Application of Sensing Measurement in Machining

Dear Colleagues,

The question of whether it is possible to make machines capable of sensation persists. Many researchers have been trying to achieve this for years, but  machining processes are complex and therefore it is not easy to engineer “feeling machines”. Sensors are the primary equipment used by modern enterprises to diagnose the health of systems and the state a process is in. The expectation is that sensors should connect human and computer-controlled machine tools. Sensor features make it possible to capture changes in mechanical systems and provide the necessary information for decision making in both traditional and unmanned technologies. Of course, every industry has a desire to develop and use efficient systems that can prevent downtime and extend tool life in machining applications. In this way, it is possible to increase process productivity and ensure efficient resource use.

Although signal acquisition is an important part of sensor application, signal analysis and processing are equally important to the goals of better recognizing the situation during machining. Signal processing extracts and selects useful features to better understand the relationship between the sensor signal and process behavior.

In this case, areas of study are monitoring technological system state parameters and process output parameters based on sensing measurements; tool condition monitoring; tool health monitoring; determination of remaining useful lifetime; condition-based maintenance system; prognostic health management; ‘smart’ tools; sensor fusion in machining; and methods for processing initial sensor signals.

This Special Issue seeks original research papers focusing on advances in all facets of online/offline machining diagnostics and monitoring based on sensors measurements.

We welcome papers that offer new research approaches, methodologies, sights and scientific directions in the abovementioned topics. We hope that this Special Issue will be useful and informative to seasoned scientists, inexperienced scientist and practitioners.

Prof. Dr. Ján Piteľ
Guest Editor

Dr. Natalia Lishchenko
Guest Editor Assistant

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• advanced machining
• sensor monitoring
• sensors
• process monitoring
• signal processing
• sensing measurement
• diagnostics