Robust Sensing and Control of Weld Pool Surface
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Gas tungsten arc welding is the primary process for precision joining of metals. To develop a simple yet durable sensing and control system for this process, a novel sensor which requires no additional attachment is proposed to sense the depth of the weld pool surface using a non-transferred arc. To assure its effectiveness and accuracy, a flat surface is periodically established to provide a real-time reference so that the weld pool surface depth can be accurately measured. Because of possible large process variations, an interval model control algorithm with adaptively updated intervals is adopted. Closed-loop experiments showed that the developed control system is capable of achieving quality welds and is robust with respect to different variations. Copyright © 2005 IFAC
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Robust sensing and control of the weld pool surface
Gas tungsten arc welding is the primary process for precision joining. To develop a control system for this process, a novel sensor is proposed to measure the depth of the weld pool surface using a non-transferred arc. A flat surface is periodically established to provide a real-time reference. The main-arc-on period is selected as the system’s input. Because of possible large variations/ranges...
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