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|Tue. Nov 25, 2014
|News: Beal will continue to come off the bench Tuesday.
|Impact: He has been seeing starter's minutes in a sixth man role, and remains a strong play despite coming off the bench.(RotoWire, )
|Fri. Nov 21, 2014
|News: Beal provided 12 points (5-10 FG, 2-2 3Pt), five rebounds, five assists, and three steals in 32 minutes in the win over Cleveland on Friday.
|Impact: Beal played a starter's complement of minutes and should supplant Garrett Temple in the starting lineup in the near future. While his scoring was low in the win, he produced a nice all-around line.(RotoWire, )
|Wed. Nov 19, 2014
|News: Beal scored 21 points off the bench in his season debut Wednesday.
|Impact: Beal, who had been out following left wrist surgery, went 9 of 17 from the floor. He figures to rejoin the starting lineup sooner than later.(STATS, 11:51pm)
|Wed. Nov 19, 2014
|News: Beal came off the bench in his season debut against the Dallas Mavericks and played 26 minutes. He scored a team-high 21 points (9-17 FG, 3-6 3Pt) while adding three rebounds, three assists, and one steal with two turnovers.
|Impact: Beal had himself a nice game, considering he has been out with a wrist injury all season. The youngster is already considered one of the better shooting guards in the NBA and it's exciting to see him back. He should continue to make strides in his game as he shakes the rust off. Time to get him back in your fantasy lineup!(RotoWire, )
|Wed. Nov 19, 2014
|News: Beal (wrist) is active for Wednesday's game, CSNWashington reports.
|Impact: Beal has been out since the preseason with a fractured wrist. He'll come of the bench Wednesday, limiting his value. With 11 games Wednesday, it's probably safer to use another option in most leagues and daily games.(RotoWire, )
|Wed. Nov 19, 2014
|News: Beal (wrist) says he will be a game-time decision for Wednesday's game against the Mavericks.
|Impact: There was a report by the Washington Post's Jorge Castillo earlier in the day declaring that Beal would return Wednesday and would play limited minutes off the bench, so regardless of his eventual status, he is not a great play in daily leagues. It seems most likely that the report by the Post was accurate, and Beal will make his return Wednesday, but if not he would almost certainly return Friday. Look for Garrett Temple to continue to start at shooting guard.(RotoWire, )
|Wed. Nov 19, 2014
|News: Beal (wrist) will make his season debut Wednesday against the Mavericks, the Washington Post's Jorge Castillo reports.
|Impact: He will come off the bench and will be on a minutes limit, so he is still not a great play in daily leagues. Once he knocks some rust off and gets comfortable out there, he should be back to playing big minutes alongside John Wall in the Wizards' backcourt. Beal missed the first nine games of the season after suffering a left wrist fracture in the preseason. Garrett Temple figures to remain in the starting lineup Wednesday, but his fantasy relevance will soon dissipate with Beal back.(RotoWire, )
|Mon. Nov 17, 2014
|News: Beal (wrist) returned to practice Monday, and the possibility remains that he could play in Friday's game.
|Impact: The Wizards released a video of Beal putting up shots at practice, and he appeared to have a protective sleeve on his left wrist, but he was shooting three-pointers with ease. In weekly leagues it would be best to leave him on the bench, but he should be ready to aid fantasy teams by next week.(RotoWire, )
|Sat. Nov 15, 2014
|News: Beal (wrist) is expected to return to practice this week and is hoping to make his season debut Friday against the Cavaliers, the Washington Post's Jorge Castillo reports.
|Impact: Doctors evaluated Beal's fractured wrist Friday and concluded that he has avoided any setbacks. He had no limitations during a dribbling and shooting drill in Saturday's shootaround, and the hope is that Beal can practice Monday. Friday would mark exactly six weeks since surgery. This is excellent news for those who stashed Beal on draft day, and it seems Garrett Temple's days as a starter will come to an end soon.(RotoWire, )
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Credit card predictions: What will be in your wallet in 2014?
Phillip Taylor, PTMoney.com
Credit card companies are always trying new ways to get customers — and 2014 is shaping up to have various creative attempts to get into people's wallets.
