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Laser cutting is a widely adopted technology in material processing across various industries, but it generates a significant amount of dust, smoke, and aerosols during operation, posing a risk to both the environment and workers' health.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Mohamed Abdallah Salem , Hamdy Ahmed Ashur , Ahmed Elshinnawy

Inferential (or soft) sensors are used in industry to infer the values of imprecisely and rarely measured (or completely unmeasured) variables from variables measured online (e.g., pressures, temperatures). The main challenge, akin to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Martin Mojto , Karol Ľubušký , Miroslav Fikar , Radoslav Paulen

Industrial applications of machine learning face unique challenges due to the nature of raw industry data. Preprocessing and preparing raw industrial data for machine learning applications is a demanding task that often takes more time and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-09 Philipp Fleck , Manfred Kügel , Michael Kommenda

This paper presents a cutting-edge robotic inspection solution designed to automate quality control in automotive manufacturing. The system integrates a pair of collaborative robots, each equipped with a high-resolution camera-based vision…

Accurately predicting industrial aging processes makes it possible to schedule maintenance events further in advance, ensuring a cost-efficient and reliable operation of the plant. So far, these degradation processes were usually described…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-22 Mihail Bogojeski , Simeon Sauer , Franziska Horn , Klaus-Robert Müller

Quality control is a crucial activity performed by manufacturing enterprises to ensure that their products meet quality standards and avoid potential damage to the brand's reputation. The decreased cost of sensors and connectivity enabled…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Jože M. Rožanec , Luka Bizjak , Elena Trajkova , Patrik Zajec , Jelle Keizer , Blaž Fortuna , Dunja Mladenić

Data quality is a key element for building and optimizing good learning models. Despite many attempts to characterize data quality, there is still a need for rigorous formalization and an efficient measure of the quality from available…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Jouseau Roxane , Salva Sébastien , Samir Chafik

Machine learning offers remarkable benefits for improving workplaces and working conditions amongst others in the recycling industry. Here e.g. hand-sorting of medium value scrap is labor intensive and requires experienced and skilled…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-25 Maximilian Auer , Kai Osswald , Raphael Volz , Joerg Woidasky

Wire-feed laser additive manufacturing is an emerging fabrication technique capable of highly automated large-scale volume production that can reduce both material waste and overall cost while improving product lead times. Quality assurance…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-08-23 Sen Liu , Craig Brice , Xiaoli Zhang

Ensuring software quality in embedded firmware is critical, especially in safety-critical domains where compliance with functional safety standards (ISO 26262) requires strong guarantees of software reliability. While machine learning-based…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Marco De Luca , Domenico Amalfitano , Anna Rita Fasolino , Porfirio Tramontana

In the context of Industry 4.0, the knowledge extraction from sensor information plays an important role. Often, information gathered from sensor values reveals meaningful insights for production levels, such as anomalies or machine states.…

Consistency in product quality is of critical importance in manufacturing. However, achieving a target product quality typically involves balancing a large number of manufacturing attributes. Existing manufacturing practices for dealing…

Steel casting processes are vulnerable to financial losses due to slag flow contamination, making accurate slag flow condition detection essential. This study introduces a novel cross-domain diagnostic method using vibration data collected…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Mert Sehri , Ana Cardoso , Francisco de Assis Boldt , Patrick Dumond

This paper presents an explainable machine learning (ML) approach for predicting surface roughness in milling. Utilizing a dataset from milling aluminum alloy 2017A, the study employs random forest regression models and feature importance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Dennis Gross , Helge Spieker , Arnaud Gotlieb , Ricardo Knoblauch , Mohamed Elmansori

Ultrasonic metal welding (UMW) is widely used in industrial applications but is sensitive to tool wear, surface contamination, and material variability, which can lead to unexpected process faults and unsatisfactory weld quality.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Ahmadreza Eslaminia , Kuan-Chieh Lu , Klara Nahrstedt , Chenhui Shao

Understanding lattice deformations is crucial in determining the properties of nanomaterials, which can become more prominent in future applications ranging from energy harvesting to electronic devices. However, it remains challenging to…

The implementation of thermally sprayed components in steel manufacturing presents challenges for production and plant maintenance. While enhancing performance through specialized surface properties, these components may encounter…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Wolfgang Rannetbauer , Simon Hubmer , Carina Hambrock , Ronny Ramlau

Resistance Spot Welding (RSW) is an important manufacturing process that attracts increasing attention in automotive industry. However, due to the complexity of the manufacturing process, the corresponding product quality shows significant…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Mohammad Aminisharifabad , Qingyu Yang

The digitization of manufacturing processes enables promising applications for machine learning-assisted quality assurance. A widely used manufacturing process that can strongly benefit from data-driven solutions is gas metal arc welding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Yannik Hahn , Robert Maack , Guido Buchholz , Marion Purrio , Matthias Angerhausen , Hasan Tercan , Tobias Meisen

This short paper presents the potential of using machine learning to predict materials behaviour in the context of hydrogen interaction with steel. Effort has been made to understand the quality, and amount of data needed to get improved…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-22 M. Amir Siddiq