INTRINSIC PROCESS SIGNAL-BASED ONLINE SPATTER DETECTION METHOD FOR RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING, AND SYSTEM
20230083207 · 2023-03-16
Inventors
Cpc classification
B23K11/257
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B23K11/115
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B23K11/253
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
Abstract
An intrinsic process signal-based online expulsion detection method for resistance spot welding process, which comprises: acquiring the intrinsic process signal and current signal output by sensors installed at two electrodes in real-time during the welding process and establishing a relationship graph; performing expulsion judgement based on the relationship graph to obtain expulsion frequency, single intrinsic process signal feature and an accumulated feature; calculating expulsion metal volume according to the accumulated feature and electrode profile features to obtain a prediction expulsion metal amount. The method performs online prediction of the expulsion metal amount according to the intrinsic process signal for resistance spot welding process, thereby achieving online quantitative estimation of the expulsion intensity, overcoming the defect of the traditional technology which relies on manual detection, and improving detection efficiency and accuracy.
Claims
1. An on-line expulsion detection method for resistance spot welding process based on the intrinsic process signal, characterized in that, the intrinsic process signal and the current signal output from the sensors installed at the two electrodes are by collected in real time during the welding process and a relationship graph is developed; expulsion judgment is carried out based on the relationship graph to obtain the expulsion frequency, single intrinsic process signal feature and the accumulated feature; the expulsion metal volume is calculated according to the accumulated feature and profile features of the electrode cap to obtain a predicted expulsion metal amount; the intrinsic process signals comprise: a dynamic resistance signal, a dynamic electrode force signal, a dynamic electrode displacement signal, an acoustic emission signal and an ultrasonic signal; the profile features of the electrode cap comprise: a bottom diameter, a tip face diameter, a tip surface curvature, and a cone angle.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the expulsion judgment refers to that the expulsion is determined to begin when the derivative of the intrinsic process signal with respect to time is equal to a preset threshold during the ohmic heating and welding stage; after the expulsion starts, the expulsion is determined to end when the derivative of intrinsic process signal with respect to time is again equal to the preset threshold, and the absolute amplitude difference between the intrinsic process signal corresponding to the expulsion beginning and ending moment is taken as a single feature; several single features of the intrinsic process signal are combined to obtain an accumulated feature when multiple expulsions occur in a welding process.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the calculating of the expulsion metal volume comprises: Domed electrode with a spherical tip face:
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes comprise: a cylinder, a dome, a curved-top cone, a ball head, a truncated cone, or their combination.
5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, the relationship graph is divided into three stages by the welding current signal, specifically, the pre-weld squeezing stage T.sub.1, the ohmic heating and welding stage T.sub.2, and the post-weld hold stage T.sub.3, wherein the pre-weld squeezing stage T.sub.1 refers to the time period from when the electrodes are closed to press the to-be-tested workpiece 4 to when the welding current is turned on; the ohmic heating and welding stage T.sub.2 refers to the time period from when the welding current is turned on to when it is turned off; the post-weld p hold stage T.sub.3 refers to the time period from when the welding current is turned off to when the electrodes are opened.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the expulsion judgment specifically comprises: during the ohmic heating and welding stage, the expulsion is determined to begin when the derivative of intrinsic process signal with respect to time is equal to the preset threshold A, that is, when it intersects the threshold horizontal line at point Q.sub.ia, and the moment corresponding to the point Q.sub.ia is recorded as the start time T.sub.ia; after the expulsion starts, the expulsion is determined to end when the derivative of intrinsic process signal with respect to time is again equal to the threshold A, that is, when it intersects the threshold horizontal line at point Q.sub.ib, and the moment corresponding to the Q.sub.ib is recorded as the end time T.sub.ib, and the occurrence of one weld expulsion is recorded as F.sub.i, wherein: i represents the ith expulsion that occurs during the RSW process, and 0≤i≤N, where N is the total number of expulsion occurring during the RSW process; In the ohmic heating and welding stage, the intrinsic process signal points P.sub.ia and P.sub.ib corresponding to the start time T.sub.ia and the end time T.sub.ib of the i-th expulsion F.sub.i are extracted. The absolute difference of signal values X.sub.ia and X.sub.ib corresponding to the point P.sub.ia and P.sub.ib, ie, ΣX.sub.i=X.sub.ia−X.sub.ib, is calculated as the intrinsic process signal feature ΔX.sub.i corresponding to the i-th expulsion; the extraction of the accumulated feature refers to the combination of N intrinsic process signal feature ΔX.sub.i to obtain the accumulated feature ΔX of the intrinsic process signal when N expulsions occur during the RSW process.
