Automated monitoring and control of the weld pool surface has been one of the goals of the
welding industry. This paper presents a technique which uses a calibrated charge-coupled …

This paper presents an evaluation of an infrared sensor for monitoring the welding pool
temperature in a Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) process. The purpose of the study is to …

Advancement in Soft Computing is a live process in which new and newer methods of
solving nonlinear systems are continuously emerging. Fuzzy logic systems, artificial neural …

The classical inspection methods used for detecting and finding disturbances in welding
process are based on direct measurement of its parameters as arc voltage, welding current …

The online measurement of principal magnitudes in welding processes is important to close
the control loop and meet the project requirements. But, it is difficult because of the adverse …

The quality of aluminum alloy welds is determined by the weld formation and penetration.
Usually, the quality of traditional TIG welding almost depends on the skilled welder's …

A substantially successful technology that has emerged is the use of electro-optics, which
has been expanded into the realm of'machine vision'with the rapid advance in optical sensor …

For traditional manual welding, the positioning of the welding torch and the selection of the
welding parameters are controlled by the operator. Hence, the quality of the resultant weld …

Fuzzy logic‐based techniques have been developed to model input‐output relationships of
metal inert gas (MIG) welding process. Both conventional and hierarchical fuzzy logic …

Intelligent robotic welding is a trend in the development of welding manufacturing and has a
great application prospective. Weld pool dynamics plays a vital role in assuring the …