Welding of non-nominal geometries – physical tests
Paper in proceeding, 2016

The geometrical quality of a welded assembly is to some extent depending part positions before welding. Here, a design of experiment is set up in order to investigate this relation using physical tests in a controlled environment. Based on the experimental results it can be concluded that the influence of part position before welding is significant for geometrical deviation after welding. Furthermore, a working procedure for a completely virtual geometry assurance process for welded assemblies is outlined. In this process, part variations, assembly fixture variations and welding induced variations are important inputs when predicting the capability of the final assembly

deviation

clamping

fixturing

Welding

Author

Kristina Wärmefjord

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Product Development

Rikard Söderberg

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Product Development

Mikael Ericsson

University West

Anders Appelgren

University West

Andreas Lundbäck

Luleå University of Technology

Johan Lööf

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Product Development

Lars Lindkvist

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Product Development

Hans-Olof Svensson

GKN Aerospace Services

Procedia CIRP

22128271 (eISSN)

Vol. 43 136-141

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Aerospace Engineering

Metallurgy and Metallic Materials

Areas of Advance

Production

DOI

10.1016/j.procir.2016.02.046

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