Papers by Author: K.D.V. Yarlagadda Prasad

Abstract: This paper proposes the validity of a Gabor filter bank for feature extraction of solder joint images on Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). A distance measure based on the Mahalanobis Cosine metric is also presented for classification of five different types of solder joints. From the experimental results, this methodology achieved high accuracy and a well generalised performance. This can be an effective method to reduce cost and improve quality in the production of PCBs in the manufacturing industry.

Abstract: Wide use of robotic machines for welding has necessitated the development of optimization techniques to achieve complete automation. The objective of the present study is to develop multiple regression model for quantitatively estimating the severity of the short circuit in pulse gas metal arc welding (GMAW-P) of aluminum, based on experimental results. The model results were found to be in good agreement with the experimental data and yielded satisfactory results.