A weld defects detection system based on a spectrometer

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Hovedforfatter: Alfaro, Sadek Crisóstomo Absi
Publication Date: 2009
Andre forfattere: Bebiano, Daniel Flávio Vidal
Format: Article
Sprog: eng
Source: Repositório Institucional da UnB
Download full: http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/11342
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s90402851
Summary: Improved product quality and production methods, and decreased production costs are important objectives of industries. Welding processes are part of this goal. There are many studies about monitoring and controlling welding process. This work presents a non-intrusive on-line monitoriment system and some algorithms capable of detecting GTAW weld defects. Some experiments were made to simulate weld defects by disturbing the electric arc. The data comes from a spectrometer which captures perturbations on the electric arc by the radiation emission of chosen lines. Algorithms based on change detection methods are used to indicate the presence and localization of those defects.