NerdWallet predicts bigger and better offers. For example, some cards began offering partnerships with other companies. So Barclays gave out free FICO scores. American Express Blue Cash cards offered Amazon Prime membership.
NerdWallet also says concierge services will no longer be limited to just higher end credit cards in 2014 as lower-cost cards like the GM credit card offer things like free upgrades on international flights.
NerdWallet says consumer-available credit scores, which favored "consumers with a history of borrowing, rather than a history of staying within their means," will become "more realistic." One way will be taking rental payments into the scores.
The big number in 2014 will be zero — as in 0 percent APR balance transfer periods which NerdWallet says will continue to grow longer. This is good because transfer fees can destroy the advantage of moving a balance from a higher interest rate card to a lower interest rate card.
CardHub, however, predicts that interest rates will remain low, but that 0 percent credit card offers peaked in mid-2013 and will fall.
On the other hand, CardHub thinks that consumer credit scores will continue to improve: "After peaking at 10.97 percent during the second quarter of 2010, the credit card charge-off rate has since fallen considerably. In fact, it declined more than 15 percent during 2013 alone, beginning at 3.78 percent and falling to 3.19 percent by year's end."
Although CardHub thinks credit cards with EMV chips won't catch on yet in 2014 like they have in Europe and other places.
CreditCards.com, however, seems more optimistic about the EMV chip prospects: "Experts say that 2014 will be the year that the traditional magnetic stripe credit card will start to slowly make its exit in the U.S."
The key word is slowly.
"There's a natural replacement cycle for payment cards, roughly every 3 to 4 years," Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the EMV Migration Forum, tells CreditCards.com. "A lot of the financial institutions are starting to incorporate in their replacement cycle the introduction of EMV."
CreditCards.com also sees a drop in foreign transaction fees, the 2 to 3 percent charges cards make when people make purchases abroad.
The least happy prediction came from CardHub: People will rack up $45 billion in new credit card debt in 2014. No slow down in consumer debt is in sight, CardHub says.
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According to a Friday report by German language news agency dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur), Apple has taken down (machine translation) 3G iPads and iPhones from its online storefront in compliance of an injunction Motorola won in Mannheim in December 2011.
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A cycling club around for more than 25 years in Gainesville plans to disband at the end of the year.
Four community tree-planting projects are planned for Jan. 10-11 with the goal of planting 2,000 trees across Habersham County.
Have you got artistic talents going to waste? Lend your eye and your art works to the Quinlan Visual Arts Center.
Enjoy a bit of the Highlands this weekend at Jamie Laval's Scottish Solstice Holiday Celebration.
Visitors can end the year and greet 2013 with a night of classic songs with a show and gala at the Holly Theater in Dahlonega.
If you're looking for a place to move your feet, two area events will help you start the new year by kicking up your heels.
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What better way to shake off the old year and warm up to the new year than by jumping in a frigid lake?
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Here is a blog post from "Doctrine Man", a sharp-eyed critic of the US Military. It is a 20 question interview with Writer Tom Ricks♠, and titled "The Beard that Roared". If you are interested in the views of a former reporter and current author with a focus on the US Military, then you can visit the site.
I have extracted part of Question 5 because it says something about our Nation's Capitol:
5. You have somewhat of a reputation for being irascible. What makes you "tick"?For reference, Dr Kurt Campbell is a former Assistant Secretary of State.
Kurt Campbell once observed to me that I didn't want anything from anybody, and that made me both unusual and dangerous in Washington. I found that flattering. But it is true that I have what I want — the life of an independent writer.
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's Low Khai Jei posted a flawless opening round in the 27th MPI-Saujana Amateur Championship at the Saujana Golf and Country Club.
The 18-year-old Khai Jei carded a three-under 69 to share the lead with Danthai Boonma, Thailand's double SEA Games gold medallist, and Lee Chieh-po of Taiwan.
One stroke adrift in fourth spot was world No. 46 Jarryd Felton of Australia.
Playing on his home course, Khai Jei, the reigning club champion, was on fire on the front nine with three birdies at the first, sixth and eighth holes.
The national No. 5 admitted local knowledge played a big role in his good show.
