Constant Speed Control for Complex Cross-section Welding Using Robot Based on Angle Self-Test

• Published in: Chinese journal of mechanical engineering Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 260 - 268
• Main Authors: Xue, Long, Zou, Yong, Huang, Jiqiang, Huang, Junfen, Tao, Xinghua, Hu, Yanfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society 01.03.2014; Springer Nature B.V; School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China%SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Beijing 102200, China; Opto-Mechatronic Equipment Technology Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China%Opto-Mechatronic Equipment Technology Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
• Edition: English ed.
• Subjects: Actuators; Automatic welding; Cartesian coordinates; Cementing; Cross-sections; Destructive testing; Electrical Machines and Networks; Electronics and Microelectronics; Engineering; Engineering Thermodynamics; Heat and Mass Transfer; Instrumentation; Machines; Manufacturing; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mechanical Engineering; Nondestructive testing; Power Electronics; Processes; Product design; Quadrants; Robots; Seams; Self tests; Speed control; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Tracking control; Weld defects; Welding; Workpieces; 固井技术; 复杂截面; 恒速控制; 控制模型; 焊接机器人; 自动焊接技术; 自检; 连接技术; welding robot; expandable profile liner; minitype driven actuator; velocity vector model
• ISSN: 1000-9345; 2192-8258
• DOI: 10.3901/CJME.2014.02.260

Expandable profile liner（EPL） is a promising new oil well casing cementing technique, and welding is a major EPLs connection technology. Connection of EPL is still in the stage of manual welding so far, automatic welding technology is a hotspot of EPL which is one of the key technologies to be solved. A robot for automatic welding of＂8＂ type EPL is studied. Four quadrants of mathematical equations of the 8-shaped cross-section track of EPL, consisting of multiple arcs, are established. Mechanism program for complex cross-section welding of EPL based on angle detection is proposed according to characteristics of small size, small valleys, and large forming errors, etc. A welding velocity vector control model is established by linkage control of a welding vehicle, a small driven actuator, and a height tracking mechanism. A constant speed control model based on an angle and symmetrical analysis model of rectangular coordinate system for EPL is built. Constraint conditions of constant speed control between each section are analyzed with 4 sections in first quadrant as an example, and cooperation work mechanism of the welding vehicle and the small tracking actuator is established based on pressure detection. The constant speed control model using angle self-test can be used to avoid the need for a precise mathematical model for tracking control and to adapt manufacture and installation deviation of EPL workpiece. The model is able to solve constant speed and trajectory tracking problems of EPL cross-section welding. EPL seams welded by the studied robot are good in appearance, and non-destructive testing（NDT） shows the seams are good in quality with no welding defects. Bulge tests show that the maximum pressure of welded EPL is 35 MPa, which can fulfill expansion performance requirements.