為因應工具機產業對於自動化全檢的需求，導入全自動虛擬量測(Automatic Virtual Metrology, AVM)為一可行的方法。然因AVM系統為利用資料驅導模型進行預測，在設定與建立預測所需模型時，需統計與操作知識，對於工具機業者實具有相當的應用難度。
為克服此問題，本研究開發適用於工具機產業應用AVM時所需之門檻與M碼配置方案 (Threshold and M code Insertion Scenario, TMIS)與自動建模(Automated Model Creation, AMC) 兩機制。TMIS機制可用以根據加工精度項目，配置M碼於NC碼中，並能進行加工路徑模擬等。而AMC機制可根據TMIS機制的輸出，自動設定包含如訊號來源、特徵門檻、與資料品質門檻、與模型參數等，上傳足夠健康樣本至建模伺服器進行建模，最後模型再下載至AVM系統提供預測功能。
實驗結果顯示，本研究所提出之自動建模機制，在建模人員僅需為一般加工能力即可的條件下，更可減少AVM人工建模所需時間的87.5 %。因此，本自動建模機制將可大幅降低應用AVM於工具機產業的難度。

Automatic Virtual Metrology (AVM) is applied to fulfil the automatic total inspection requirements of the machine tool industry. The AVM system adopts various prediction algorithms to predict product quality; therefore, users must possess a considerable knowledge of statistics and operations while setting up and creating prediction models, and this fact makes it hard to apply AVM in the machine tool industry.
To solve this problem, this study develops an automated model creation scheme for the machine tool industry, which contains two tools: Threshold and M code Insertion Scenario (TMIS) and Automated Model Creation (AMC). TMIS is utilized to insert M codes in NC files according to the machining metrology items, and then conduct NC files path simulation. According to TMIS’s outputs, AMC can then set the rules of data collection, the indicators and the parameters of the models, and the thresholds of metrology items automatically. When the quantity of healthy samples is enough, they are sent to the model creation server for building models, and finally the models are sent to the AVM server to conduct prediction.
The results show that, by utilizing TMIS and AMC, even for the users who are only capable of general processing, the required model-creation time can be reduced by 87.5% compared to the original AVM model creation. Therefore, it can be inferred that this automated model creation scheme can significantly reduce the difficulty of applying AVM to the machine tool industry.

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