"I'm really pleased with today's good start," said Khai Jei.
"I was hitting it very good, making a lot of greens in regulation. I missed a few short birdie putts, but then I sank some longish ones too."
Danthai, who beat Malaysia's Gavin Kyle Green in a playoff for the individual gold in the Myanmar SEA Games last December, notched five birdies but was let down by two bogeys.
"My game was all right, but it could have been better. I missed at least three short putts, it was frustrating," he said.
Felton, who had four birdies and two bogeys, said: "I hit it straight and made a lot of fairways but I found the condition very wet. The greens are nice though."
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The Allen County commissioners Friday unanimously approved a new housing subdivision near Grabill, despite the proposal being rejected by the Allen County Plan Commission in July.
Commissioner Therese Brown said she had changed her mind since she cast the nay vote as a member of the plan commission.
My questions have all involved possible down-the-road concerns, and those questions have been answered, Brown said.
The plan commission is made up of nine members, four of whom are appointed by the commissioners.
Granite Ridge Builders had requested the 38-acre site in the 12100 to 12500 block of Witmer Road be rezoned from agricultural to single-family residential. The rezoning would assure the development of Saddle Creek Estates, a 102-lot subdivision. All surrounding properties are zoned agricultural.
Eighty-one neighbors had signed a petition opposing the proposal, with several citing traffic, safety and drainage concerns. Others worried it would disrupt the Amish way of life and the farming community at large.
The plan commission was concerned with access of sewer and water services, said Kim Bowman, executive director of the Department of Planning Services.
With the (proposed) density of about 2.7 units an acre, utilities were a concern, Bowman said.
The area is serviced by the Leo-Cedarville Regional Sewer District, but the town of Grabill had indicated earlier it was interested in providing sewer and water services for the subdivision. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is reviewing a proposal to redraw the boundaries of the Leo-Cedarville district that would clear the way for Grabill to supply utilities.
The approval from IDEM is there and ready, said Josh Neal, attorney for Granite Ridge Builders. They are waiting to hear a final decision.
There was a need for new residential development, and those who objected to the subdivision could have stopped it, Commissioner Linda Bloom said.
People had an opportunity to buy it and keep it as is, Bloom said.
Approval would open the door for more development in that area, Bowman said, urging the commissioners to have a contingency plan in place before that happens.
The plan commission has final say on the plat requirements of the subdivision, and must first have assurance of water and sewer services, Bowman said.
A number of people had called the commissioners' office, some objecting to a disruption of the Amish lifestyle, Commissioner Nelson Peters said.
There are lifestyles throughout the U.S. and development continues, he said.
Other concerns involved the 22-foot-wide, chip-and-seal road that has little or nonexisting shoulders and is heavily traveled by slow-moving traffic such as Amish buggies and bicycles.
Neighbors pointed out that there is somewhat of a hill before the proposed entrance (to the subdivision) that would cause visibility problems, Bowman said.
There has been some discussion about adding buggy lanes along entrances of the subdivision with Granite Ridge contributing financially, said Bill Hartman, Allen County Highway Department director.
According to a 2008 county highway traffic study, Witmer Road was built to handle 7,800 cars a day.
The subdivision would add about 900 more vehicles to the 1,800 that now use the road daily, Peters said.
Even with the extra cars, we are still 5,100 short of what the road was built for, Peters said.
Peters has talked with 14 or 15 residents in the area and has given the matter a lot of thought, he said.
It would put a lot of people to work and we have not seen too many housing subdivisions being built in the last few years, Peters said.
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Coming from IT there must be a site application balance txannie and this aint it. If it's balanced the site experience would be seamless. If advertisements are clogging the plumbing on a site, and seems there is, there is an imbalance someplace where overhead needs to be tweaked as to defer compounding and application redundant advertisements. All businesses have highs and lows where one can't simply stack application advertisements during the inevitable low times. This makes the viewer feel there is some catch up revenue ball being played here especially after the Blow Horn border issue and the CNN debacle. I could be wrong but I simply don't feel comfortable nor have the patience any longer. Nothing personal of course as there are other outstanding sites that now better reflect my life positions.
