Advanced control of a resistance spot welding system

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-152

  Klopčič, Beno ^a   Dolinar, Drago ^b   Štumberger, Gorazd ^b  

^a Indramat Elektromotorji doo   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Current control; Dc dc converters; High frequency transformers; Resistance spot welding; Saturable cores

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSFORMERS; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; SATURABLE CORES;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 38349078995     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.911851     Document Type: Article

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