Challenges & Objective
- Hammer test is performed to check the quality of the weld
- Error-prone as well as involves risk of injury or human life
- Any weld failure in the process causes complete shut down of the mill resulting into heavy losses
Solution
- Hammer test is replaced with ultrasonic head scanning the complete weld
- Real time analysis of ultrasonic scan data to assess the metal thickness variation along the length of the weld
- Machine learning of the processed scan data for prediction of weld quality
