Soft measurement model of ring’s dimensions for vertical hot ring rolling process using neural networks optimized by genetic algorithm

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• 作者：Xiao-kai Wang 汪小凯 ; Lin Hua 华林 ; Xiao-xuan Wang 汪晓旋…
• 关键词：Key wordsvertical hot ring rolling ; dimension precision ; soft measurement model ; artificial neural network ; genetic algorithm
• 刊名：Journal of Central South University
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：24
• 期：1
• 页码：17-29
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• 刊物类别：Engineering
• 刊物主题：Engineering, general; Metallic Materials;
• 出版者：Central South University
• ISSN：2227-5223
• 卷排序：24

文摘

Vertical hot ring rolling (VHRR) process has the characteristics of nonlinearity, time-variation and being susceptible to disturbance. Furthermore, the ring’s growth is quite fast within a short time, and the rolled ring’s position is asymmetrical. All of these cause that the ring’s dimensions cannot be measured directly. Through analyzing the relationships among the dimensions of ring blanks, the positions of rolls and the ring’s inner and outer diameter, the soft measurement model of ring’s dimensions is established based on the radial basis function neural network (RBFNN). A mass of data samples are obtained from VHRR finite element (FE) simulations to train and test the soft measurement NN model, and the model’s structure parameters are deduced and optimized by genetic algorithm (GA). Finally, the soft measurement system of ring’s dimensions is established and validated by the VHRR experiments. The ring’s dimensions were measured artificially and calculated by the soft measurement NN model. The results show that the calculation values of GA-RBFNN model are close to the artificial measurement data. In addition, the calculation accuracy of GA-RBFNN model is higher than that of RBFNN model. The research results suggest that the soft measurement NN model has high precision and flexibility. The research can provide practical methods and theoretical guidance for the accurate measurement of VHRR process.