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Advancements in Intelligent Gas Metal Arc Welding Systems
Fundamentals and Applications
- 1st Edition - June 23, 2021
- Author: Paul Kah
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 9 0 5 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 9 0 6 - 3
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Request a sales quoteAdvancements in Intelligent Gas Metal Arc Welding Systems: Fundamentals and Applications presents the latest on gas metal arc welding which plays a significant role in modern manufacturing industries and accounts for about 70% of welding processes. The importance of advancements in GMAW cannot be underestimated as they can lead to more efficient production strategies, resource savings and quality improvements. This book provides an overview of various aspects associated with GMAW, starting from the theoretical basis and ending with characteristics of industrial applications and control methods. Additional sections cover processes associated with welding and welding control, such as fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, and others.
- Provides an up-to-date overview of recent GMAW developments
- Includes insights into intelligent welding automation
- Describes real-world, industrial cases of welding automation implementation
Professionals, welding and manufacturing engineers, materials scientists and researchers in the fields of manufacturing engineering, welding, joining, materials science, metallic materials and welding. Engineers taking IIW certificate “IWE”, students of Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral levels
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of abbreviations and symbols
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Gas metal arc welding
- 1.1. Principles of operation
- 1.2. GMAW process variables
- 1.3. Metal transfer characteristics
- 1.4. Developments in GMAW
- 1.5. Advanced control and variations of GMAW processes
- 1.6. Weld quality and defects
- Chapter 2. Robotic GMAW
- 2.1. Developments in robotic welding systems
- 2.2. Robotic motion capabilities
- 2.3. Welding robotic manipulator
- 2.4. Welding positioner
- 2.5. Phases of welding operations
- 2.6. Robotic GMAW programming
- 2.7. Benefits of robotic GMAW
- 2.8. Problems in robotic GMAW
- Chapter 3. Sensors in robotic GMAW
- 3.1. Types of sensors
- 3.2. Need for sensors in robotic GMAW
- 3.3. Desirable features of weld sensors
- 3.4. Considerations for selection of an appropriate sensor solution
- 3.5. Commercial seam tracking and seam finding sensors
- Chapter 4. Control of GMAW
- 4.1. Conventional control
- 4.2. Adaptive control
- 4.3. Intelligent control
- 4.4. Control of process variables
- 4.5. Adaptive and intelligent control applications in GMAW
- 4.6. Physics-based models of GMAW
- Chapter 5. Advancement in intelligent GMAW
- 5.1. Developments in welding monitoring systems
- 5.2. Intelligent GMAW control
- 5.3. Welding process contribution toward effective manufacturing
- 5.4. Future trends in intelligent welding systems
- Chapter 6. Joining of thin sheet metals section/foil
- 6.1. Thin sheet metals
- 6.2. Stress on thin section
- 6.3. Joint types
- 6.4. Welding process application welding peculiarities
- 6.5. Applications in industry
- 6.6. Distortion
- 6.7. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Narrow gap welding of thick sections
- 7.1. Groove preparations
- 7.2. Advantages and disadvantages
- 7.3. GMAW variants
- 7.4. Case studies
- Chapter 8. GMAW of various materials in industry
- 8.1. Power plant and process industries
- 8.2. Aerospace industry
- 8.3. Oil and gas industry
- 8.4. Shipbuilding industry
- 8.5. Offshore industry
- 8.6. Automotive industry
- 8.7. Mining industry
- Chapter 9. Welding safety and training
- 9.1. Fume formation mechanism
- 9.2. Fume emission control
- 9.3. Personnel training
- Chapter 10. Summary
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 428
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 23, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128239056
- eBook ISBN: 9780128239063
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Paul Kah
Paul Kah is currently working as a professor in welding technology at the Department of Engineering Science, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. Professor Kah's research focuses on welding technology and, more specifically, process control systems for optimization of arc welding processes for improved weld quality. Additional research interests include research in the application of artificial intelligence systems in gas metal arc processes as a way to meet welding challenges and improve systems integration, welding economy and quality, the weldability of high-strength steels, and aluminium and dissimilar welds. His scientific activity includes being a coordinator and researcher in academic scientific and industrial projects in research, technology transfer and education funded by national and international authorities. Prof Kah has established scientific collaborations with many universities in Africa, the EU and China. Prof. Kah has a large number of publications, which include more than a hundred scientific articles in Scopus and Web of Knowledge and other articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. Prof. Kah is a delegate in the International Institute of Welding (IIW) Commission XII and reviewer of the journal Welding in the World. Prof. Kah is the President of the Cameroon Welding Association, a member country of the International Institute of Welding IIW.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Welding Technology, Department of Engineering Science, University West Trollhattan, SwedenRead Advancements in Intelligent Gas Metal Arc Welding Systems on ScienceDirect