JOINING QUALITY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE OF PANEL ELEMENT

Abstract

A device for evaluating quality of welding spots of a panel is disclosed. The device includes a vibration transferring member, a first access member contacted with one surface of one end portion of the vibration transferring member and with the one surface of the panel, a second access member contacted with one surface of the other end portion of the vibration transferring member and with the one surface of the panel, an oscillator for supplying vibration to the one end portion of the vibration transferring member, a sensor disposed on the vibration transferring member to detect characteristic of vibration transferred along the vibration transferring member, and a computing device for analyzing characteristic of the welding spots using characteristic of vibration detected in the sensor.

Claims

1. A joining quality diagnosis device of a panel element being mounted to a panel element at which a welding portion is formed so as to diagnose join quality, comprising: a vibration transferring member disposed apart as a predetermined gap from one surface of the panel element; a first access member respectively contacted with one surface of one end portion of the vibration transferring member and the one surface of the panel element; a second access member respectively contacted with one surface of the other end portion of the vibration transferring member and the one surface of the panel element; an oscillator set so as to supply vibration having a predetermined frequency to the one end portion of the vibration transferring member; a sensor disposed apart as a predetermined distance from the oscillator and contacted with the vibration transferring member so as to detect characteristic of vibration moving along the vibration transferring member; and an analyzing portion analyzing characteristic of a predetermined area of the panel element corresponding with the vibration transferring member by analyzing vibration characteristic detected in the sensor.

2. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 1, wherein the vibration transferring member contains a steel material, and the join portion has a portion which is spot-welded.

3. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 2, wherein the first and second access members are permanent magnets.

4. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 3, wherein the first and second access members are accessed to the one surface of the panel element, and the other surface of the panel element, and third and fourth access members are disposed on respective positions corresponded with the first and second access members.

5. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 4, further comprising: connecting wires connecting the first access member with the third access member and connecting the second access member with the fourth access member.

6. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 4, wherein the sensors are arranged with a predetermined gap in a length direction the vibration transferring member.

7. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 4, wherein the sensor is an acceleration sensor.

8. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 4, wherein the vibration transferring member contains an acryl material.

9. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 4, wherein the analyzing portion analyzes a predetermined area of the panel element at which the vibration transferring member is disposed.

10. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 9, further comprising: a display showing a data analyzed from the analyzing portion.

11. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 9, wherein the vibration transferring member is arranged side by side with the one surface of the panel element, and the characteristic of the predetermined area is a bending stiffness of the panel element.

12. The joining quality diagnosis device of claim 1, wherein the panel element is that two panels joined through welding portions.

13. A diagnosis device being mounted on an exterior surface of a panel element so as to diagnose characteristic of the panel element, comprising: a vibration transferring member disposed apart as a predetermined gap from one surface of the panel element; a first access member respectively contacted with one surface of one end portion of the vibration transferring member and the one surface of the panel element; a second access member respectively contacted with one surface of the other end portion of the vibration transferring member and the one surface of the panel element; an oscillator set so as to supply vibration having a predetermined frequency to the vibration transferring member; and a sensor disposed apart as a predetermined distance from the oscillator and contacted with the vibration transferring member so as to detect characteristic of vibration moving along the vibration transferring member.

14. The diagnosis device of claim 13, further comprising: an analyzing portion analyzing characteristic of a predetermined area of the panel element corresponding with the vibration transferring member by analyzing vibration characteristic detected in the sensor.

15. The diagnosis device of claim 13, wherein the panel element has a welding portion.

16. The diagnosis device of claim 14, wherein the analyzing portion is set to analyze stiffness of the panel element.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a joining quality diagnosis device of a panel element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are schematic diagrams illustrating joining quality diagnosis devices of panel elements according to embodiments of the present invention.

[0030] FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 are graphs representing analysis results a joining quality diagnosis device of a panel element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0031] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a theoretical model of a joining quality diagnosis device of a panel element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0032]

TABLE-US-00001 <Description of symbols> 100: signal generator 105: high voltage amplifier 110: oscillator 115: sensor 120: frequency analyzing portion 125: display 130: input and output apparatus 140: panel element 145: welding portion 150: vibration transferring member 155a: first access member 155b: second access member 155c: third access member 155d: fourth access member 155: access member 160: connecting wire

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0033] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0034] Merely, the size and thickness of each component illustrated in the drawings are arbitrarily shown for better understanding and ease of description, but embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto. Thicknesses are enlarged to clearly express various portions and areas.

[0035] The drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not restrictive, and like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.

[0036] In the following description, dividing names of components into first, second and the like is to divide the names because the names of the components are the same as each other and an order thereof is not particularly limited.

