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ArticlePolymers2025

Predictive Modelling and Optimisation of Rubber Blend Mixing Using a General Regression Neural Network.

Ivan Kopal, Ivan Labaj, Juliána Vršková, Marta Harničárová, Jan Valíček, Alžbeta Bakošová, Hakan Tozan, Ashish Khanna

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ivan KopalDepartment of Numerical Methods and Computational Modelling, Faculty of Industrial Technologies in Púchov, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Ivana Krasku 491/30, 020 01 Púchov, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-6754-5476
Ivan LabajDepartment of Numerical Methods and Computational Modelling, Faculty of Industrial Technologies in Púchov, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Ivana Krasku 491/30, 020 01 Púchov, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-8835-5548
Juliána VrškováDepartment of Numerical Methods and Computational Modelling, Faculty of Industrial Technologies in Púchov, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Ivana Krasku 491/30, 020 01 Púchov, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-6213-116X
Marta HarničárováDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Automation and Informatics, Faculty of Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-8384-721X
Jan ValíčekDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Automation and Informatics, Faculty of Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-9522-7974
Alžbeta BakošováDepartment of Numerical Methods and Computational Modelling, Faculty of Industrial Technologies in Púchov, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Ivana Krasku 491/30, 020 01 Púchov, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-3440-0689
Hakan TozanDepartment of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Egaila 54200, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0002-0479-6937
Ashish KhannaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, GGSIP University, New Delhi 110078, India.

Funding

Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Sport of the Slovak Republic VEGA 1/0691/23.
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Abstract

This paper presents an intelligent predictive system designed to support real-time decision making in the control of rubber blend mixing processes. The core of the system is a General Regression Neural Network (GRNN), which accurately predicts key process parameters, such as viscosity (expressed as torque), temperature, and energy consumption across varying masses of the processed material. The model can evaluate the mixing progress based on the initial 10% of input data, allowing early intervention and process optimisation. Experimental validation was conducted using a Brabender Plastograph EC Plus with a natural rubber-based blend in the mass range of 60-75 g. The GRNN kernel width parameter (σ) was optimised through a 10-fold cross-validation. High predictive accuracy was confirmed by values of the coefficient of determination (R

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elastomersgeneral regression neural networkintelligent modellingmixing processoptimisationrubber blends

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PMCPMC12252268

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