• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.141-148
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• 2014

In this work, effects of plasma on different hardness of welding steel using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy were investigated. The ratios of ionic to atomic spectrum peaks were related to its material hardness. The major spectrum peak (Fe) and minor spectrum peak (Mn) were considered as monitoring elements. The stronger repulse plasma was generated, the harder material it was. The ratios of ionic to atomic spectrum peaks increased with respect to the material hardness as well. The correlation of minor spectrum peaks was stronger than that of major spectrum peaks. However, the major spectrum peaks indicated a similar trend, which could be used to estimate the hardness, too. Based on this result, the method could be used as a non-contact remote measurement of material properties.

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.281-284
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• 2006

After building a ship in a shipyard, there are so many repeated inspection of welding seam defects and painting status before delivering to the ship's owner. An inspection on the bottom part of a ship in commercial service should be done in every two years for the purpose of safety and for the prevention of ship speed deterioration. conventional welding seam inspection systems are rely on the visual inspection by human or the ultrasonic inspection for the selective part of a ship. This paper suggests a remote controlled inspection system for the examination of large ships or steel structures. The proposed system moves in contact with the ship under inspection and have a CCD camera to provide visual-guidance information to a remotely located human worker. Additionally this system utilizes a weld line tracking algorithm for an optimal position control. We verified the effectiveness of the inspection system by experimental data.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1213-1219
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• 2012

A remote $CO_2$ laser system can rapidly change both the distance and the direction of the laser beam by moving a lens and rotating mirrors. It is then easy to weld complex patterns of weld lines. A conventional spot weld joint specimen and a remote $CO_2$ laser weld joint specimen with complex weld line patterns were prepared and tested both statically and dynamically. The relationships between the fatigue strength, i. e. the maximum cyclic force, and the fatigue life were obtained. The fatigue strength of the tested welded joints at two million cycles was found to be approximately 10% of the static strength. Furthermore, it was observed that the fatigue fracture mode changed with the level of the applied cyclic force. The fatigue crack origins were confirmed as the highest stress points found in the structural analysis. The maximum cyclic stress for different weld patterns converges as the fatigue life approaches two million cycles.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.2063-2065
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• 2003

The control rod drive mechanisms in a reactor head are arranged too narrow for a human worker to approach. Moreover, the working environment is in high radiation area. In order to inspect defections in the surfaces of the reactor head and welding parts, a visual inspection device that can approach such a narrow and high radiation area is required. This paper introduces a tele-operated mobile robot for visual inspection of a reactor head, which has pan/tilt camera, fixed rear camera, ultrasonic collision detection system, and so on. Moreover, the host controller and digital video logging system are developed and integrated control software is also developed. The robot is operated by a wireless control, which gives flexibility for the inspection.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Laser Processing Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.25-30
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• 2006

최근 차체 용접의 고속화를 통한 생산성 향상 및 차체 설계의 자유도 향상, 차체 강성 증가를 목적으로 원격 용접, 브레이징 등 다양한 형태로 레이저 적용 기술이 개발되고 있다. 뿐만 아니라, 레이저의 종류에 있어서도 $CO_2$ 레이저, Nd:YAG 레이저, 화이버 레이저, 디스크 레이저등 다양한 형태의 레이저가 사용되고 있으며, 사용자의 목적에 부합하는 여러 형태의 레이저들이 개발되고 있다. 본 연구는 $CO_2$ 레이저 원격 용접의 차체 T/GATE 양산 적용 결과를 바탕으로, 적용 용접점 선정, 용접품질 확보, 생산성 향상을 위한 공정의 최적화 요소들에 대한 개발을 진행하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.213-218
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• 2017

In this study, a reverse design of the F-theta lens was proposed for a 2D scanner in remote welding applications. The curvature and distance of the lens were set as variables, and the focal length of the lens was set as the marginal ray height. The ZEMAX commercial software was used to perform a simulation with unlimited iterations for the optimization process. The target value was optimized using the internal Merit function with the weight factors of focal length and spot diameter. The number of lenses was four, and the focal length obtained from the results was 135mm that is slightly less than that of the commercial lens, which is set with a focal length of 185 mm. The calculated spot diameters are $1.3{\mu}m$, $6.2{\mu}m$, and $16.1{\mu}m$ for $0^{\circ}$, $12.5^{\circ}$ and $23^{\circ}$ of incident laser beam, respectively. It is expected that an optimized lens design is possible by performing the reverse design of a lens by the ray tracing method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.08a
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• pp.171-174
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• 2008

최근 산업자동화의 발전으로 용접분야에서도 무인화 및 자동화 시스템 구축이 활성화되고 있으며 산업 현장에서의 인터넷의 보급이 일반화되어 TCP/IP 통신을 통한 원격관리 시스템도 일반화되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 아크 용접 시스템에서 주요한 용접인자인 용접전류, 용접전압 정보를 이용하고 신경회로망을 적용하여 용접현상을 모니터링 하였으며, 분석된 용접현상에 대한 중요한 정보를 TCP/IP 통신을 통해 원격에서 관리가 가능하도록 구현하였다. 마지막으로 다양한 용접 모니터링을 위해 효율적인 신경회로망 모델을 제시하고, 원격 모니터링 및 용접품질관리를 위한 원격관리 시스템 구현 방법을 제시한다.