Weld bead placement system for multipass welding

IEE Proceedings: Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-90

  Wu, J ^a   Smith, J S ^a   Lucas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint recognition; Laser triangulation; Seam tracking; Transputer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TRANSPUTERS;

JOINT RECOGNITION; LASER TRIANGULATION; MULTIPASS WELDING; SEAM TRACKING; TRANSPUTER IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS (TIPS); TUNGSTEN INERT GAS (TIG) WELDING; WELD BEAD PLACEMENT SYSTEMS;

INERT GAS WELDING;

EID: 0030110465     PISSN: 13502344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-smt:19960163     Document Type: Article

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