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I agree with you Habana. I had though it was my computer having to clear the registry twice during a single Blaze visit. I like the double click simplicity of sites like Red State. As my posting record will indicate I'm kinda out of here as well. Let me get this last post in before the site needs to open in a different window. Adios Blazers!
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We're talking two subsets of Jews Tuttle. We have the Israeli Jews who I have supported and will continue to support in a big way. Then there are U. S. left wing J-Street hyper liberal Jews that continually denounces Israel and anyone that isn't Progressive. The latter fits your description.
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Mmmm. wonder where the Hollywood Jewish elite are? Look at what happened in Paris, Muslims rounded up and cornered left wing liberal Jews who had already denounced Israel in the most overt, crass and insulting way yet they were the ones peeking our from the curtains at that Synagogue. Does anyone think Weinstein, Katzenberg, Spielberg, Geffen and all the others will get a pass by Islam because they simply denounced Israel? If I were a high visibility wealthy American Jew I wouldn't be feeling all warm and fuzzy right now as Islam doesn't differentiate. We're now seeing an exodus of European Jews leaving for Israel that you won't find on the net. IMO this will become more than an issue in 2 years or less.
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July 11, 2014 at 3:38pm
It's the optics Cookies of "Come to America Kids, Teddy Bears for everyone". I know it's sick but Obama was the one using these children as human shields let alone using Christian churches to do their bidding. This works two ways for Obama, he gets what he wants and due to the churches accepting tens of millions of dollars lately unbeknownst to anyone else simply illustrates the greed of the churches which in turn will bleed parishioners all according to plan. Obama is as far from being Christian as I've seen from any President. This IMO was self serving and did absolutely nothing other than giving MSNBC an additional club.
[4] July 11, 2014 at 3:22pm
I was waiting for this. Feel better Glen now that everyone knows you have such a warm Christian heart. Why not perform this charity anonymously? This administration is breaking our laws Glen using not only Christian churches which Obama is using to thin out congregants but using children as Human Shields. And now the MSNBC world now knows Mr. Beck is a true Christian and the rest of us hypocritical heathens. Why didn't you announce this on this site so we may have had the choice to participate? You know full well we Conservatives are at a tipping point using every ounce of leverage to prevent this continuing world on fire within the context of integrity and character and you for personal reasons gave them the club to beat the rest of us with. Bottom line is Christ told his disciples and all of us to follow the laws of the country or geographic any Christian finds him or herself in. Obama is not following the law in any manner whatsoever and the ultimate result will be harm to our own children let alone the overall country so I would hope your personal ego got what it needed. I'm out…….
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People, this President has atrophied politically. He, his administration and his supporters will never hold the power they once had and they are panicked regardless of their denial. Our biggest threat is with our own leaders IMO. There's progressive blood in the water and instead of pouncing what do our representatives do? Continue to assume the bike rack position for the Senate.
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[5] July 5, 2014 at 11:56am
Murrieta History Teacher Raquel Alvarado should probably begin getting her personal property together and dusting off her resume. I also heard these Heathen's burned our Flag on the 4th of July? Disgusting……try this in front of me and you'll be eating your meals through a straw Amigo's.
July 2, 2014 at 5:52pm
Don't you worry about Messer's Fielder or Johnson's representation Mr. Russell; legal will be coming at you and Mr. Cochran Mach 5 with their legal hair on fire when this evidence surfaces and they're almost there. Now, I'm sure Messer's Fielder and Johnson have their choice from hundreds of attorney's that will take this case on contingency which we're looking into as I write but as opposed to your BS threats I'd suggest you need to concern yourselves with every molecular whiff of this event that will go down in history as the "Misstep in Mississippi", no? Bank it Mr. Russell. If Mr. Cochran, et al., did nothing wrong then you have no worries other than being Republican Establishment scumbags that slither lower than frog **** in a Mississippi scum swamp which is the best this is going to get. Personally Mr. Cochran called me and tens of millions of other Conservatives racists. You're gonna learn you don't do that inside this political tent.
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[1] June 29, 2014 at 12:44pm
SSSSShhhhh, you hear that big sucking sound? That's time wasted in this rudimentary child's technological playhouse. HR has dispatched quite few females using this and other site's during working hours. Any employee that logs onto social websites during working hours? Is gone…….non negotiable.
