Application of Taguchi philosophy for parametric optimization of bead geometry and HAZ width in submerged arc welding using a mixture of fresh flux and fused flux

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 689-698

  Datta, Saurav ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Asish ^b   Pal, Pradip Kumar ^b  

^a B P PODDAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

'Waste to wealth'; Design of experiment; Taguchi philosophy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ARC WELDING; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REINFORCEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBMERGED ARC WELDING; SUBMERGED MELT WELDING; TECHNOLOGY; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING; WELDS;

'WASTE TO WEALTH'; BEAD GEOMETRY; BEAD WIDTH; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT; ENGINEERING PROCESSES; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OPTIMAL PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC OPTIMIZATIONS; PROCESS VARIABLES; SELF-ADJUSTMENT; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TAGUCHI; TAGUCHI PHILOSOPHY; WELD BEAD GEOMETRY; WELDED JOINTS; WELDING VARIABLES; WELDMENT;

ELECTRIC WELDING;

EID: 51849143055     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-006-0894-7     Document Type: Article

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