EAAI Journal 2026 Journal Article
Investigation on intelligent surface roughness prediction considering chatter effects based on fine-grained feature extraction and fusion
- Liangshi Sun
- Xianzhen Huang
- Zhiyuan Jiang
- Yongchao Zhang
- Chengying Zhao
- Yuping Wang
In the field of smart manufacturing, the accurate prediction of surface roughness is considered one of the key challenges in improving machining quality. Chatter is a common occurrence in the machining process and has a significant impact on machining quality, especially during high-speed milling. However, many existing methods often overlook the effect of chatter, which severely limits their application in engineering practice. To address this issue, the study developed an intelligent surface roughness prediction method that takes into account the chatter effects. First, the sensor signals from online monitoring are denoised and decomposed using wavelet packet decomposition and successive variational mode decomposition, and then multi-dimensional fine-grained features are extracted from multiple domains. Next, a fine-grained feature fusion network is proposed to learn the complex coupled effects of inherent processes and milling chatter on surface roughness and achieve surface roughness prediction with uncertainty quantification. Finally, the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed method are demonstrated through real-world high-speed milling experiments. Compared to conventional deep learning methods, the proposed method yields superior predictive performance. Furthermore, ablation experiments further validate the effectiveness of each contributing factor. Therefore, this study can provide theoretical guidance for surface roughness prediction considering chatter effects in complex machining environments.