deployment of digital twins.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 174-179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146161930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.035
Gregory W. Vogl , M. Wahidur Rahman , Yongzhi Qu
The future of manufacturing depends on transitioning traditional machines into intelligent machine tools that can monitor and control themselves. As the spindle is an essential component of machine tools, the performance of machine tool spindles should be tracked for quality control. For example, smart spindles could be equipped with accelerometers for monitoring the spindle performance via models that relate the measured accelerations to the spindle error motions. Various data-driven models were created that estimate spindle-related displacements from on-machine accelerations. The estimated displacements were compared, revealing the advantages and disadvantages of each model to monitor the spindle performance.
{"title":"Spindle performance monitoring via accelerometer measurements in data-driven models","authors":"Gregory W. Vogl , M. Wahidur Rahman , Yongzhi Qu","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The future of manufacturing depends on transitioning traditional machines into intelligent machine tools that can monitor and control themselves. As the spindle is an essential component of machine tools, the performance of machine tool spindles should be tracked for quality control. For example, smart spindles could be equipped with accelerometers for monitoring the spindle performance via models that relate the measured accelerations to the spindle error motions. Various data-driven models were created that estimate spindle-related displacements from on-machine accelerations. The estimated displacements were compared, revealing the advantages and disadvantages of each model to monitor the spindle performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 198-203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146161993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.047
Maximilian Bryg, Claudius Birk, Martin Kipfmüller, Jan Kotschenreuther
Flexibility and efficiency in production technology remain crucial for maintaining competitiveness. Highly adaptable systems are required to meet this demand. Small and medium-sized robots can play a vital role in enhancing these requirements, particularly in highly specialized manufacturing. However, for these robots to be effective, they have to be integrated in the process flow of manufacturing technology. This article proposes a method for closing the gap between Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and robots performing the milling tasks. The present article illustrates, how data from common CAM systems can be fed into a ROS2-based robot environment and resultant advantages.
{"title":"A ROS2-based Framework to enable CAM-based milling with robots","authors":"Maximilian Bryg, Claudius Birk, Martin Kipfmüller, Jan Kotschenreuther","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.047","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.047","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Flexibility and efficiency in production technology remain crucial for maintaining competitiveness. Highly adaptable systems are required to meet this demand. Small and medium-sized robots can play a vital role in enhancing these requirements, particularly in highly specialized manufacturing. However, for these robots to be effective, they have to be integrated in the process flow of manufacturing technology. This article proposes a method for closing the gap between Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and robots performing the milling tasks. The present article illustrates, how data from common CAM systems can be fed into a ROS2-based robot environment and resultant advantages.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 269-273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.053
Rebekka Neumann, Moritz Walker, Michael Neubauer, Alexander Verl
Industrial automation systems are evolving. Approaches such as software-defined manufacturing aim to overcome the barriers of rigid predefined structures in the manufacturing domain. When functionality of the production hardware is defined by software services, new types of resources have to be modeled to depict the automation system in its entirety. Since software is executed on computing resources, and these directly influence the behavior of the manufacturing system, an approach to consistently model these different types of resources is necessary. In this paper, we present a model to depict production and compute resources continuously and uniformly.
{"title":"Towards Uniform and Consistent Data Modelling of Resources in Distributed Industrial Control Systems","authors":"Rebekka Neumann, Moritz Walker, Michael Neubauer, Alexander Verl","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.053","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.053","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Industrial automation systems are evolving. Approaches such as software-defined manufacturing aim to overcome the barriers of rigid predefined structures in the manufacturing domain. When functionality of the production hardware is defined by software services, new types of resources have to be modeled to depict the automation system in its entirety. Since software is executed on computing resources, and these directly influence the behavior of the manufacturing system, an approach to consistently model these different types of resources is necessary. In this paper, we present a model to depict production and compute resources continuously and uniformly.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 304-309"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.056
Md Masruk Aulia , Nitol Saha , Md. Mostafizur Rahman
The pharmaceutical manufacturing faces critical challenges due to the global threat of counterfeit drugs. This paper proposes a new approach of protected QR codes to secure unique product information for safeguarding the pharmaceutical supply chain. The proposed solution integrates secure QR code generation and encrypted data transmission to establish a comprehensive anti-counterfeit ecosystem. The protected QR codes encapsulate product information that cannot be identified using traditional QR code scanners which protect the information against replication and tampering. The system is developed with scalability in mind, which can be easily implemented without introducing any additional modification in the traditional supply chain.
{"title":"Protected QR Code-based Anti-counterfeit System for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing","authors":"Md Masruk Aulia , Nitol Saha , Md. Mostafizur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.056","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.procir.2026.01.056","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The pharmaceutical manufacturing faces critical challenges due to the global threat of counterfeit drugs. This paper proposes a new approach of protected QR codes to secure unique product information for safeguarding the pharmaceutical supply chain. The proposed solution integrates secure QR code generation and encrypted data transmission to establish a comprehensive anti-counterfeit ecosystem. The protected QR codes encapsulate product information that cannot be identified using traditional QR code scanners which protect the information against replication and tampering. The system is developed with scalability in mind, which can be easily implemented without introducing any additional modification in the traditional supply chain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20535,"journal":{"name":"Procedia CIRP","volume":"138 ","pages":"Pages 322-327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146162065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}