Sensors (Feb 2023)

Hot-Pressing Furnace Current Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance System in Aerospace Applications

  • Hong-Ming Chen,
  • Jia-Hao Zhang,
  • Yu-Chieh Wang,
  • Hsiang-Ching Chang,
  • Jen-Kai King,
  • Chao-Tung Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s23042230
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 4
p. 2230

Abstract

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This research combines the application of artificial intelligence in the production equipment fault monitoring of aerospace components. It detects three-phase current abnormalities in large hot-pressing furnaces through smart meters and provides early preventive maintenance. Different anomalies are classified, and a suitable monitoring process algorithm is proposed to improve the overall monitoring quality, accuracy, and stability by applying AI. We also designed a system to present the heater’s power consumption and the hot-pressing furnace’s fan and visualize the process. Combining artificial intelligence with the experience and technology of professional technicians and researchers to detect and proactively grasp the health of the hot-pressing furnace equipment improves the shortcomings of previous expert systems, achieves long-term stability, and reduces costs. The complete algorithm introduces a model corresponding to the actual production environment, with the best model result being XGBoost with an accuracy of 0.97.

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