Continuous monitoring of an intentionally-manufactured crack using an automated welding and in-process inspection system
Automated weld deposition coupled with the real-time robotic Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) is used in this paper.For performance verification of the in-process inspection system, an intentionally embedded defect, a tungsten rod, is introduced into the multi-pass weld.A partially-filled groove (staircase) sample Ski de fond - Junior - Fixations -