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In this paper a virtual sensor for on-line monitoring of those variables is presented. The sensor is based on the modelling ability of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for stochastic and non-linear processes such as grinding; the selected architecture is the Layer-Recurrent neural network. The sensor makes use of the relation between the variables to be measured and power consumption in the wheel spindle, which can be easily measured. A sensor calibration methodology is presented, and the levels of error that can be expected are discussed. Validation of the new sensor is carried out by comparing the sensor\u2019s results with actual measurements carried out in an industrial grinding machine. Results show excellent estimation performance for both wheel wear and surface roughness. In the case of wheel wear, the absolute error is within the range of microns (average value 32 \u03bcm). In the case of surface finish, the absolute error is well below Ra 1 \u03bcm (average value 0.32 \u03bcm). The present approach can be easily generalized to other grinding operations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s140508756","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,5,19]],"date-time":"2014-05-19T11:13:29Z","timestamp":1400498009000},"page":"8756-8778","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Virtual Sensors for On-line Wheel Wear and Part Roughness Measurement in the Grinding Process"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Ander","family":"Arriandiaga","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Automatic Control and System Engineering, University of the Basque Country,  C\/Alameda Urquijo s\/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eva","family":"Portillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Automatic Control and System Engineering, University of the Basque Country,  C\/Alameda Urquijo s\/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jose","family":"S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Basque Country, C\/Alameda Urquijo s\/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Itziar","family":"Cabanes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Automatic Control and System Engineering, University of the Basque Country,  C\/Alameda Urquijo s\/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"I\u00f1igo","family":"Pombo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Basque Country, C\/Alameda Urquijo s\/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Malkin, S., and Guo, C. 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