Traditional quality control of resistance spot welds by analysis of the dynamic resistance signature (DRS) relies on manual feature selection to reduce the dimensionality prior to analysis. Manually selected features of the DRS may contain information that is not directly correlated to strength, reducing the accuracy of any classification performed. In this paper, correlations between the DRS and weld strength are automatically detected by calculating correlation coefficients between weld strength and principal components of the DRS. The key features of the DRS that correlate to weld strength are identified in a systematic manner. Systematically identifying relevant features of the DRS is useful as the correlations between weld strength and DRS may vary with process parameters.
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Correlating Variations in the Dynamic Resistance Signature to Weld Strength in Resistance Spot Welding Using Principal Component Analysis
David W. Adams,
David W. Adams
Research School of Engineering,
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: U5013843@anu.edu.au
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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Cameron D. E. Summerville,
Cameron D. E. Summerville
Research School of Engineering,
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Cameron.Summerville@anu.edu.au
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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Brendan M. Voss,
Brendan M. Voss
Research School of Engineering,
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Brendan.Voss@anu.edu.au
Australian National University,
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Jack Jeswiet,
Jack Jeswiet
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Queen's University,
120 Stuart Street,
Kingston K1Z 0A6, ON, Canada
e-mail: Jeswiet@me.queensu.ca
Queen's University,
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Matthew C. Doolan
Matthew C. Doolan
Research School of Engineering,
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Matthew.Doolan@anu.edu.au
Australian National University,
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Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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David W. Adams
Research School of Engineering,
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: U5013843@anu.edu.au
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: U5013843@anu.edu.au
Cameron D. E. Summerville
Research School of Engineering,
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Cameron.Summerville@anu.edu.au
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Cameron.Summerville@anu.edu.au
Brendan M. Voss
Research School of Engineering,
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Brendan.Voss@anu.edu.au
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Brendan.Voss@anu.edu.au
Jack Jeswiet
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Queen's University,
120 Stuart Street,
Kingston K1Z 0A6, ON, Canada
e-mail: Jeswiet@me.queensu.ca
Queen's University,
120 Stuart Street,
Kingston K1Z 0A6, ON, Canada
e-mail: Jeswiet@me.queensu.ca
Matthew C. Doolan
Research School of Engineering,
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Matthew.Doolan@anu.edu.au
Australian National University,
Building 32, North Road,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
e-mail: Matthew.Doolan@anu.edu.au
Manuscript received August 28, 2015; final manuscript received September 30, 2016; published online November 9, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Dragan Djurdjanovic.
J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Apr 2017, 139(4): 044502 (4 pages)
Published Online: November 9, 2016
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Received:
August 28, 2015
Revised:
September 30, 2016
Citation
Adams, D. W., Summerville, C. D. E., Voss, B. M., Jeswiet, J., and Doolan, M. C. (November 9, 2016). "Correlating Variations in the Dynamic Resistance Signature to Weld Strength in Resistance Spot Welding Using Principal Component Analysis." ASME. J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. April 2017; 139(4): 044502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034887
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