Analysis of a Sound Signal for Quality Monitoring in Laser Microlap Welding

Applied Sciences - Tập 10 Số 6 - Trang 1934
Bo-Si Kuo1, Ming‐Chyuan Lu1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Rd., South Dist., Taichung 402, Taiwan

Tóm tắt

This study focused on correlation analysis between welding quality and sound-signal features collected during microlaser welding. The study provides promising features for developing a monitoring system that detects low joint strength caused by a gap between metal sheets after welding. To obtain sound signals for signal analysis and develop the monitoring system, experiments for laser microlap welding were conducted on a laser microwelding platform by installing a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone away from the welding point, and an acoustic emission (AE) sensor on the fixture. The gap between two metal sheet layers was controlled using clamp force, a pressing bar, and the appropriate installation of a thin piece of paper between the metal sheets. After sound signals from the microphone were collected, the correlation between features of time-domain sound signals and of welding quality was analyzed by categorizing the referred signals into eight sections during welding. After appropriately generating the features after signal analysis and selecting the most promising features for low-joint-strength monitoring on the basis of scatter index J, a hidden Markov model (HMM)-based classifier was applied to evaluate the performance of the selected sound-signal features. Results revealed that three sound-signal features were closely related to joint-strength variation caused by the gap between two metal-sheet layers: (1) the root-mean-square (RMS) value of the first section of sound signals, (2) the standard deviation of the first section of sound signals, and (3) the standard deviation to the RMS ratio of the second section of sound signals. In system evaluation, a 100% classification rate was obtained for normal and low-bonding-strength monitoring when the HMM-based classifier was developed on the basis of the three selected features.

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Applied Sciences

Tập 10 Số 6

1934

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