scholarly journals Visual-Based Multi-Section Welding Path Generation Algorithm

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 821
Author(s):  
Hong Lu ◽  
Mingtian Ma ◽  
Shu Liu ◽  
Essa Alghannam ◽  
Yue Zang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Automatic Welding ◽  
Path Generation ◽  
Test Plate ◽  
Welded Steel ◽  
Generation Algorithm ◽  
Experiment Platform ◽  
Welding Equipment ◽  
Important Form

As an important form of additive manufacturing, welding is widely used in steel components welding work of construction, shipbuilding and other fields. In this study, an intelligent welding path generation algorithm based on multi-section interpolation is proposed in order to deal with non-standard multi-pass welding grooves which are difficult to be handled by automatic welding equipment in the construction site. Firstly, the non-standard grooves are classified and the reasons for their occurrence are discussed. Secondly, an automatic welding additive manufacturing system framework is discussed and an appropriate detection method is selected. Then, combining with the welding standard of non-standard grooves and the characteristics of the welding process, a multi-section interpolation-based welding path generation algorithm is proposed. Finally, a visual experiment platform was built to detection the typical non-standard groove and the welding experiment is implemented to verify the feasibility of the algorithm. According to the path generated by the algorithm, the welded steel components test plate meets the actual engineering standard after quality inspection. The experimental results and simulation results conclude the algorithm can be used to generate the welding path of the non-standard groove.

The Welding Track Planning and Motion Control of T-Type Tube Autowelding Machine

2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 2655-2658
Author(s):  
Jian Ping Zhou ◽  
Xin Yi ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Chuan Yu Zhang ◽  
Chu Hua Liang
Keyword(s):  
Welding Process ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Control Unit ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Automatic Welding ◽  
Welding Equipment ◽  
New Development ◽  
Welding Head ◽  
Automation Technology ◽  
Type Tube

Combining with welding and numerical control technology, welding automation technology has brought the new development for welding equipment industry. This paper mainly aimed at automatic welding process needs for intersecting line of T-type tube, developed a practical automatic welding machine of T-type tube intersecting line, used the PCL893 movement control card as the core control unit, realized whole rotary feed of welding head and front and rear feed of the torch, etc. Integrating with mechanical cam and digital cam, the work achieved space fitting of saddle-shaped weld track so as to realize automatic welding process, imitate the manual welding process of space curve, reduce labor intensity, improve the efficiency of welding and quality.

The Development of Control System for Lowcost Automatic Welding Equipment of Aluminum Radiator Head

2012 ◽  
Vol 485 ◽  
pp. 12-15
Author(s):  
Ju Lian Ma ◽  
Hao Bin Zhou ◽  
Xiang Qian Xu ◽  
Xiao Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Automatic Welding ◽  
Control Board ◽  
Manual Operation ◽  
Welding Equipment ◽  
Production Site

Considering the characteristic of welding process for all-aluminum radiator and meeting the needs of Chinese production site, low-cost automatic welding equipment for aluminum radiator head has been designed, and this paper focuses on its electrical controls. The microkernel of main control board is C8051F020. Based on this board the subsystems for the entire piece of this equipment has been established, which include LCD，automatic welding, manual operation , welding parameters setting ,etc. Through trial runs of the machine, it indicates that the design of the electrical controls for the equipment is rational, full-featured, and works reliably and efficiently. And the quality of welding is well.

Ways to improve welding operations in construction of oil product storage tanks

2020 ◽  
pp. 301-308
Author(s):  
O.I. Filippov
Keyword(s):  
Arc Welding ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Automatic Welding ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Welding Equipment ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Double Electrode ◽  
Product Storage

It is shown that in order to further increase the welding rate in the construction of oil product storage tanks, fi rst of all it is necessary to develop and implement high-performance methods for double-sided arc welding of vertical joints. It is noted that the most useful technique to increase the welding rate and the quality of vertical joints on the side walls of the tanks is to replace single-arc automatic welding with multi-arc welding in gas-shielded or gas mixtures. Whereby the method exhibiting the most promise for is the double-sided synchronous welding. In this case, two arcs on the both sides of the workpiece are involved in the weld formation. It is determined that for the formation of technical requirements for the welding process and needed welding equipment, and for their implementation in multi-arc welding of vertical joints, it is necessary to conduct comprehensive study of multiparameter relationship between the double-electrode welding modes and the quality of the welded joints in the construction of oil product storage tanks based on physical and mathematical modeling.