7. A system for implementing the method of claim 1, characterized in that, the calculation and analysis modules and the current signal acquisition module attached to them respectively, and an intrinsic process signal acquisition module, wherein the current signal acquisition module collecting the current signal is connected with the current sensors installed at the electrodes; the intrinsic process signal acquisition module collecting the intrinsic process signals is respectively connected with the intrinsic process signal sensors installed at the two electrodes; the calculation and analysis modules calculate the predicted amount of the expulsion metal according to the intrinsic process signal and the current signal.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0015] In the drawings: a is a domed electrode with a spherical tip face; b is a cone electrode with a spherical tip face; c is a ball-head electrode; d is a cylindrical electrode; e is a truncated cone electrode; f is a cylindrical electrode with a spherical tip face; D is the electrode bottom diameter; D.sub.t is the tip face diameter; R.sub.t is the tip surface curvature radius; 1 is the cone angle;
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[0017] In the figure, the electrode cap 1, the upper electrode 2, the lower electrode 3, the workpiece to be welded 4, the current sensor 5, the intrinsic process signal sensor installed at the upper electrode 6, the intrinsic process signal sensor installed at the lower electrode 7, the intrinsic process signal acquisition module 8, the current signal acquisition module 9, the calculation and analysis module 10;
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[0024] In the figures, dashed lines are trend lines obtained by linear regression.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Example 1
[0025] As shown in
[0026] As shown in
[0027] The profile features include the electrode bottom diameter, the tip face diameter, the tip surface curvature radius, and the cone angle.
[0028] The intrinsic process signals include the dynamic resistance signal, the dynamic electrode force signal, the thermal expansion electrode displacement signal, the acoustic emission signal, and the ultrasonic signal. The present embodiment preferably employs the dynamic electrode displacement signal.
[0029] As shown in
[0030] The electrode cap1, the upper electrode 2 and the upper electrode intrinsic process signal sensor 6 are placed in order on the upper surface of the workpiece 4 to be tested, the electrode cap 1, the lower electrode 3 and the lower electrode intrinsic process signal sensor 7 are placed in order on the lower surface of the workpiece 4 to be tested, and the current sensor 5 is put on the lower electrode 3.
[0031] The upper electrode intrinsic process signal sensor 6 is a linear displacement sensor; the lower electrode intrinsic process signal sensor 7 is a laser displacement sensor.
[0032] The workpiece 4 to be tested can be a plate, a pipe, a rod, a nail, a block and a combination thereof. The material can be steel, aluminum alloy, copper alloy, magnesium alloy, titanium alloy and a combination thereof.
[0033] The current sensor 5 is a Rogowski coil.
[0034] The computing and analysis module 10 includes a microprocessor, an industrial personal computer, a PLC, a monitor, a welding controller, a desktop, a laptop, a server, or a workstation. This embodiment employs a welding controller.
[0035] As shown in
[0036] As shown in
[0037] (1) During the ohmic heating and welding stage, the expulsion is determined to begin when the derivative of intrinsic process signal with respect to time is equal to the preset threshold A, that is, when it intersects the threshold horizontal line at point Q.sub.ia, and the moment corresponding to the point Q.sub.ia is recorded as the start time T.sub.ia; after the expulsion starts, the expulsion is determined to end when the derivative of intrinsic process signal with respect to time is again equal to the threshold A, that is, when it intersects the threshold horizontal line at point Q.sub.ib, and the moment corresponding to the Q.sub.ib is recorded as the end time T.sub.ib, and the occurrence of one weld expulsion is recorded as F.sub.i, wherein: i represents the ith expulsion that occurs during the RSW process, and 0≤i≤N, where N is the total number of expulsion occurring during the RSW process.
