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Project Subtitle<\/strong>
\nQuality Control of Vehicle Assembly using an Ultrasonic Imaging Sensor with Embedded Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n

Companies and Partners<\/strong>
\nTessonics Inc., University of Waterloo, NRC’s Aerospace Research Centre, Ford-Werke (Ford Company) GmbH, RWTH Aachen University<\/p>\n

Problem<\/strong>
\nOne of the essential production steps in industrial production is the automated joining of metallic structures. One of the most important joining methods is welding. In automobile production industries, Resistance Spot welding (RSW) and Laser Brazing welding (LBW) are primarily used with the help of the robot-guided system. An enormous high-quality assurance effort is still required for this automated joining process which in turn is very expensive.<\/p>\n

Goal<\/strong>
\nAn AI-based welding monitoring is developed that predicts the quality of the weld, thereby reducing the costs of quality inspection. With the help of ultrasound data and the ground truth annotation, an AI-based image segmentation algorithm is trained to correctly predict segmentation for weld nuggets for both RSW and LBW. The results obtained from the trained model are used for meaningful characterization of the welding process based on the company\u2019s guidelines. The trained model is integrated into the production environment to provide real-time analysis of quality criteria.<\/p>\n

Outcome<\/strong>
\nReal time intelligent AI-based welding monitoring systems for Resistance Spot welding and Laser Brazing welding. Significantly reduced manufacturing and quality inspection costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6867,"template":"","tags":[154,155],"case_studies_category":[],"class_list":["post-7149","casestudies","type-casestudies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-case-study-en-2","tag-predictive-quality-en-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nManufacturing \u2013 Ultrasonic Inspection - IconPro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manufacturing \u2013 Ultrasonic Inspection - IconPro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Project Subtitle Quality Control of Vehicle Assembly using an Ultrasonic Imaging Sensor with Embedded Artificial Intelligence Companies and Partners Tessonics Inc., University of Waterloo, NRC’s Aerospace Research Centre, Ford-Werke (Ford Company) GmbH, RWTH Aachen University Problem One of the essential production steps in industrial production is the automated joining of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IconPro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-08T16:13:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSQC-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/\",\"name\":\"Manufacturing \u2013 Ultrasonic Inspection - IconPro\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSQC-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-03T12:24:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-08T16:13:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/en\/casestudy\/manufacturing-ultrasonic-inspection\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSQC-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/iconpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SSQC-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":\"2560\",\"height\":\"1707\",\"caption\":\"High angle view of cars on production line in factory. 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