• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.103-108
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• 1992

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.1326-1331
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• 2006

Weld root gap is a important fact of a falling-off weld quality in various kind of weld defect. The welding quality can be controlled by monitoring important parameters, such as, the Arc voltage, welding current and welding speed during the welding process. Welding systems use either a vision sensor or an Arc sensor, both of which are unable to control these parameters directly. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain necessary bead geometry without automatically controlling the welding parameters through the sensors. In this paper we propose a novel approach using neural networks for detecting and monitoring of weld root gap and bead shape. Through experiments we demonstrate that the proposed system can be used for real welding processes. The results demonstrate that the system can efficiently estimate the weld bead shape and detect the welding defects.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.7-15
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• 1996

아크 용접 공정을 자동화하고 무인화하는 것은 용접 품질향상 및 생산성 향상 에 기여할 뿐만 아니라 용접숙련공의 감소문제에도 대처할 수 있기 때문에 중요한 것이라 생각된다. 그것을 위해 아크용접 분야에도 로봇의 도입이 급격히 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 그러나 현재 현장에 도입된 로봇은 주로 off-line으로 그 기능을 수행 하고 있기 때문에 생산성 향상 및 용접 품질향상 면에서 그 기능을 충분히 발휘하고 있지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이런 단점을 극복하기 위해서는 센서의 도입과 그것을 이용하여 용접시스템을 퍼드백 루프로 구성할 필요가 있고 용접선 추적(seam tracking), 용융지 형상제어, 아크 길이 제어 등은 그 예라고 할 수 있다. 본논문에서 는 그동안 국내에서는 심도있게 취급되지 않았던 용융지 형상 제어시스템과 그것을 구성하기 위해 많이 사용되고 있는 비전센서에 관하여 서술한다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.917-922
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• 2003

In this paper, a high speed rotating arc sensor for automatic fillet welding is introduced. In order to track the welding seam, The high speed rotating arc sensor is used. The welding tip of a high speed rotating arc sensor rotates about 3000 rpm using DC motor. The rotating torch is driven by gear between welding torch body and wire guide. The welding current is measured by using the current sensor and rot at ing position sensor. To realize the welding seam tracking algorithm with accuracy, a software filter algorithm using the moving average method is applied to the measured welding current in the microprocessor. The welding mobile robot with two wheels and two sliders is developed for fillet welding. The welding mobile robot can control its traveling direction and turn itself around the corner. The effectiveness is proven through the experimental results conducted with varied fillet tracking patterns.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.36-39
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.136-138
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• 1996

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.45-48
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• 2001

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.16-22
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• 1991

당사에서는 1984년 아크용접 로봇을 자체 개발한 이래 용접로보트의 응용에 많은 노력을 기울여 왔고 또한 많은 납품 실적을 가지고 있으나, 고객측의 다양한 요구를 만족시키고 하이테크 기 술흡수를 위하여 1988년 12월에 일본의 FANUC사와 기술제휴를 하게 되었다. 그 대상기종으로서 아크용접 분야에서는 ARC Mate, ARC Mate Sr.를 전략기종으로 선정하여 국산화 생산을 실 시하고 있다. 본고에서는 상기의 아크용접 로봇에 대한 특징, 용접가능, 용접을 위한 센서를 중 심으로 소개키로 한다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.22-33
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• 1993

Arc sensor is indispensable to arc welding robot systems for compensating the joint misalignment such as mismatch of the workpiece, ill-conditioned positioner and thermal deformation during welding. Furthermore, the amount of these mismatches cannot be preivously expected, and changes from time to time. There are many kinds of seam trackers for correcting the welding path of the robot, where non-contact type sensors arc prevalently used in arc welding robot systems. In this study, an arc sensor was developed for GMA and FCA welding robot system. Since the arc sensor uses the arc characteristics during welding, the operating principle of the arc sensor must be adjusted according to the welding condition. Especially in GMA welding with the $CO_{2}$ shielding gas, the welding arc is not stable because of the short circuit and non-axial globular transfer mode of the molten droplet. In this study, the 2nd order least square curve fitting algorithm was adopted and the applicability of this algorithm was investigated for robot welding systems. For easy usage of the arc sensor, the operating parameters for arc sensor were limited to eight which can be easily determined by the operator.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.190-198
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• 1992

Among the variety of welding processes available, the flux cored arc welding is one of the most frequently used process, because of its wide range of application and high productivity. The weld joint tracking is indispensable to improve the flexibility of the arc welding robot application for the flux cored arc welding (FCAW) process. In this study, an arc sensor which utilizes the electrical signal obtained from the welding arc itself was developed for weld joint tracking in FCAW. Because a model of the welding arc in flux cored arc welding was required to develop the arc sensor, a mathematical model was proposed by analysing the welding arc behaviour, and also an experimental model by using the factorial experiment and least square method. For overcoming the fluctuation in the welding current signal during tracking the weld joint, it was fitted to a curve which is inversely proportional to a trace of tip-to-workpiece distance by using the quadratic curve-fitting method.