The design and functioning of a Flexible Tool Management Strategy (FTMS) paradigms for optimum tool inventory sizing of CBN grinding wheels for nickel alloy turbine blade fabrication is presented
The FTMS is integrated in a Multi-Agent Tool Management System (MATMS) as a domain specific problem solving function of the intelligent agent responsible for tool inventory sizing and control
The evaluation and comparison of the performance of the FTMS was carried out with reference to two real industrial cases of CBN grinding wheel inventory management