scholarly journals In situ alloying of aluminium-based alloys by (multi-)wire-arc additive manufacturing

2020 ◽  
Vol 326 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Thomas Klein ◽  
Alois Birgmann ◽  
Martin Schnall
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Cold Metal Transfer ◽  
Chemical Homogeneity ◽  
Welding Equipment ◽  
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing

Wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) has received considerable attention in the past years due to advantages in terms of deposition rate, design freedom, buy-to-fly ratio and economic factors. This process can generally be conducted using conventional or near-conventional welding equipment to fabricate intricate but relatively large-scale structures. The present contribution explores options to utilize this novel process not only for manufacturing of particular aluminium structures, but to create the actual alloy composition during processing. Thereby, the possibilities of dual-wire techniques based on cold metal transfer (CMT) to create alloys in the welding process in situ is investigated. For this purpose, a modified CMT twin welding system is used with standard wires differing significantly in their alloying content. The characterization of the chemical compositions at different specimen positions suggests good chemical homogeneity after initial process optimization steps. The microstructural homogeneity is analysed by means of optical light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Quantified phase fractions underpin non-equilibrium solidification conditions, when compared to theoretical equilibrium predictions. The assessment of the performed analyses suggests that dual-wire processes are powerful in terms of enhancing achievable depositions rates as well as enabling in situ alloying. This approach might be expandable to multi-wire-based techniques.

Multifactor mathematical model of criticality of welding process of products from aluminum- magnesium alloys

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
F.A. Urazbahtin ◽  
A.YU. Urazbahtina
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Magnesium Alloys ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Welding Equipment ◽  
Equipment Operation ◽  
Aluminum Magnesium Alloys ◽  
Aluminum Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Welding Materials

A multifactor mathematical model of the welding process of products from aluminum-magnesium alloys, consisting of 71 indicators that assess the quality of the weld, the welding process, costs, equipment operation and quality of the welded material. The model can be used to control and optimize the welding process of products from aluminum-magnesium alloys. Keywords welding, products, aluminum-magnesium alloy, indicators, process parameters, welding equipment, welding materials, electrode sharpening, lining [email protected]

scholarly journals Geometry and Distortion Prediction of Multiple Layers for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing with Artificial Neural Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4694
Author(s):  
Christian Wacker ◽  
Markus Köhler ◽  
Martin David ◽  
Franziska Aschersleben ◽  
Felix Gabriel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Welding Distortion ◽  
Direct Energy Deposition ◽  
Direct Energy ◽  
Industrial Use ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann ◽  
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing

Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a direct energy deposition (DED) process with high deposition rates, but deformation and distortion can occur due to the high energy input and resulting strains. Despite great efforts, the prediction of distortion and resulting geometry in additive manufacturing processes using WAAM remains challenging. In this work, an artificial neural network (ANN) is established to predict welding distortion and geometric accuracy for multilayer WAAM structures. For demonstration purposes, the ANN creation process is presented on a smaller scale for multilayer beads on plate welds on a thin substrate sheet. Multiple concepts for the creation of ANNs and the handling of outliers are developed, implemented, and compared. Good results have been achieved by applying an enhanced ANN using deformation and geometry from the previously deposited layer. With further adaptions to this method, a prediction of additive welded structures, geometries, and shapes in defined segments is conceivable, which would enable a multitude of applications for ANNs in the WAAM-Process, especially for applications closer to industrial use cases. It would be feasible to use them as preparatory measures for multi-segmented structures as well as an application during the welding process to continuously adapt parameters for a higher resulting component quality.

scholarly journals Failure Analysis of Premature Corrosion of HF Seam-Welded Steel Pipe in Central Heating System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Tyrala ◽  
Bogdan Pawlowski
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Energy Dispersive Spectrometry ◽  
Weld Line ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Bond Line ◽  
Steel Pipe ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
Welded Steel ◽  
Central Heating

