Observing and measuring the weld pool surface is a key to developing next-generation intelligent welding machines and to understanding the welding process better. In this paper, a dot-matrix pattern is used to project a commercially-available low power continuous laser onto the weld pool surface and the reflection of the laser is intercepted by an image plane which is placed with a distance fro...

Ti6Al4V titanium alloy is applied extensively in the aviation, aerospace, jet engine, and marine industries owing to its strength-to-weight ratio, excellent high-temperature properties and corrosion resistance. In order to extend the application range, investigations on welding characteristics of Ti6Al4V alloy using more welding methods are required. In the present study, Ti6Al4V alloy sheets w...

Accepted for Publication: March 18, 2012. Author Affiliations: Prevention Research Center, Department of Biobehavioral Health (Drs Mallett and Turrisi and Mss Comer, Read, Varvil-Weld, Favero, and Guttman), and Department of Dermatology (Dr Billingsley), Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, State College; Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, No...

Results from a computational model of arc welding, in which the arc plasma, workpiece and electrode are treated self-consistently, are presented. It is demonstrated through three examples (the effect of shielding gas composition, metal vapour and electrode shape on the weld pool) that reliable prediction of weld pool depth and geometry requires that the arc plasma is included in the computation...

This paper reviews effects of amplitude and force control during the ultrasonic welding cycle of thermoplastics. In a previously published paper, the benefits of amplitude profiling were detailed as increased strength and reduced part marking. This paper reviews the mechanisms for such observations and details additional benefits, such as decreased residual stresses and increased solvent resist...

The fatigue strength assessment of welded joints by using the known parent material fatigue strength is considered in this paper. The stress concentration factor was determined performing FEA of singlesided transverse attachment joints for mean value of weld toe radius which was calculated by using several measurements of the weld toe radius along the weld length. The fatigue strength of welded...

Laser welding has been applied to various industries, in particular, automotive, aerospace and microelectronics. Primary aim of joining two metals by keeping their properties unaltered, that can be only possible by controlling temperature, heating and cooling rates. However measurement of weld pool temperature during laser spot welding is a difficult task because of the short pulse duration, of...

Tubular products in pipe mills are produced by different methods in wide range of sizes and materials for various applications . From simple ERW steel tubes to high quality and expensive seamless tubes, depending on the application, different NDT techniques are used extensively. All these tests are implemented to fulfil the required specification or standard as well as for condition monitoring ...

Resent advances in computer vision and arc-welding technology motivate rethinking of some postulates and conventions incorporated in the existing robot off-line programming methods. This reserch addresses relaxing of the downhand-position assumption, which became a de-facto standard in robotic welding and requires the weld joint to be oriented in such way that the weldline is horizontal and the...

Theoretical and experimental investigations have been carried out to examine the in uence of laser power and on time on the weld thermal cycle and weld metal microstructure and hardness during laser spot welding of low alloy steel. A transient heat transfer model that takes into account the temperature dependence of material properties and latent heat of phase transformation is employed to sim...