6. Glossary

knowledge base; knowledge base

All expert knowledge capitalized, structured and recorded in a database.

fact base; base de faits

Set of initial data for a problem to be solved and intermediate data calculated during the solution.

operating conditions; operating conditions

Actual value of a manufacturing process control parameter.

deviseur; quotation preparation technician

Person in charge of drawing up quotations.

forging; forging

Shaping of solid parts by hot or cold plastic deformation. In this article, rolling operations are also considered as forging operations.

range; forging plan

Set of operations for transforming...