Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding

The use of a classification model derived from the analysis of sound signals has demonstrated significant success in detecting, identifying, and characterising the weld condition, but it is affected by the filtering technique. In spite of this, denoising the transient-type signals acquired from cert...

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Main Authors: Yusof, M. F.M., Quazi, M. M., Aleem, S.A.A., Ishak, M., Ghazali, M. F.
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Quazi, M. M.
Aleem, S.A.A.
Ishak, M.
Ghazali, M. F.
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description The use of a classification model derived from the analysis of sound signals has demonstrated significant success in detecting, identifying, and characterising the weld condition, but it is affected by the filtering technique. In spite of this, denoising the transient-type signals acquired from certain types of welding remains difficult due to their unique nature. This paper describes the improvement of weld defect identification achieved by incorporating Z-score-based thresholding into the wavelet denoising algorithm for the pre-processing of sound signals. Separate sets of sound signals were gathered from the pulse mode laser welding process that produced good, crack, and porous welded joints. The acquired signal was filtered using the wavelet denoising technique, which involves the Z-score threshold. The root-mean-square and spectral entropy of both unfiltered and filtered signals were extracted, and classification models were developed using these data sets. Denoising through the Z-score threshold significantly reduced the dispersion trend of both RMS and spectral entropy, resulting in a much more distinct separation between the good weld, crack, and porosity classes. Model validation results also revealed that the model developed by the denoised signal based on the Z-score threshold had the highest efficiency among the other models, at 95%. This study demonstrates that the introduction of the Z-score threshold in wavelet denoising significantly reduced the incoherence trend of sound features, leading to a more accurate classification of weld defects. It was believed that this would pave the way for the advancement of predictive monitoring systems in laser welding applications in the future.
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spelling ump-386572023-09-26T08:42:41Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38657/ Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding Yusof, M. F.M. Quazi, M. M. Aleem, S.A.A. Ishak, M. Ghazali, M. F. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics The use of a classification model derived from the analysis of sound signals has demonstrated significant success in detecting, identifying, and characterising the weld condition, but it is affected by the filtering technique. In spite of this, denoising the transient-type signals acquired from certain types of welding remains difficult due to their unique nature. This paper describes the improvement of weld defect identification achieved by incorporating Z-score-based thresholding into the wavelet denoising algorithm for the pre-processing of sound signals. Separate sets of sound signals were gathered from the pulse mode laser welding process that produced good, crack, and porous welded joints. The acquired signal was filtered using the wavelet denoising technique, which involves the Z-score threshold. The root-mean-square and spectral entropy of both unfiltered and filtered signals were extracted, and classification models were developed using these data sets. Denoising through the Z-score threshold significantly reduced the dispersion trend of both RMS and spectral entropy, resulting in a much more distinct separation between the good weld, crack, and porosity classes. Model validation results also revealed that the model developed by the denoised signal based on the Z-score threshold had the highest efficiency among the other models, at 95%. This study demonstrates that the introduction of the Z-score threshold in wavelet denoising significantly reduced the incoherence trend of sound features, leading to a more accurate classification of weld defects. It was believed that this would pave the way for the advancement of predictive monitoring systems in laser welding applications in the future. Springer Nature 2023 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38657/1/Identification%20of%20weld%20defect%20through%20the%20application%20of%20denoising%20method%20to%20the%20sound%20signal%20acquired.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38657/2/Identification%20of%20weld%20defect%20through%20the%20application%20of%20denoising%20method%20to%20the%20sound%20signal%20acquired%20during%20pulse%20mode%20laser%20welding.pdf Yusof, M. F.M. and Quazi, M. M. and Aleem, S.A.A. and Ishak, M. and Ghazali, M. F. (2023) Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding. Welding in the World, 67 (5). pp. 1267-1281. ISSN 00432288. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-023-01472-z https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-023-01472-z
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Yusof, M. F.M.
Quazi, M. M.
Aleem, S.A.A.
Ishak, M.
Ghazali, M. F.
Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding
title Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding
title_full Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding
title_fullStr Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding
title_full_unstemmed Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding
title_short Identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding
title_sort identification of weld defect through the application of denoising method to the sound signal acquired during pulse mode laser welding
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
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