An Adaptive Seam Tracker For Welding Heavy-Section Aluminum

Andrew N. Vavreck; Nitin Nayak; Edward D. Bushway; Asok Ray

doi:10.1109/28.31243

An Adaptive Seam Tracker For Welding Heavy-Section Aluminum

Andrew N. Vavreck, Nitin Nayak, Edward D. Bushway, Asok Ray

Mechanical Engineering

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The process of welding aluminum presents a considerable challenge to the application of robotic welding. Heat distortion and fixturing errors often require alteration in welding parameters and the welding torch position and orientation in realtime. A nonadaptive robotic welding system, or a system with only limited sensory ability, is consequently unable to perform well in many aluminum welding tasks. A strong need exists in the aluminum fabrication industry for sophisticated flexible automated welding systems, which implement expert systems for weld process control and multipass weld planning, and apply advanced sensory technology for realtime seam-tracking and joint geometry' measurement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	658-663
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Volume	25
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/28.31243
State	Published - 1989

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Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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