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Automation of Microwave Processing of Graphite / Epoxy Composite Materials using an Expert Systems Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Valerie Adegbite ,
Martin Hawley ,
Dave Decker  and
Jon Sticklen
Valerie Adegbite
Affiliation:
Michigan State University, Dept of Chem. Eng., East Lansing, MI 48823, Michigan State University, AIIKBS-Lab CPS Dept., East Lansing, MI 48823
Martin Hawley
Affiliation:
Michigan State University, Dept of Chem. Eng., East Lansing, MI 48823, Michigan State University, AIIKBS-Lab CPS Dept., East Lansing, MI 48823
Dave Decker
Affiliation:
Michigan State University, Dept of Chem. Eng., East Lansing, MI 48823, Michigan State University, AIIKBS-Lab CPS Dept., East Lansing, MI 48823
Jon Sticklen
Affiliation:
Michigan State University, Dept of Chem. Eng., East Lansing, MI 48823, Michigan State University, AIIKBS-Lab CPS Dept., East Lansing, MI 48823
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Abstract

Microwave curing of composite materials is a novel technology which can be an alternative to conventional thermal curing and has many advantages over thermal curing, i.e, fast and direct heating, selective heating, and controllability. Currently, the existing technology is more empirical and cannot be easily described by traditional process models. One key enabling step for realizing the advantages of the microwave curing technology is a capability for utilizing all the available existing knowledge in a concise manner. The major elements of a control system which utilizes traditional control techniques and (non-traditional) expert systems techniques in a real time microwave cure monitoring and control is discussed.

Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 269: Symposium L – Microwave Processing of Materials III , 1992 , 425
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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