Mechanical Troubleshooting System: Knowledge Engineering Approach

Abstract This paper describes a qeneral mechanical troubleshooting system which incorporates knowledge engineering techniques to perform interactive diagnosis. In this paper 1) characteristics of machinery are considered with respect to fault diagnosis, 2) a description format of machines is presented and 3) a failure searching procedure using the description of machines is proposed. It is assumed that there is only one wrong part. An air conditioner is used as an example.