ABSTRACT The application of on-line monitoring system for recording main welding parameters during electric arc stud welding process at different electric arc stability changes is described in this paper. In the first part of the paper, the basics of electric arc stud welding process, and equipment for stud welding and process monitoring used in experimental part is described. In the second par...

To investigate influence of welding parameters on weld bead geometry in underwater wet flux cored arc welding (FCAW), orthogonal experiments of underwater wet FCAW were conducted in the hyperbaric chamber at water depth from 0.2 m to 60 m and mathematical models were developed by multiple curvilinear regression method from the experimental data. Sensitivity analysis was then performed to predic...

In order to automatically control the quality of the welding process, this paper concentrates on the problem of three dimensional surface reconstructions for the welding pool. As the relationships between size and shape of the welding pool are very complex and nonlinear, we utilize the fuzzy neural network to solve the proposed problem. In the fuzzy neural network, the input vector with 48 dime...

This study contains experimental investigation and analysis of different joint design and parameters affecting welding distortion observed in gtaw process. Distortion is a major problem and it has different types. The extent of distortion depends on some important parameters related to welding. The important parameters chosen for given study are welding current, thickness, gas flow rate and joi...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the interaction between process parameters and bead geometry, to perform the research to predict optimal bead geometry (bead width, reinforcement height, left leg length, right leg length) through the analysis of experimental data. For this, not only linear and the curvilinear equations were developed to predict bead geometry, but also interactions between pr...

Welding speed and rotational speed have been singled out as the most influential welding parameters which affect the tensile strength as well as the hardness in Friction Stir Welding (FSW). It is however problematic to determine the possible welding speed and rotational speed given the Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) since there are several combinations of welding speeds and rotational speeds t...

–Friction stir welding is a solid state welding technology used for welding low melting point metals, such as Al, Mg and its alloys. Later welding was conducted on dissimilar metals which also produced a better defect free joint. Tool design and welding parameters contributes a major role for producing a better weld. Material flow and friction heat are the factors that the internal factor for t...

Correct detection of input and output parameters of a welding process is significant for successful development of an automated welding operation. In welding process literature, we observe that output parameters are predicted according to given input parameters. As a new approach to previous efforts, this paper presents a new modeling approach on prediction and classification of welding paramet...

The aim of this paper is to achieve thespot welding sequence for minimum distortion of a sheet metal assembly and to optimise the parameters of welding which insures minimum distortion for the optimised sequence. The distortion of the assembly involving number of spot welds is different for different sequences of welding The assembly consists of sheet metal components which are joined by using ...

We investigated the effect of welding parameters on ultimate tensile strength of structural steel, ST37-2, welded by Metal Active Gas welding. A fractional factorial design was used for determining the significance of six parameters: wire feed rate, welding voltage, welding speed, travel angle, tip-to-work distance, and shielded gas flow rate. A regression model to predict ultimate tensile stre...