Patent ID: 8041442
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: C23C,C25D,G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A process for selecting a surrogate part for metallic plating, the metallic plating of the surrogate part predicting results for metallic plating of a predetermined part, the process comprising: providing a data input module operative to accept data on the predetermined part to be metallic plated; providing a reinforcement learning system having a memory circuitry and a processing circuitry, the memory circuitry having a database with data associated with each of a plurality of surrogate parts; entering data associated with the predetermined part into the data input module, the data including a desired set of plating parameters for plating the predetermined part; calculating a difference between the data associated with the each of the plurality of surrogate parts and the data associated with the predetermined part using the processing circuitry; and selecting one of the plurality of surrogate parts for metallic plating based on the difference between the data associated with the each of the plurality of surrogate parts and the data associated with the predetermined part.