Laser welding has been applied to various industries, in particular, automotive, aerospace and microelectronics. However, traditional off-line testing of the welds is costly and inefficient. Therefore, on-line inspection systems with low cost have being developed to increase productivity and maintain high welding quality. This paper presents the applications of acoustic, optical, visual, therma...

In order to improve the trajectory planning efficiency and accuracy of multi-joint welding robot, according to the movement feature of multi-joint welding robot, the paper analyzed on existing problems in spatial joint planning of the robot, proposed a terminal priority planning method of robot joint planning, based on the study of energy conservation and accuracy of robot terminal. Using this ...

Abstract. The Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) is a typical manual process with many dangerous application for the welder (pipe hot tapping, underwater welding, etc.). The process robotization seems to be great for safety associated with the improvement of weld quality and repeatability. This work presents a methodology developed for real time trajectory generation for the robotic SMAW. In thi...

An Augmented Reality (AR) system integrated in a new developed welding helmet improves the conditions for manual welding. The scene is acquired by a stereoscopic High Dynamic Range CMOS (HDRC) camera system that allows the observance of the welding arc and the environment simultaneously. By image processing, the scene will be enhanced and displayed on a video see through Head Mounted Display (H...

Development of techniques for joining and welding materials on a micrometer scale is of great importance in a number of applications, including life science, sensing, optoelectronics and MEMS packaging. In this paper, methods of welding and sealing optically transparent materials using a femtosecond fiber laser (1 MHz & 1 μm) were demonstrated which overcome the limit of small area welding of o...

A new spectroscopic parameter is used in this paper for on-line arc-welding quality monitoring. Plasma spectroscopy applied to welding diagnostics has typically relied on the estimation of the plasma electronic temperature, as there is a known correlation between this parameter and the quality of the seams. However, the practical use of this parameter gives rise to some uncertainties that could...

Today, welding tasks can be accomplished in two ways: 1) Manual or conventional, which is made by humans with a welding gun; and 2) Automated welding that is carried out by robots, this robots are called “Welding Robots”. Current welding robots are able to perform welding tasks continuously under different working conditions in low-scale production such as shipbuilding or in high-scale producti...

Welders are at risk of being exposed to high concentrations of welding fumes and developing pneumoconiosis or other welding-fume exposure-related diseases. Among such diseases, manganism resulting from welding-fume exposure remains a controversial issue, as although the movement of manganese into specific brain regions has been established, the similar movement of manganese presented with other...

Recently, the serious problems facing heavy industries such as the increase in the average age of employees, shortage of skilled workers and environmental problems in the workplace are being addressed. The bridge panel fabrication system we have developed is such an approach to solve these problems. It consists of two parallel box girder panel sub-assembly lines, one exclusively for web panels ...

BACKGROUND In occupational settings, boilermakers are exposed to high levels of metallic fine particulate matter (PM2.5) generated during the welding process. The effect of welding PM2.5 on heart rate variability (HRV) has been described, but the relationship between PM2.5, DNA methylation, and HRV is not known. METHODS In this repeated-measures panel study, we recorded resting HRV and measur...