Ontology-based cutting tool configuration considering carbon emissions

In order to improve the precision and efficiency of cutting tool configuration and reduce carbon emissions during manufacturing process, an ontology-based cutting tool configuration process considering carbon emissions is put forward in the paper. Firstly, the architecture of ontology-based cutting tool configuration is established and key functional modules are described. Secondly, ontology is applied to describe the complex knowledge of cutting tool configuration and the Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) is used to build inference rules to reason feasible cutting tool configuration schemes according to machining requirements. Thirdly, taking carbon emissions as the objective, an evaluation method based on the c-PBOM-T (carbon emissions-Process Bill of Material for cutting Tools) table is studied to decide an optimal cutting tool configuration scheme from the feasible ones in the previous step for part machining. Finally, the proposed method is applied to a vortex shell workpiece to demonstrate its feasibility. The results show that the proposed method can improve the cutting tool configuration and reduce carbon emissions effectively for the machining processes. The presented method provides a valuable insight into the intelligent cutting tool configuration to support low-carbon manufacturing.

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