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Machining Feature Recognition in Furniture Parts based on a Graph Neural Network

  • Due to the increasing customer demands, companies face the challenge of adapting their manufacturing facilities to produce batch size one parts. In this context, each component comes with specific customer requirements, significantly increasing the complexity of its manufacturing process. Traditional process planning done by employees is no longer feasible in the face of the growing complexity and diversity of batch size one parts. Therefore, there is a need for novel computer-aided process planning methods capable of autonomously learning and identifying the necessary machining features of these parts. We propose a configurable automated feature recognition framework tailored to batch size one parts to address this need. This framework comprises two main components. First, a customizable data generator is developed to create a dataset of computer-aided design models incorporating user-specific machining features. Second, a graph neural network is employed to learn these user-specific machining features by leveraging the graph structure represented by the vertices and edges in each computer-aided design model. We evaluate the effectiveness of our framework using a real-world example from the furniture industry. Specifically, we construct a dataset comprising over 7000 computer-aided design models of wooden boards using our framework's data generator. Each wooden board contains up to 30 randomly placed machining features for the application of connectors and fittings, randomly selected from 14 standard machining features commonly used in the furniture industry. An optimization algorithm adapts a graph neural network for classifying these specific machining features. The results demonstrate that our framework addresses the automated feature recognition problem without requiring data conversions, such as pixels or voxels, as other approaches often do. By introducing this configurable automated feature recognition framework, we solve the challenges posed by batch size one manufacturing. The framework's effectiveness and accuracy are demonstrated through extensive testing on the example of the furniture industry, showcasing its potential for enhancing manufacturing processes in various domains

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Author:Stefan-Andreas Böhm, Christian Kortüm
Parent Title (English):Proceedings of the 25th International Wood Machining Seminar
Editor:Gary Schajer
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Publication Year:2023
Tag:Automatic Feature Recognition,; Furniture Industry; Machine Learning, Graph Neural Networks; Machining Features
Page Number:8
Peer reviewed:Ja
faculties / departments:Fakultät für Holztechnik und Bau