A fuzzy-logic based optical sensor for online weld defect-detection

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-273

  Naso, David ^a,b   Turchiano, Biagio ^a,b   Pantaleo, Paolo ^c,d  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c Unicredit Servizi Informativi   (Italy)

^d Polytechnic of Bari ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Arc welding; Electro optical sensors; Fuzzy logic; Plasma analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSORS; PLASMA ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; FUZZY SETS; PLASMAS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 28444454940     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2005.857617     Document Type: Article

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