Online qualitative nugget classification by using a linear vector quantization neural network for resistance spot welding

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 237-248

  El Banna, Mahmoud ^a   Filev, Dimitar ^b   Chinnam, Ratna Babu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning vector quantization; Nugget quality classification; Spot welding

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; NEURAL NETWORKS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

DYNAMIC RESISTANCE PATTERNS; LEARNING VECTOR QUANTIZATION; NUGGET QUALITY CLASSIFICATION;

SPOT WELDING;

EID: 39049105464     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-006-0835-5     Document Type: Article

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