NDLI: Reducing distortions caused by the welding arc in a laser stripe sensor system for automated seam tracking

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hang, K. Pritschow, G.
Copyright Year	1999
Description	Author affiliation: Inst. for Control Eng. of Machine Tools & Manuf., Stuttgart Univ., Germany (Hang, K.)
Abstract	Although laser vision systems for the automation of complicated arc welding processes have been available as commercial products since the mid 1980s, industrial breakthrough has not yet taken place. Up to now unreliability and high prices prevent potential users from investing in this innovative technology. The reliability and accuracy of triangulation based laser stripe sensors are significantly reduced by the characteristics of the open welding arc such as bright light, spatter and fumes that distort the sensor's camera signal. First steps to reduce these impacts are mechanical shielding, optical bandpass filters and increased laser power. The paper's first part discusses the results of experimental investigations carried out to quantify the efficiency of these physical measures. Although a significant reduction can be obtained, these physical measures do not eliminate all distortions caused by the welding arc. Therefore new algorithms to filter out the remaining distortions are discussed. Improvements are also quantified using experimental data. Finally new hardware platforms to realize these new algorithms are investigated. Powerful solutions such as parallel-DSP-boards or transputers should be avoided as they are too expensive. Therefore the suitability of conventional PC-processors and FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) is investigated.
Starting Page	919
Ending Page	924
File Size	751054
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780356624
DOI	10.1109/ISIE.1999.798737
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1999-07-12
Publisher Place	Slovenia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Welding Laser noise Optical distortion Band pass filters Distortion measurement Field programmable gate arrays Machine vision Automation Power system reliability Mechanical sensors
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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