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[1] June 29, 2014 at 12:28pm
This can only be authorized by the House unless the funds have already been allocated with the House's blessing. Take that $2B President Puddles and secure the Border! Establishment House Pugs? Carry on as bike racks for the Senate and this administration. What is it about representing America and its citizens that you all don't understand? Keep it up……and this will not end well for anyone IMO…
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June 29, 2014 at 1:35pm
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[1] June 29, 2014 at 12:01pm
"This entire thing has been about your lack of respect for me"? Wrong Ms. Ore, you are one of about 1200 professors that need to be cuffed with this faux elitist attitude. Then your primal instincts kick in as you kick at the officer? This is a felony Ore and if your convicted say goodbye to your job. If in the alternative a deal is struck doesn't expunge your record of the event. No start trottin girl and find yoself a torny………
[1] June 28, 2014 at 6:14pm
Brett Olsen huh? Salt Lake City? Is Brett married? Does he have family pets? In this world your as good as yesterday TCT. This was uncalled for and Olsen needs to be dispatched from the department forthwith or someone is truly going to get hurt. Mr. Kendell? Sue their ass off as there are plenty of attorneys licensed to practice in Utah so answer those phones and pick one out. Olsen needs to be nailed on this and the SLCPD needs to pay.
[2] June 28, 2014 at 6:02pm
I'd like to see these same LEO's try this on my pet. It would be a mess and I'd probably go to jail for life but these badged ingrates wouldn't smile again. This is pure unadulterated BS. What's wrong with these people? Litigate against the parents of that missing child as well as the Salt Lake PD. Damages won't bring your pooch back Bro but I'd say punitive damages in tort on this would be say $150,000-$200,000.
June 22, 2014 at 2:27pm
2014 then 2016 people……..
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[2] June 16, 2014 at 7:29pm
I'm going to hold my water here for a day or two longer. If Rick Perry can't take care of his own State's border there is no use exerting the type of energy and money needed in getting him into the Oval, he was at the top of my list.
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[1] June 17, 2014 at 7:33am
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[1] May 30, 2014 at 12:30pm
Go ahead Obama, when in doubt turn left and punch it. As an Independent and regardless of the rudderless Republican Establishment you folks on the left are going to be Gob Smacked in November and hopefully a few GOP Establishment types will as well.
May 26, 2014 at 4:04pm
Meanwhile back in the United States, there are hundreds of Veterans being found in morgues across the Nation. You are and remain a painful President Obama. I'm surprised you were welcomed after the VA Hospital disaster seems now in perpetuity and your administration cutting the salaries of our most valuable people, our military warriors. The word shame is an understatement. To not honor our Veterans to the utmost and ensuring they are treated, living or dead with that specific and special Honor for their service goes beyond the pale into the realm of unequivocal unacceptability. Since the President doesn't know what his administration is doing until he sees the nightly news we the people have to take responsibility for the VA and this impotent leader that free citizens voted in a second time. People, our veterans are sitting in morgues all across this Nation. It is up to us, not MSM, to find out how many Warrior Veterans are sitting in these municipal morgues as soon as possible. There could be thousands……this breaks my heart which is precisely is what this administration wants but doesn't break my spirit in finding out how bad this VA situation truly is. Make the call and get assertive where necessary. They did this for us on the battlefield and we now owe them. Do the right thing….
Question to our Military Brothers and Sisters, do you think Obama would have made this visit had it not been for the VA Hospital disaster?
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The invention pertains to a welding system having automatic groove tracking and adaptive groove filling capabilities. Data produced by a coordinated laser spot projector (10) and TV-scanner (12) combination is determined to an Intel 8085 computer (28) to provide a substantially continuous analysis of groove locations in a three-axis coordinate system as well as groove depth and area. Location information is fed to an LSI-11 computer (38) to control the tracking function through coordinate axis servo-type drives (46) and to control a fourth-axis or "swing" function which provides freedom between the welding torch (14) and the optical system (10, 12) which leads the torch by several inches. The groove depth and area information is also fed to the LSI-11 to control the welding parameters, i.e.; deposition rate and voltage and produce the desired weld along the groove.
