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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Batton Witney, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/12 (2006.01); B23K 9/28 (2006.01); B23K 9/167 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); F01D 5/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); B23K 9/028 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); G01B 5/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/125 (2013.01); B23K 9/028 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/167 (2013.01); B25J 9/163 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); F01D 5/02 (2013.01); G01B 5/0037 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01N 29/04 (2013.01); B23K 2201/001 (2013.01); F05D 2230/235 (2013.01); F05D 2240/24 (2013.01); G01N 2291/267 (2013.01); Y10S 901/42 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method detect weld defects in real time. Cameras capture images of a weld pool as well as ripple shape and fillet geometry. A processor receives the images and communicates with a database that stores correlated potential weld defects with images of a mock weld molten pool and images of a mock weld ripple shape and fillet geometry. The processor computes an aggregate probability that a weld position corresponding to the images captured by the cameras contains a defect based on the potential defects correlated in the database.