On-line determination of laser weld quality for optimisation and real time control of welding

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7215-PP-067

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2001

End date 30 June 2004

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Total cost € 1 134 000,00

EU contribution € 567 000,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES
Belgium

Objective

The overall aim of the project is to develop and to test in industrial conditions a pilot system based on advanced optical and non-contact ultrasonic techniques able to characterise on-line the weld quality as well as to improve the control of laser welding. The techniques will be applied in two cases: coil joining at the entry section of a rolling mill and tailored blank production. Moreover, it is intended to develop a model allowing to set criteria in order to decide whether the weld quality is sufficient or not with regard to the service requirements of a rolling mill.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Topic(s)

• T4 - On-line control

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue Ernest Solvay, 11 ; 4000 LIEGE ; Belgium
• Total cost: No data

Participants (2)

Betriebsforschungsinstitut des Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute eV

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Sohnstraße 65 ; 40237 Düsseldorf
• Total cost: No data

SIDMAR

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: John Kennedylaan 51 ; 9042 GENT
• Total cost: No data