Quality Management Using Electrical Capacitance Tomography and Genetic Programming: A new Framework

Currently, many automotive companies struggle with expensive product recalls. To overcome these issues the need for quality management increases. Hence, we propose a monitoring and control framework for Lost Foam Casting (LFC) manufacturing processes using Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) and an evolutionary Genetic Programming (GP) based system. The multi-tier framework simulates the process output, helps simulating a metal filling modeling part of the process and supports product quality control. The results are very promising.