Hot-Pressing Furnace Current Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance System in Aerospace Applications

Sensors (Basel). 2023 Feb 16;23(4):2230. doi: 10.3390/s23042230.

Abstract

This research combines the application of artificial intelligence in the production equipment fault monitoring of aerospace components. It detects three-phase current abnormalities in large hot-pressing furnaces through smart meters and provides early preventive maintenance. Different anomalies are classified, and a suitable monitoring process algorithm is proposed to improve the overall monitoring quality, accuracy, and stability by applying AI. We also designed a system to present the heater's power consumption and the hot-pressing furnace's fan and visualize the process. Combining artificial intelligence with the experience and technology of professional technicians and researchers to detect and proactively grasp the health of the hot-pressing furnace equipment improves the shortcomings of previous expert systems, achieves long-term stability, and reduces costs. The complete algorithm introduces a model corresponding to the actual production environment, with the best model result being XGBoost with an accuracy of 0.97.

Keywords: aerospace; current monitoring; machine learning; monitoring algorithm; predictive maintenance.