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Jinle Zeng1, Baohua Chang2, Dong Du3

  • 1Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. zengjl12@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn.

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Area of Science:

  • Robotics and Automation
  • Machine Vision
  • Manufacturing Engineering

Background:

  • Accurate path teaching is crucial for welding quality, but groove deviations due to manufacturing errors complicate this.
  • Existing machine vision methods struggle with narrow butt joints due to limitations in adaptability, resolution, and 3D information.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel 3D path teaching method for narrow butt joint welding.
  • To overcome the limitations of current machine vision techniques in recognizing narrow groove positions.

Main Methods:

  • Acquiring simultaneous 2D pixel coordinates under uniform lighting and 3D point cloud data using cross-line laser illumination.
  • Implementing information fusion to calculate the precise 3D position and pose between the welding torch and the groove.
  • Achieving a high image resolution of 12.5 μm for detailed groove analysis.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method demonstrates suitability for groove recognition in narrow butt joint welding.
  • Successful path teaching was achieved even with groove widths below 0.1 mm and high actuator speeds (2300 mm/min).
  • The system effectively fuses 2D and 3D visual data for accurate spatial determination.

Conclusions:

  • The developed 3D path teaching method enhances accuracy for narrow butt joint welding.
  • This technique is applicable to path teaching for 3D complex components, broadening its industrial utility.
  • The fusion of multi-modal visual data offers a robust solution for real-time groove localization.