• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2014

This paper presents a brief summary on a relatively new plasma aided electrolytic surface treatment process for light metals. A brief discussion regarding the advantages, principle, process parameters and applications of this process is discussed. The process owes its origin to Sluginov who discovered an arc discharge phenomenon in electrolysis in 1880. A similar process was studied and developed by Markov and coworkers in 1970s who successfully deposited an oxide film on aluminium. Several investigation thereafter lead to the establishment of suitable process parameters for deposition of a crystalline oxide film of more than $100{\mu}m$ thickness on the surface of light metals such as aluminium, titanium and magnesium. This process nowadays goes by several names such as plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO), micro-arc oxidation (MOA), anodic spark deposition (ASD) etc. Several startups and surface treatment companies have taken up the process and deployed it successfully in a range of products, from military grade rifles to common off road sprockets. However, there are certain limitations to this technology such as the formation of an outer porous oxide layer, especially in case of magnesium which displays a Piling Bedworth ratio of less than one and thus an inherent non protective oxide. This can be treated further but adds to the cost of the process. Overall, it can be said the PEO process offers a better solution than the conventional coating processes. It offers advantages considering the fact that he electrolyte used in PEO process is environmental friendly and the temperature control is not as strict as in case of other surface treatment processes.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.70-75
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• 1999

Adaptive control in the robotic GMA(Gas Metal Arc) welding is employed to monitor the information about weld characteristics and process paramters as well as modification of those parameters to hold weld quality within the acceptable limits. Typical characteristics are the bead geometry composition micrrostructure appearance and process parameters which govern the quality of the final weld. The main objectives of this paper are to realize the mapping characteristicso f penetration through the learning. After learning the neural network can predict the pene-traition desired from the learning mapping characteristic. The design parameters of the neural network estimator(the number of hidden layers and the number of nodes in a layer) were chosen from an error analysis. partial-penetration single-pass bead-on-plate welds were fabricated in 12mm mild steel plates in order to verify the performance of the neural network estimator. The experimental results show that the proposed neural network estimator can predict the penetration with reasonable accuracy and gurarantee the uniform weld quality.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2001

This study is to investigate the problem of the SPM(Skin Pass Mil7) system which is a finishing treatment of steel sheet. and to develop a PID control scheme to minimize process instability. An electrohydraulic servo system with conventional proportional controller used to regulate the force on the strip works inadequately to yield very undesirable transient responses at the moments welding parts of the strip conte into and pass through the rolls. Both linearized and nonlinear models of a typical SPM system ware simulated first by using Simulink. Then Ziegler-Nichols ultimate cycling method was used for an initial reference guide to tune PID gains, and further fine tuning was performed to get desirable response. The test result in the plant show that proposed PID control scheme successfully improves the process instability in a SPM system.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2009년 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.32-32
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• 2009

Electric Resistance Welding (ERW) process is the most efficient process to manufacture the linepipe. To develop the high performance ERW linepipe using the high strength and the high alloy steels, the modulation of input power waveform such as sinusoidal waveform is introduced because the conventional ERW technology is not sufficient enough to produce the high quality linepipe due to its strength and high alloy contents (high Ceq). In this article, the material used for the experiment was API X60 with 8.2mm thickness, and ERW simulator at POSCO was used to develop a waveform control system for the power modulation. The frequency of power modulation was varied from 50Hz to 150Hz with the fixed amplitude of ${\pm}2%$ power. The non-modulated power input and the modulated power input cases are conducted to demonstrate the variation of the narrow gap length and the arcing frequency due to power modulation. From results of the non-modulated power input case, the excessive power causes the longer narrow gap length and the low arcing frequency due to the large heat input and the strong electro magnetic force that increase the weld defect. On the contrary, the small narrow gap length and the high arcing frequency reduce the weld defect. After modulating the power input with 50Hz and 100Hz at the fixed power, the arcing frequency increases, but the narrow gap length does not change much. The high arcing frequency prevents the formation of weld defect because the sweeping frequently cleans the oxides on the narrow gap edges. As a result, the manufacturing window can be expanded by the power modulation that provides the stable ERW process for the quality improvement of the linepipe made from the high strength/high alloy steels.

• Composites Research
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.227-237
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 밀폐/협소의 공간에 적용을 위한 이동형 용접 로봇의 매니퓰레이터의 경량화 및 단열 성능 확보를 위한 설계 적용 연구 내용을 나타내었다. 선박 및 해양플랜트와 같이 구조가 복합하고 협소한 공간에 대한 용접 작업을 위하여 용접사를 작업 대상물 외부에서 용접로봇을 이용한 용접작업을 위하여 다양한 로봇 플랫폼이 개발되고 있다. 일반적인 로봇의 개발 과정은 적용 환경과 요구조건을 고려하여 기계 개발, 전자 장치 개발, 제어 알고리즘 개발 및 통합 검증으로 이루어 진다. 용접로봇의 완성도 높은 개발을 위하여 로봇 플랫폼의 기본 설계에서 환경 조건을 고려한 로봇 매니퓰레이터의 경량 설계를 수행하였다. 또한, 단열성능 및 냉각 성능 확보를 위한 소재 선정과 검증, 해석 및 시험의 과정을 거처 개발된 로봇과 연구 결과를 나타내었다.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2009년 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.14-14
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• 2009

자동차 차체와 같은 박판을 접합하기 위해서 인버터 DC 저항 점 용접공정은 매우 널리 사용되어지고 있다. 이는 교류 용접에 비해 적은 전류로 용접이 가능하고, 더 넓은 적정 용접 영역을 가지며, 보다 적은 전극마모를 가지는 인버터 DC 저항 점용접의 특성에 기인한다. 아울러 최근에는 파워 소자와 같은 인버터 구성에 필요한 구성 요소의 가격이 낮아져, 전반적으로 용접기의 가격이 하락하였고, 구성 장치에 대한 신뢰성이 증가하였으며, 기존보다 전력의 사용량이 감소하여 인버터 DC 저항점 용접공정의 사용이 더욱 증가하고 있는 상황이다. 또한 차량의 경량화에 대한 요구가 증가함에 따라 고 장력 강판의 적용이 확대되고 있다. 이러한 재료의 우수한 용접을 위해 인버터 DC 저항 점 용접시스템의 개발이 더욱 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 인버터 DC 저항 점용접 시스템을 구성하더라도 모재의 특성이 전류 파형에 영향을 주게 되어, 정 전류 제어가 적용되지 못하면 전류 파형이 불안정해지게 되고 원하는 전류가 발생되지 않게 되어 스패터가 발생하거나, 용접 품질에 영향을 줄 수 있게 된다. 본 연구에서는 인버터 DC 저항 점용접 시스템을 구성하고, 정 전류의 제어를 위한 퍼지 제어 알고리즘을 개발하여 적용하였다. 퍼지제어기의 환산 계수를 최적화하기 위해서 유전 알고리즘을 적용하였으며, 실험에는 고장력강을 대상으로 정 전류 용접 공정을 수행하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.558-564
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• 2021

정수기는 최근 시장규모가 급격한 증가 추세에 있으며, 얼음 정수기의 얼음 생성량과 냉수 성능을 결정하는 핵심 부품인 증발기의 용접기술 향상을 요구하고 있다. 얼음 정수기의 finger type 증발기는 얼음을 탈빙 시키는 방법으로 순간 히터 방식과 고온 가스 방식으로 크게 구분되며 일부 대기업을 중심으로 생산 및 개발이 진행되고 있다. 두 방법은 장·단점을 가지고 있으며 고온 가스 방식 증발기는 특히 생산과정에서 고열의 산소 용접으로 인해 동파이프 내부에 pin hole 현상과 고압관 용접시 막힘 문제가 간헐적으로 발생하고 있다. 이는 정수기 사용시 얼음과 차가운 물의 생기지 않는 문제점을 가져오며 현장에서 수리가 불가능하다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 고온 가스 증발기의 용접 불량을 개선하기 위해 cap jig를 적용하였다. 또한 산소용접 불꽃 크기를 조절하여 cap jig에 열원이 잘 공급될 수 있도록 하고 파압 시험과 테스트와 열충격 시험을 통해 유효성을 확인하였다.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 1998년도 특별강연 및 추계학술발표 개요집
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• pp.129-132
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• 1998

The dynamic resistance monitoring in primary circuit or T/C is one of the important issues in that in-process and real time quality assurance of resistance spot weld is needed to increase the product reliability. It is well known that tile dynamic resistance curve gives us very useful information about nugget growth and weldability. In the present paper, a new dynamic resistance detecting method is presented as a practical manner of weld quality assurance using instantaneous current and voltage measured by primary circuit. Primary dynamic resistance patterns are basically similar to those of the secondary, but there is evident advantage such as no extra devices are needed to obtain the quality assurance index and eventually feedback control will be possible caused by T/C based monitoring system.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.46-55
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• 1989

Zirconia coatings are performed by the plasma spraying on the substrate of Al-Si alloy. In case of plasma sprayed ceramic coatings, it is important to control properly residual stress occurred during cooling process. Residual stress in coating layer varies with sprayed conditions and is influenced greatly by the coating layer thickness. Surface residual stress due to coating layer thickness is measured by X-ray diffraction method and the residual stress in coating layer is estimated by the deflection of coating layer when the restraint force in substrate was removed. When zirconia was coated on the substrate, tensile residual stress remains on zirconia coated surface layer. The tensile stress is increased to 0.35mm thickness and after 0.45mm thickness it is decreased abrouptly. A thick bond and composite coating reduce the zirconia surface stress and composite coating controls effectively the thick zirconia surface stress.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.44-51
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• 1998

It is well known that the fine bainitic microstructure obtained by TMCP(thermo-mechanical control process) secures the high toughness of base metal. Besides, TMCP steel is very suitable for high heat input in welding as it has low carbon equivalent. In HAZ, however, the accelerated cooling effect imparted on the matrix by the weld thermal cycles is relieved and thus the weldment of TMCP steel has softening zone which shows low fracture toughness compared with base metal. Therefore, PHWT of weldment is carried out to improve the fracture toughness in weldment of TMCP steel which has softening zone. In this study, the effects of PWHT on the weldment of AH36-TMCP steel are investigated by the small punch (SP) test. From the several results such as SP energy and displacement at room temperature, the behavior of transition curves, the fracture strength at -196$^{\circ}C$, distribution of (DBTT)sp and (DBTT)sp, the PWHT condition of A.C. after 85$0^{\circ}C$-1 sec W.C. was suitable condition for recovering a softening zone of HAZ as welded.