Structure Design and Optimization Algorithm of a Lightweight Drive Rod for Precision Die-Cutting Machine
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Remarks are given in review applsci-2241831.pdf.
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Author Response
Replies are given in appendix “Reply to reviewer 1”
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Reviewer 2 Report
The presented work is useful and get the reader attention. This study presented well and organized. I am glad to accept this paper as it the same.
Author Response
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Reviewer 3 Report
In this study, the authors proposed the the lightweight driving rod with full symmetrical structure, which can be applied for the lightweight driving mechanism of high-speed precision die-cutting machine. Well done. In my opinion, a few improvements should be done as the followings.
1. The symbols and characteristics should be listed in the nomenclature.
2. The theoretical equations proposed by former researchers should be accurately referred.
3. How can the users to utilize this research? The authors should implement necessary illustrations about this content.
4. The definition and logos of the figures should be improved more clear, such as Figures 6, 7, 16, etc. The explanations and illustrations of Figure 31 could not be clearly viewed.
5. The conclusions should be listed one by one, like (1)(2)(3)(4).
6. Some spell mistakes should be checked in this full manuscript, such as “****under heavy load..”(Section 3.1), et al. The English written of full manuscript should be improved by native English speaker.
7. The names of researchers should be standard in the introduction and references list, such as “Xie and zou carried out the dynamic analysis of the dou-56 ble elbow bar of the die cutting machine [14]” should be modified as “Xie and Zou carried out the dynamic analysis of the dou-56 ble elbow bar of the die cutting machine [14]”. The authors should check these problems in the whole manuscript.
8. “Scientific notation” should be utilized in the whole manuscript.
Author Response
Replies are given in appendix “Reply to reviewer 3”
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Reviewer 4 Report
The authors must be presented the Pareto front (optimal) of the bi-objective optimization using the proposed approach based on NSGA.
Author Response
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Paper is significantly improved.
Please check added text for style.
For instance, one can not say "Import the parametric drive rod..." but "Parametric drive rod parameters are imported..." etc.
After these corrections paper can be accepted.
Author Response
Replies are given in appendix “Second reply to reviewer 2”
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
