RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING PROCESS IDENTIFICATION AND INITIALIZATION BASED ON SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS

Heli Junno, Perttu Laurinen, Eija Haapalainen, Lauri Tuovinen, Juha Röning, Dietmar Zettel, Daniel Sampaio, Norbert Link, Michael Peschl

2004

Abstract

Resistance spot welding is used to join two or more metal objects together, and the technique is in widespread use in, for example, the automotive and electrical industries. This paper discusses both the identification of different spot welding processes and the process initialization parameters leading to high-quality welding joints. In this research, self-organizing maps (SOMs) were used, and optimal features for the training parameters were sought. According to the results, processes can be classified by specific features. When introducing new data to trained SOMs, the welding operator can visually identify similar processes. After process identification, the most similar process is retrieved and a self-organizing map is trained for this specific process. The initialization parameters leading to successful welds in that process can thus be identified, which means that the manufacturers can use them to initialize their welding machines.

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Junno H., Laurinen P., Haapalainen E., Tuovinen L., Röning J., Zettel D., Sampaio D., Link N. and Peschl M. (2004). RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING PROCESS IDENTIFICATION AND INITIALIZATION BASED ON SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 972-8865-12-0, pages 296-299. DOI: 10.5220/0001128802960299


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@conference{icinco04,
author={Heli Junno and Perttu Laurinen and Eija Haapalainen and Lauri Tuovinen and Juha Röning and Dietmar Zettel and Daniel Sampaio and Norbert Link and Michael Peschl},
title={RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING PROCESS IDENTIFICATION AND INITIALIZATION BASED ON SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2004},
pages={296-299},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001128802960299},
isbn={972-8865-12-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING PROCESS IDENTIFICATION AND INITIALIZATION BASED ON SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS
SN - 972-8865-12-0
AU - Junno H.
AU - Laurinen P.
AU - Haapalainen E.
AU - Tuovinen L.
AU - Röning J.
AU - Zettel D.
AU - Sampaio D.
AU - Link N.
AU - Peschl M.
PY - 2004
SP - 296
EP - 299
DO - 10.5220/0001128802960299