Seam Penetration Recognition for GTAW Using Convolutional Neural Network Based on Time-Frequency Image of Arc Sound

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Abstract

Online monitoring and diagnosis of welding quality is essential for intelligent welding manufacturing. The recognition performance of penetration for aluminum alloy in gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) still needs to be improved to meet the strict industry demands. This paper proposed a novel recognition method, time-frequency image based convolution neural network (TF-CNN), for GTAW penetration recognition. Time-frequency images were calculated from arc sound signals using short time Fourier transform and applied to analyze the non-stationarity of arc sound. The logarithm of time-frequency image was taken to construct the appropriate input matrix of CNN, which was optimized to improve its recognition performance, including the activation function, learning rate and architecture of network. The experimental results show that the proposed TF-CNN achieved an excellent recognition performance with 98.2% recognition accuracy and 0.21 accuracy variance for GTAW seam penetration recognition and outperformed the traditional methods. This paper provides some guidance for the application of CNN to other monitoring signals of intelligent manufacturing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2018 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages853-860
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781538671085
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Oct 2018
Event23rd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2018 - Torino, Italy
Duration: 4 Sep 20187 Sep 2018

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA
Volume2018-September
ISSN (Print)1946-0740
ISSN (Electronic)1946-0759

Conference

Conference23rd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTorino
Period4/09/187/09/18

Keywords

  • Arc sound
  • convolution neural network
  • intelligent welding
  • penetration recognition
  • time-frequency analysis

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