Monitoring gas metal arc welding process by using audible sound signal

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-278

  Horvat, Jožef ^a   Prezelj, Jurij ^a   Polajnar, Ivan ^a   Čudina, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Optimization process; Process monitoring; Sound emission; Weld quality; Welding condition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; ARC EXTINCTION; ARC IGNITION; ARC WELDING PROCESS; AUDIBLE SOUND; CALCULATED VALUES; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; GAS METAL ARCS; GENERATING MECHANISM; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; SOUND EMISSION; SOUND SIGNAL; SOUND SOURCE; WELD QUALITY; WELDING CONDITION; WELDING CONDITIONS; WELDING CURRENT; WELDING MATERIALS; WELDING PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CONDITION MONITORING; FUMES; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; IONIZATION OF GASES; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; WELDS;

ELECTRIC WELDING;

EID: 79954566698     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5545/sv-jme.2010.181     Document Type: Article

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