SBIR Phase II: Dynamic, Real-Time Man-Machine Interface for Manual Welding

* 98011043伊夫科维奇 这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目将为焊工开发一个反馈系统，从而在焊工的头盔中显示焊接状态的工作说明和简化数据。 这些数据，通过远程遥测通信到焊工的头盔，将使一个普通的焊工与一个主焊工的技能执行。 第一阶段生产了一个焊接监测系统和一个连接到监测器的原型头盔。 第二阶段将扩展传感系统并将数据链路配置到头盔以进行无线操作。 与潜在工业用户的协商将通过国家制造科学中心进行。 预期该技术的商业应用在需要高质量和高可靠性手工焊接的地方，例如汽车、航空航天、重型制造、造船、石油、石化、发电和制造机械行业中的气体保护金属极电弧焊（GMAW）和气体保护钨极电弧焊（GTAW）工艺。 ***

*** 98011043 Ivkovich This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop a feedback system for welders whereby work instructions and simplified data on the state of a weld will be displayed in the welder's helmet. These data, communicated by remote telemetry to the welder's helmet, will enable an average welder to perform with the skill of a master welder. Phase I produced a weld monitoring system and a prototype helmet wired to the monitor. Phase II will extend the sensing system and configure the data link to the helmet for wireless operation. Consultation with potential industrial users will be effected through the the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. Commercial applications of the technology are anticipated where high quality and high reliability manual welding are needed, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) processes in the automotive, aerospace, heavy manufacturing, ship-building, oil, petrochemical, power generation, and manufacturing machinery industries. ***