[0037] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a joining quality diagnosis device of a panel element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0038] Referring to FIG. 1, a joining quality diagnosis device of a panel element includes, as constituent elements, a panel element 140, a welding portion 145, a signal generator 100, a high voltage amplifier 105, an oscillator 110, a vibration transferring member 150, a sensor 115, a first, second, third, and fourth access members 155a, 155b, 155c, and 155d, a connecting wire 160, an input and output apparatus 130, a frequency analyzing portion 120, and a display 125.

[0039] The signal generator 100 generates a predetermined frequency signal, and the high voltage amplifier 105 amplifies the generated frequency signal and then transfers the amplified signal to the oscillator 110.

[0040] In detail, the panel element 140 has a structure that two panels spot-joined through the welding portion 145, and the welding portions 145 are arranged with a predetermined gap between two panels.

[0041] The vibration transferring member 150 is disposed apart as a predetermined gap from one surface of the panel element 140, and the first access member 155a is interposed between one end portion of the vibration transferring member 150 and the panel element 140, and the second access member 155b is interposed between the other end portion of the vibration transferring member 150 and the panel element 140.

[0042] The third access member 155c is mounted on the other surface of the first access member 155a, and the fourth access member 155d is mounted on the other surface of the second access member 155b. In addition, the one connecting wire 160 connects the first access member 155a and the third access member 155c, and the other one connecting wire 160 connects the second access member 155b and the fourth access member 155d.

[0043] The first and second access members 155a and 155b may be fixed to the vibration transferring member 150, and the first, second, third, and fourth access members 155a, 155b, 155c, and 155d may be made of permanent magnets adhering to the panel element 140.

[0044] FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are schematic diagrams illustrating joining quality diagnosis devices of panel elements according to embodiments of the present invention.

[0045] Referring to FIGS. 2 to 5, a length, a thickness, and a width of the vibration transferring member 150 may be varied depending on a design, and sizes, thicknesses, and lengths of the first, second, third, and fourth access members 155a, 155b, 155c, and 155d may be also varied depending on a design, and the connecting wire 160 may be made of a conductive material or a sub-conductive material as an elastic member.

[0046] Four spot welding portions (welding spots) may be formed to correspond with the vibration transferring member 150, and the number of welding portions and a gap therebetween may be varied according to an embodiment.

[0047] Further, the third and fourth access members 155c and 155d may be not provided, and the first and second access members 155a and 155b may be made of permanent magnets and may selectively contain rubber, plastic and metal materials or nonmetal material.

[0048] In addition, the sensor 115 may be an acceleration sensor, and the sensors 115 may be arranged with a predetermined distance in a length direction or a width direction of the vibration transferring member 150.

[0049] Furthermore, the first and second access members 155a and 155b may be formed along an appearance of the panel element 140 such that an access area is uniformly maintained.

[0050] FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 are graphs representing analysis results a joining quality diagnosis device of a panel element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0051] Referring to FIG. 6, a horizontal axis represents respective diagnosed areas and a vertical axis represents a bending stiffness.

[0052] The analyzing portion 120 may determine a bending stiffness about respective areas by analyzing a vibration data.

[0053] As shown in FIG. 6, bending stiffness of a first area, a second area, an eighth area, and a ninth area are relatively low and bending stiffness of third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh areas are relatively high.

[0054] Therefore, it may be determined that joining quality of welding portions of first, second, eighth, and ninth areas are relatively bad.

[0055] Referring to FIG. 7, a horizontal axis represents a position of the panel element 140 and a vertical axis represents a bending stiffness.

[0056] As shown in FIG. 7, bending stiffness to be lower than 2.4 are represented at a left side and bending stiffness to be 3.2 are represented at a right side. That is, bending stiffness of a left side having defect are low.

[0057] Referring to FIG. 8, a horizontal axis represents frequency being transferred from the oscillator 110 to the vibration transferring member 150 through the vibration transferring member 150, and a vertical axis represents characteristic of frequency being transferred to the sensor 115 along the vibration transferring member 150 mounted on the panel element 140.

[0058] As shown in FIG. 8, characteristic of frequency being transferred to the sensor 115 are different between a left flange having defect and a right flange to be normal.

[0059] Frequency characteristic is low at the left flange having defect in comparison with the right flange to be normal. In this regard, the characteristic is represented in case that excitation frequency is in a range about 120 Hz to 335 Hz.

[0060] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a theoretical model of a joining quality diagnosis device of a panel element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0061] Referring to FIG. 9, on a state of supposing the welding area to equivalent beam element, a theoretical model of a structure that the vibration transferring member 150 is mounted on the welding area, which will be measured, through the access members 155a, 155b, 155c, and 155d is composed.

[0062] In addition, a bending stiffness may be anticipated by directly or indirectly comparing real generated frequency value with a result value calculated by using the theoretical model.

[0063] While this invention has been described in connection with its embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements.