WELDING CONTROL USING FUZZY LOGIC ANALYSIS OF VIDEO IMAGED PUDDLE DIMENSIONS
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    WELDING CONTROL USING FUZZY LOGIC ANALYSIS OF VIDEO IMAGED PUDDLE DIMENSIONS 失效
    管制SCHWEISSBANDNAEHTEN使用摄像机和模糊

    公开(公告)号:EP0789640A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-08-20

    申请号:EP95938779.0

    申请日:1995-10-26

    IPC分类号: B23K9 B25J9 G05B13

    CPC分类号: B23K9/1062 B23K9/1274

    摘要: A welding system includes an imaging system that takes frame by frame pictures of a weld puddle. The imaging system is located in the weld torch. From the images puddle length and width are determined. The length and width are applied against stored membership functions that cover a range of different weld current characteristics and the degree of membership of each dimension in those functions is determined, producing an alpha factor for each membership function. This provides a fuzzy current requirement. Stored values for moment and area for each membership function are multiplied by the alpha for the respective function. The total of the moments is divided by the total of the areas to produce a desired weld current. The weld head includes a weld wire feeder that is driven by a servo by which the wire can be fed along either side of the weld joint. The wire feeder is gear driven in such a way that it does not interfere with the optics in the weld torch. The optics include a strobe to illuminate the puddle. Signal processing includes a process for interpolating the puddle centerline from the range in puddle widths over successive strobed images of the puddle. The head is positioned automatically over the centerline.