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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Multisensor Inspection of Laser-Brazed Joints in the Automotive Industry.

Miguel A Machado, Luís S Rosado, Nuno M Mendes, Rosa M Miranda, Telmo G Santos

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miguel A MachadoUNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9352-5196
Luís S RosadoInstituto de Telecomunicações, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8928-510X
Nuno M MendesUNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8711-5737
Rosa M MirandaUNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
Telmo G SantosUNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9072-5010
Universidade Nova de Lisboa · PTUniversity of Lisbon · PT

Funding

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa (Lisb@2020 e Portugal2020) via the project PROBING POCI-01-0247-FEDER-040042, Ref. 40042Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia EXPL/EEI-EEE/0394/2021Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia FCT-SFRH/BD/108168/2015Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/00667/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Automobile laser brazing remains a complex process whose results are affected by several process variables that may result in nonacceptable welds. A multisensory customized inspection system is proposed, with two distinct non-destructive techniques: the potential drop method and eddy current testing. New probes were designed, simulated, produced, and experimentally validated in automobile's laser-brazed weld beads with artificially introduced defects. The numerical simulations allowed the development of a new four-point probe configuration in a non-conventional orthogonal shape demonstrating a superior performance in both simulation and experimental validation. The dedicated inspection system allowed the detection of porosities, cracks, and lack of bonding defects, demonstrating the redundancy and complementarity these two techniques provide.

Indexed as

automotive industrycustomized probeseddy currentsfour-point probelaser brazingnon-destructive testingnumerical simulationpotential drop method

Identifiers

PMID34770642
PMCPMC8587767
OpenAlexW3208314766

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