(AGH University Press, 2023) Mrzygłód, Barbara; Jakubski, Jarosław; Opaliński, Andrzej; Regulski, Krzysztof
The article presents the potential for using artificial neural networks to support decisions related to the rebonding of green moulding sand. The basic properties of the moulding sand tested in foundries are discussed, especially compactibility as it gives the most information about the quality of green moulding sand. First, the data that can predict the compactibility value without the need for testing are defined. Next, a method for constructing an artificial neural network is presented and the network model which produced the best results is analysed. Additionally, two applications were designed to allow the investigation results to be searchable by determining the range of values of the moulding sand parameters.
The paper presents the application of heuristic optimization methods in identifying the parameters of a model for bainite transformation time in ADI (Austempered Ductile Iron). Two algorithms were selected for parameter optimization - Particle Swarm Optimization and Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm. The assumption of the optimization process was to obtain the smallest normalized mean square error (objective function) between the time calculated on the basis of the identified parameters and the time derived from the experiment. As part of the research, an analysis was also made in terms of the effectiveness of selected methods, and the best optimization strategies for the problem to be solved were selected on their basis.
