Group technology using neural nets

The paper presents an application of the Kohonen net in Group Technology (GT). This net was used in the main task in GT and namely in classification of parts basing on their constructional forms. Solids of prismatic and cylindrical shapes were analyzed as classification objects. The new method of description the constructional form were analyzed. This method bases on partition of solids on small octants and assignation them special codes. The solid partition on octants is the same for all solids. The classification method was analyzed using 10 solids. Results prove that the Kohonen net can correctly classify elements taking into account their constructional forms.