Application of sensing techniques and artificial intelligence-based methods to laser welding real-time monitoring: A critical review of recent literature

W Cai, JZ Wang, P Jiang, LC Cao, GY Mi… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Laser welding has been widely utilized in various industries. Effective real-time monitoring
technologies are critical for improving welding efficiency and guaranteeing the quality of …

Quality assessment in laser welding: a critical review

J Stavridis, A Papacharalampopoulos… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Quality assessment methods and techniques for laser welding have been developed both in-
and post-process. This paper summarizes and presents relevant studies being classified …

A review on wire-arc additive manufacturing: typical defects, detection approaches, and multisensor data fusion-based model

X Chen, F Kong, Y Fu, X Zhao, R Li, G Wang… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) technology integrates the characteristics of
additive manufacturing and traditional welding technology. It has been found to be capable …

Research and prospect of welding monitoring technology based on machine vision

X Fan, X Gao, G Liu, N Ma, Y Zhang - The International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Welding monitoring technology based on machine vision has been widely researched in
academic and industry, especially in the background of Industry 4.0, in that it can contribute …

Progress and perspectives of in-situ optical monitoring in laser beam welding: Sensing, characterization and modeling

D Wu, P Zhang, Z Yu, Y Gao, H Zhang, H Chen… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Laser beam welding manufacturing (LBW), being a promising joining technology with
superior capabilities of high-precision, good-flexibility and deep penetration, has attracted …

Weld appearance prediction with BP neural network improved by genetic algorithm during disk laser welding

Y Zhang, X Gao, S Katayama - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
The appearance of welds is the external manifestation of welding quality. The morphology of
molten pools is significantly associated with the weld appearance, but the approach to …

The characteristics extraction of weld seam in the laser welding of dissimilar materials by different image segmentation methods

Y Ai, S Han, C Lei, J Cheng - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Dissimilar materials welding has been widely used in the components with the requirements
of high strength and low weight in manufacturing industry. The geometric characteristics of …

Overview of laser applications in manufacturing and materials processing in recent years

YC Shin, B Wu, S Lei, GJ Cheng… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This article is to capture some of the important developments in the rapidly growing areas of
laser-based manufacturing and materials processing and also to describe important …

Weld seam profile detection and feature point extraction for multi-pass route planning based on visual attention model

Y He, Y Xu, Y Chen, H Chen, S Chen - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2016 - Elsevier
Automatic multi-pass route planning is one of key technologies for thick plate in robotic metal
active gas (MAG) arc welding. In this research, a scheme for the extracting feature points of …

Recent developments in computer vision and artificial intelligence aided intelligent robotic welding applications

B Eren, MH Demir, S Mistikoglu - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - Springer
The welding process, which is an indispensable part of the manufacturing industry, has
been in demand for years and continues to attract the attention of researchers. With the …