Quality evaluation by classification of electrode force patterns in the resistance spot welding process using neural networks

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 218, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1513-1524

  Park, Y J ^a   Cho, H ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Back propagation; Electrode force pattern; Force slope pattern; Learning vector quantization; Neural network; Welding quality class

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; ELECTRODES; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY CONTROL; SHEET METAL; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

ELECTRODE FORCE PATTERN; FORCE SLOPE PATTERN; LEARNING VECTOR QUANTIZATION (LVQ); RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING (RSW); WELDING QUALITY CLASS;

WELDING;

EID: 9744232867     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405042418491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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