A Novel Method for Tool Identification and Wear Condition Assessment Based on Multi-Sensor Data.

The development of industry 4.0 has put forward higher requirements for modern milling technology. Monitoring the degree of milling tool wear during machine tool processing can improve product quality and reduce production losses. In the machining process of machine tools, many kinds of tools are usually used, and the signal characteristics of various sensors of different tools are different. Therefore, before the tool wear assessment, this paper identified the tool type according to the spindle current data. After the tool type recognition, this paper evaluates the tool wear degree according to the tool force data, vibration data, acoustic emission signal, and other multi-sensor data. Firstly, the Elman neural network and Adaboost algorithm are combined to construct the Elman_Adaboost strong predictor. Then, the variance and mean of seven sensor data were selected as the characteristic quantities to input the strong predictor. Finally, three wear quantities were obtained to measure the wear degree of the tool. The method proposed in this paper is implemented by Matlab, and the validity of this method is verified using the competition data provided by PHM (Prognostics and Health Management) Society. The results show that the average evaluation accuracy of the same tool wear is more than 92%, and that of the similar tool wear is more than 85%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]