The all position automatic welding machine system is the special welding system for pipeline girth automatic welding on site, which has been widely used in the long distance pipeline construction projects due to the a...The all position automatic welding machine system is the special welding system for pipeline girth automatic welding on site, which has been widely used in the long distance pipeline construction projects due to the advantages of automatic control for welding parameters at all position, moving speed of bugs and operating. This automatic pipeline welding system has been successfully used in several main pipeline projects in China, and has been approved by the constructors with the benefits of higher quality passing rate, higher welding efficiency and lower labor intensity.展开更多
A method of image morphology in detecting and extracting the initial welding position during the autonomous welding process is described.During the process,firstly visual sensing technology is used to capture the stra...A method of image morphology in detecting and extracting the initial welding position during the autonomous welding process is described.During the process,firstly visual sensing technology is used to capture the straight seam image,and secondly the image edges are detected by morphological corrosion edge detection algorithm,with which can retain the critical information while filter other interferences effectively at the same time.Then morphological processing algorithm is used to conduct the direction of filter by selecting the multidirectional linear structuring elements and finally get the initial weld position point coordinates with the Hough transform.The algorithm is simple,rapid,self-adaptability with high accuracy for interferences except long lines so as to accomplish the entire process of detecting the initial welding position.It can meet the practical demands of automatic guidance for robotic welding.展开更多
文摘The all position automatic welding machine system is the special welding system for pipeline girth automatic welding on site, which has been widely used in the long distance pipeline construction projects due to the advantages of automatic control for welding parameters at all position, moving speed of bugs and operating. This automatic pipeline welding system has been successfully used in several main pipeline projects in China, and has been approved by the constructors with the benefits of higher quality passing rate, higher welding efficiency and lower labor intensity.
文摘A method of image morphology in detecting and extracting the initial welding position during the autonomous welding process is described.During the process,firstly visual sensing technology is used to capture the straight seam image,and secondly the image edges are detected by morphological corrosion edge detection algorithm,with which can retain the critical information while filter other interferences effectively at the same time.Then morphological processing algorithm is used to conduct the direction of filter by selecting the multidirectional linear structuring elements and finally get the initial weld position point coordinates with the Hough transform.The algorithm is simple,rapid,self-adaptability with high accuracy for interferences except long lines so as to accomplish the entire process of detecting the initial welding position.It can meet the practical demands of automatic guidance for robotic welding.