Quality status display for a vibration welding process

Spicer, John Patrick; Abell, Jeffrey A.; Wincek, Michael Anthony; Chakraborty, Debejyo; Bracey, Jennifer; Wang, Hui; Tavora, Peter W.; Davis, Jeffrey S.; Hutchinson, Daniel C.; Reardon, Ronald L.; Utz, Shawn

Title: Quality status display for a vibration welding process

Abstract

A method includes receiving, during a vibration welding process, a set of sensory signals from a collection of sensors positioned with respect to a work piece during formation of a weld on or within the work piece. The method also includes receiving control signals from a welding controller during the process, with the control signals causing the welding horn to vibrate at a calibrated frequency, and processing the received sensory and control signals using a host machine. Additionally, the method includes displaying a predicted weld quality status on a surface of the work piece using a status projector. The method may include identifying and display a quality status of a suspect weld. The laser projector may project a laser beam directly onto or immediately adjacent to the suspect welds, e.g., as a red, green, blue laser or a gas laser having a switched color filter.

Inventors:: Spicer, John Patrick; Abell, Jeffrey A.; Wincek, Michael Anthony; Chakraborty, Debejyo; Bracey, Jennifer; Wang, Hui; Tavora, Peter W.; Davis, Jeffrey S.; Hutchinson, Daniel C.; Reardon, Ronald L.; Utz, Shawn

Issue Date:: 2017-11-28

Research Org.:: GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1410561

Patent Number(s):: 9827634

Application Number:: 15/433,274

Assignee:: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, MI)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B23 - MACHINE TOOLS B23K - SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B23 - MACHINE TOOLS B23K - SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING
B23K20/10 - making use of vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic welding
B23K31/125 - {Weld quality monitoring}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E60/10 - Energy storage

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DOE Contract Number:: EE0002217

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2017 Feb 15

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING

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                    Spicer, John Patrick, Abell, Jeffrey A., Wincek, Michael Anthony, Chakraborty, Debejyo, Bracey, Jennifer, Wang, Hui, Tavora, Peter W., Davis, Jeffrey S., Hutchinson, Daniel C., Reardon, Ronald L., and Utz, Shawn. Quality status display for a vibration welding process.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Spicer, John Patrick, Abell, Jeffrey A., Wincek, Michael Anthony, Chakraborty, Debejyo, Bracey, Jennifer, Wang, Hui, Tavora, Peter W., Davis, Jeffrey S., Hutchinson, Daniel C., Reardon, Ronald L., & Utz, Shawn. Quality status display for a vibration welding process.  United States.

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                    Spicer, John Patrick, Abell, Jeffrey A., Wincek, Michael Anthony, Chakraborty, Debejyo, Bracey, Jennifer, Wang, Hui, Tavora, Peter W., Davis, Jeffrey S., Hutchinson, Daniel C., Reardon, Ronald L., and Utz, Shawn. Tue .  
        "Quality status display for a vibration welding process".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1410561.

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  title        = {Quality status display for a vibration welding process},

  author       = {Spicer, John Patrick and Abell, Jeffrey A. and Wincek, Michael Anthony and Chakraborty, Debejyo and Bracey, Jennifer and Wang, Hui and Tavora, Peter W. and Davis, Jeffrey S. and Hutchinson, Daniel C. and Reardon, Ronald L. and Utz, Shawn},

  abstractNote = {A method includes receiving, during a vibration welding process, a set of sensory signals from a collection of sensors positioned with respect to a work piece during formation of a weld on or within the work piece. The method also includes receiving control signals from a welding controller during the process, with the control signals causing the welding horn to vibrate at a calibrated frequency, and processing the received sensory and control signals using a host machine. Additionally, the method includes displaying a predicted weld quality status on a surface of the work piece using a status projector. The method may include identifying and display a quality status of a suspect weld. The laser projector may project a laser beam directly onto or immediately adjacent to the suspect welds, e.g., as a red, green, blue laser or a gas laser having a switched color filter.},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2017},

  month        = {11}

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