Cutting Parameter Optimization for Reducing Carbon Emissions Using Digital Twin

• Published in: International journal of precision engineering and manufacturing Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 933 - 949
• Main Authors: Zhao, Lili, Fang, Yilin, Lou, Ping, Yan, Junwei, Xiao, Angran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul Korean Society for Precision Engineering 01.05.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Carbon; Cutting parameters; Digital twins; Engineering; Industrial and Production Engineering; Machine shops; Machine tools; Machining; Materials Science; Numerical controls; Optimization; Perception; Process parameters; Real time; Regular Paper; Machining efficiency; Cutting parameter optimization; Digital twin; Virtual-physical interaction; Carbon emissions
• ISSN: 2234-7593; 2005-4602
• DOI: 10.1007/s12541-021-00486-1

With the exacerbation of global environmental concerns, manufacturing industries need to consider the impact of carbon emissions from manufacturing processes. The selection of the parameters in the machining process greatly influences on carbon emissions and machining efficiency. Hence dynamically optimizing the machining process parameters is a significant means to reduce carbon emissions according to the real-time perception of the machining conditions. In the paper, a method of cutting parameter optimization is presented on basis of the construction the digital twin of a CNC machine tool. In this method, an ontology on CNC machining process is established to be used as a communication bridge for understanding the semantic of the real-time interaction between the physical machine and the virtual twin. And a dynamic optimization method on cutting parameters is presented according to the simulation and optimization of the virtual twin with the dynamic perception of the machining conditions of the physical machine. At last, a case study is presented to validate this method for effectively optimizing the cutting parameters and decreasing carbon emissions.