This paper addresses intelligent techniques for the quality control of the pulsed gas tungsten arc welding process for butt joints, and it is a development to Ref. 1. Because there exist some important differences in butt joint welding and bead-on-plate welding, the modeling and control scheme in Ref. 1 does not completely fit for butt joint welding. In this paper, the differences between the t...

Visual sensing technology is widely used in welding practices because visual devices are decreasing in price, increasing in reliability and improving in image processing hardware and software. As the most studied welding sensor, CCD(Charge Coupled Device) is more suitable for quality control of welding process than other means of sensing devices because it can obtain both two dimensional and th...

Gas tungsten metal arc welding (GTAW) is used to study the effect of base thickness, current and speed on tensile strength hardness mild steel welding. The analysis found that thickness had highest means Taguchi’s design (TD) suggested using higher lower when in order obtain maximum hardness. has showed However, increased proportionally with internal stresses wider heat affected zone (HAZ) incr...

Visual sensing technology is widely used in welding practices because visual devices are decreasing in price, increasing in reliability and improving in image processing hardware and software. As the most studied welding sensor, CCD(Charge Coupled Device) is more suitable for quality control of welding process than other means of sensing devices because it can obtain both two dimensional and th...

The present study shows the relationship between welding quality and optical-acoustic emissions from electric arcs, during welding runs, in the GMAW-S process. Bead on plate welding tests was carried out with pre-set parameters chosen from manufacturing standards. During the welding runs interferences were induced on the welding path using paint, grease or gas faults. In each welding run arc vo...

To provide quantitative information to choose the best welding processes for minimizing workplace emissions, nine gas metal arc welding (GMAW) processes for mild steel were assessed for fume generation rates, normalized fume generation rates (milligram fume per gram of electrode consumed), and normalized generation rates for elemental manganese, nickel, and iron. Shielded metal arc welding (SMA...

In this paper, a low cost, high performance and full PC-based sensor system for the pulsed gas metal arc welding (PGMAW) is described. It allows the visual online observation of all states of the welding process, including the material transition, and all welding situations without an additional lighting unit. Additionally, the synchronized measurement of the welding current and welding voltage...

A unified comprehensive model was developed to simulate the transport phenomena occurring during the gas metal arc welding process. An interactive coupling between arc plasma; melting of the electrode; droplet formation, detachment, transfer, and impingement onto the workpiece; and weld pool dynamics all were considered. Based on the unified model, a thorough investigation of the plasma arc cha...