A prototype "expert" system for ultrasonic welding of plastics

Plastics Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 33-37

  Grewell, David A ^a  

^a Branson Ultrasonics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC WELDING;

PROTOTYPE EXPERT SYSTEM; TROUBLESHOOTING;

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 0033080676     PISSN: 00919578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. U.S. Patent 5,772,814: "Welding System and Method of Setting Welding Machine Parameter," D. Grewell, Branson Ultrasonics Corporation.
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5. I.S. Torsun, et al., "Intelligent Knowledge Based System for Electrofusion Welding of Polyethylene Pipe," Plastic, Rubber and Composites and Applications 25, 191 (1996).