Controller for friction stud welding machine

Author

Hynes, N.R.J. ; Nagaraj, Prathik ; Sujana, J. Angela Jennifa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Mepco Schlenk Eng. Coll., Sivakasi, India

fYear

2013

fDate

10-12 April 2013

Firstpage

879

Lastpage

882

Abstract

In the present work, a pneumatic circuit is designed for process automation of a Friction Stud Welding machine. The process parameters such as rotational speed, friction time, friction pressure, forging time and forging pressure are controlled by means of a PIC 16F877 micro controller. Implementation of microcontroller provides cost effective solution for efficient and effective control of friction welding process parameters. Microcontroller based Friction Stud Welding machine is eco friendly and it can weld similar or dissimilar materials without smoke, slag, flux or gas.

Keywords

friction welding; microcontrollers; process control; welding equipment; PIC 16F877 microcontroller; forging pressure; forging time; friction pressure; friction stud welding machine controller; friction time; pneumatic circuit; process automation; process parameter; rotational speed; Aluminum; Friction; Microcontrollers; Process control; Solenoids; Steel; Welding; dissimilar metals; friction stud welding; friction time; rotational speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagercoil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6149-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEETS.2013.6533502

Filename

6533502