Predict the Effects of Forming Tool Characteristics on Surface Roughness of Aluminum Foil Components Formed by SPIF Using ANN and SVR

Abstract

AbstractIn the present work, multiple forming tests were conducted under different forming conditions by Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF). In which surface roughness, arithmetical mean roughness (Ra) and the ten-point mean roughness (Rz) of AlMn1Mg1 sheet were experimentally measured. Also, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was used to predict the (Ra) and (Rz) by adopting the data collected from 108 components that were formed by SPIF. Forming tool characteristics played a key role in all the predictions and their effect on the final product surface roughness. In the aim to explore the proper materials and geometry of forming tools, different ANN structures, different training, and transfer functions have been applied to predict (Ra) and (Rz) as an output argument. Furthermore, Support Vector Regression (SVR) with different kernel types have been used for prediction, together with Gradient Boosting regression to sort the effective parameters on the surface roughness. The input arguments were tool materials, tool shape, tool end/corner radius, and tool surface roughness (Ra and Rz). The actual data subjected to a fit regression model to generate prediction equations of Ra and Rz. The results showed that ANN with one output gives the best R-Square (R2). Levenberg-Marquardt backpropagation (Trainlm) training function recorded the highest value of R2, 0.9628 for prediction Ra using Softmax transfer function whereas 0.9972 for Rz by Log- Sigmoid transfer function. Furthermore, tool materials, together with tool surface (Ra), are playing a significant importance role, affecting the sheet surface roughness (Ra). Whereas tool roughness Rz was the critical parameter effected on the Rz of the product. Also, there was a significant positive effect of tool geometry on the sheet surface roughness.