[0038] (2) In the ohmic heating and welding stage, the intrinsic process signal points P.sub.ia and P.sub.ib corresponding to the start time T.sub.ia and the end time T.sub.ib of the i-th expulsion F.sub.i are extracted. The absolute difference of signal values X.sub.ia and X.sub.ib corresponding to the point P.sub.ia and P.sub.ib, ie, ΔX.sub.i=X.sub.ia−X.sub.ib, is calculated as the intrinsic process signal feature ΔX.sub.i corresponding to the i-th expulsion. The extraction of the accumulated feature refers to the combination of N intrinsic process signal feature ΔX.sub.i to obtain the accumulated feature ΔX of the intrinsic process signal when N expulsions occur during the RSW process.
[0039] The combination may include calculating an arithmetic mean, a quadratic mean, a geometric mean, or a weighted average of N ΔX.sub.i. This embodiment preferably uses a geometric mean.
[0040] As shown in
[0041] The expulsion metal volume refers to the ejected metal volume ΔV or expulsion metal weight ΔM calculated by accumulated feature ΔX and the electrode profile feature, wherein the expulsion metal weight ΔM is directly proportional to the ejected metal volume ΔV, and the proportion coefficient is the liquid metal density p of the to-be-tested workpiece 4, ie, ΔM=ρΔV, and
where: K.sub.1 is the correction coefficient selected according to different intrinsic process signals; R.sub.t is the tip surface curvature radius of the electrode; D.sub.t is the tip face diameter of the electrode; D is the bottom diameter of the electrode; ΔX is the accumulated feature; h.sub.0 and h.sub.1 are feature heights and
When the correction coefficient K.sub.1 is set to 0.8 μm.sup.−1, the expulsion metal volume in the RSW process can be calculated by the accumulated feature as follows.
[0042] Then the expulsion metal weight ΔM can be calculated according to ΔM=ρΔV.
[0043] In this embodiment, the tip surface curvature radius R.sub.t of the electrode cap 1 is 50 mm, the tip face diameter D.sub.t of the electrode is 5 mm, the bottom diameter D of the electrode is 16 mm, and the liquid metal density ρ is 6.9 kg/mm.sup.3.
Example 2
[0044] As shown in
[0045] As shown in
[0046] where K.sub.2 is the correction coefficient selected according to different intrinsic process signals, R.sub.t is the tip surface curvature radius of the electrode, D.sub.t is the tip face diameter of the electrode, D is the bottom diameter of the electrode, ΔX is the accumulated feature, h.sub.0 is the feature height, and the calculation formula is
Then the expulsion metal weight ΔM can be calculated according to ΔM=ρΔV.
[0047] In the present embodiment, the correction factor K.sub.2 is set to 4 N.sup.−1, the tip surface curvature radius R.sub.t of electrode cap 1 is 50 mm, the tip face diameter D.sub.t of the electrode is 5 mm, the top cone angle θ is 75 degrees, the bottom diameter D of the electrode is 16 mm, and the liquid metal density ρ is 6.9 kg/mm.sup.3.
Example 3
[0048] As shown in
where: K.sub.3 is the correction coefficient selected according to different intrinsic process signals.
Example 4
[0049] As shown in
wherein: K.sub.4 is the correction coefficient selected according to different intrinsic process signals.
Example 5
[0050] As shown in
wherein: K.sub.5 is the correction coefficient selected according to different intrinsic process signals.
Example 6
[0051] As shown in
where K.sub.6 is the correction coefficient selected according to different intrinsic process signals, h.sub.2 is the feature height and
[0052] Compared with the prior art, the present method can predict the expulsion metal amount in real time based on the calculation formula of the electrode profile feature and the intrinsic process signal feature. It can realize the on-line quantitative evaluation of the expulsion severity during the RSW process, and can overcome the defect of the traditional technology which relies on manual detection. Compared with the previous visual or manual detection method, the present method achieves automatic detection of the expulsion intensity, significantly improves the detection efficiency and accuracy. The high calculation speed and low requirement on the hardware system makes it suitable for various RSW application scenes. Meanwhile, the influence of different electrodes shapes is considered, so the applicability is high. A good linear relationship is found between the predicted and actually measured expulsion metal amount, and the detection precision is high.
[0053] The above mentioned specific embodiments may be partially adjusted in different ways by technicians in this field without deviating from the principle and purpose of the invention. The scope of protection of the invention shall be subject to the claim and shall not be limited by the above mentioned embodiments, and each implementation scheme within the scope shall be subject to the restriction of the invention.