Development of a Weld Quality Monitor

Abstract

A weld monitoring system has been developed based on conditioning the primary signals from the welding machine and comparing them with preset limits. A light is activated when a welding parameter such as voltage, current, or heat input is outside the control limits. The circuitry has been tested with simulated primary signals. The voltage channel has also been tested using primary signals from an automatic gas metal-arc welding machine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA027644

Entities

People

  • F. Kearney
  • R. Weber
  • Shailesh N. Joshi

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arc Welding
  • Automatic
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Electrodes
  • Engineering
  • Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Joints
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Metallurgy
  • Nondestructive Testing
  • Voltage
  • Welding
  • Welds

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Metallurgy