AbstractPremature corrosion in the form of longitudinal cracking in a high-frequency (HF) induction seam-welded steel pipe occurred after just 24 months in service. The failed pipe was investigated to reveal the main cause of its failure, and the results of microstructural examinations (light optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectrometry) suggest that the failure resulted from an HF induction welding process defect—a so-called cast weld, that is, a huge number of iron oxides in the weld line caused by insufficient ejection of the molten metal from the bond line.

scholarly journals Multi-Objective Optimization of Resistance Welding Process of GF/PP Composites

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2560
Author(s):  
Guowei Zhang ◽  
Ting Lin ◽  
Ling Luo ◽  
Boming Zhang ◽  
Yuao Qu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Welding Current ◽  
Resistance Welding ◽  
Thermoplastic Composites ◽  
Current Time ◽  
Process Factor ◽  
Welding Equipment ◽  
Lap Shear ◽  
Adhesive Connections

Thermoplastic composites (TPCs) are promising materials for aerospace, transportation, shipbuilding, and civil use owing to their lightweight, rapid prototyping, reprocessing, and environmental recycling advantages. The connection assemblies of TPCs components are crucial to their application; compared with traditional mechanical joints and adhesive connections, fusion connections are more promising, particularly resistance welding. This study aims to investigate the effects of process control parameters, including welding current, time, and pressure, for optimization of resistance welding based on glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene (GF/PP) TPCs and a stainless-steel mesh heating element. A self-designed resistance-welding equipment suitable for the resistance welding process of GF/PP TPCs was manufactured. GF/PP laminates are fabricated using a hot press, and their mechanical properties were evaluated. The resistance distribution of the heating elements was assessed to conform with a normal distribution. Tensile shear experiments were designed and conducted using the Taguchi method to evaluate and predict process factor effects on the lap shear strength (LSS) of GF/PP based on signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) and analysis of variance. The results show that current is the main factor affecting resistance welding quality. The optimal process parameters are a current of 12.5 A, pressure of 2.5 MPa, and time of 540 s. The experimental LSS under the optimized parameters is 12.186 MPa, which has a 6.76% error compared with the result predicted based on the S/N.

scholarly journals Additive Manufacturing Path Generation for Robot Manipulators Based on CAD Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 10037-10043
Author(s):  
Ingrid Fjordheim Onstein ◽  
Linn Danielsen Evjemo ◽  
Jan Tommy Gravdahl
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Robot Manipulators ◽  
Path Generation ◽  
Cad Models

scholarly journals Process Stability, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Underwater Submerged-Arc Welded Steel

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1249
Author(s):  
Maofu Zhang ◽  
Yanfei Han ◽  
Chuanbao Jia ◽  
Shengfa Dong ◽  
Sergii Maksimov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
Water Glass ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Process Stability ◽  
Surrounding Water ◽  
Welded Steel ◽  
Underwater Wet Welding ◽  
Marine Engineering ◽  
High Level

In underwater wet welding, the unstable welding process caused by the generation and rupture of bubbles and the chilling effect of water on the welding area result in low quality of welded joints, which makes it difficult to meet the practical application of marine engineering. To improve the process stability and joining quality, a mixture of welding flux with a water glass or epoxy resin was placed on the welding zone before underwater welding. In this paper, welds’ appearance, geometry statistics of welds’ formation, welding process stability, slag structure, microstructure, pores and mechanical properties were investigated. It was found that with the addition of water glass in the mixture, the penetration of weld was effectively increased, and the frequency of arc extinction was reduced. Though the porosity rose to a relatively high level, the joints’ comprehensive mechanical properties were not significantly improved. Notably, the applied epoxy resin completely isolated the surrounding water from the welding area, which greatly improved process stability. Furthermore, it benefited from the microstructure filled with massive acicular ferrite, the average elongation and room temperature impact toughness increased by 178.4%, and 69.1% compared with underwater wet welding, respectively, and the bending angle of the joint reaches to 180°.

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