1. In an adaptive welding apparatus:
means (10) for projecting a spot of monochromatic light onto a work surface defining a weld groove at an angle of incidence less than 90� and causing said spot to move repetitively along a spot scan path extending laterally across the weld groove and at a first repetition rate;
means (12) for repetitively scanning the spot scan path at a second repetition rate higher than the first rate to detect variations in reflected intensity of the spot along said scan path;
means (36) for producing a series of digital output signals in response to locations of peak intensity reflections in a three-axis position coordinate reference; and
processor means (28) for producing signals representing the weld groove profile along the spot scan path in response to receiving the digital output signals.
2. Apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the scanning means (12) includes a raster-scan type TV camera.
3. Apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein the apparatus further comprising a filter (90) attached to scanning means (12) for passing only light of the wavelength of the monochromatic light.
4. Apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the moving means (10) projects said spot along a first optical axis (34) and the scanning means (12) views the spot reflection along a second optical axis angularly spaced from the first axis.
5. Apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the moving means (10) includes a laser light source (86).
6. Apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein means (36) includes means (64) for identifying the peak intensity of a reflection during a scan, and means (62,72,74) for determining the relative position of the peak intensity reflection.
7. Apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the processor means (28) includes a digital computer programmed to calculate groove area across a scanned section.
8. Apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the processor means (28) is connected to moving means (10) and controls the spot scan rate.
9. Apparatus, as defined in claim 1, including movable platform means (16) for carrying said moving means (10) and said scanning means (12) in respective locations, and a welding torch (14) mounted on said platform means (16) in a position spaced apart from the position of means (12) along a weld track, said torch having a vertical axis (z) which is horizontally spaced from the spot scan path.
10. Apparatus, as defined in claim 9, including means (100, 102, 104, 108) for permitting movement of the platform (16) along X and Y-axes in the plane of the weld track and a Z-axis extending through the welding torch (14).
11. Apparatus, as defined in claim 10, including means (110) for rotating the platform means (16) about the Z-axis.
12. Apparatus, as defined in claim 11, including servo-drive means (46) for controllably positioning the platform means (16) relative to the weld track.
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to apparatus for optically scanning a weld groove to provide data which is used to adaptively control a groove filling operation through control of certain welding variables, and to provide a weld groove tracking function.
2. Background Art
Fabrication of various products involves the production of large and complex weldments. Examples are housings for heavy machinery and frame elements for earth-moving equipment. Such fabrication involves jigging the pieces of the weldment in the desired abutment, alignment or match to define a weld seam or groove, and filling the weld seam or groove with weld material.
Although spot welds are commonly carried out by automated equipment, it is more common for long groove-filling operations to be carried out by hand; i.e., a human operator guides the welding torch along the groove or seam and manually controls such parameters as voltage, torch speed and weld material (typically wire) flow rate.
The prior art shows effort to automate complex welding operations by groove or seam tracking accompanied by optical analysis of the location to be filled.
Westby, U.S. Pat. No. 3,976,382, "Procedure and Apparatus for Determining The Geometrical Shape of a Surface", issued Aug. 24, 1976, discloses an optical system for casting a shadow across a weld groove which can be viewed by a TV camera to provide profile data usable for controlling weld fill operations.
Ellsworth et al, U.S. Pat. No. 4,021,840, "Seam Tracking Welding System", issued May 3, 1977, discloses a raster scan TV system which scans across a weld seam or groove to produce voltage pulses indicating the point of interception with the seam or groove. These pulses may be used to control a tracking function via servo drive devices.
Webb, U.S. Pat. No. 3,532,807, "Automatic Closed Circuit Television ARC Guidance Control", issued Oct. 6, 1970, is a further disclosure of a welding system using a TV monitor and a guidance or tracking system.
None of the prior art systems satisfactorily addresses the problem of generating complete and accurate data representing the physical parameters of the weld area so that control of a welding torch is readily accomplished. The present invention addresses and solves this problem.
The present invention is directed to overcoming one or more of the problems, as set forth above.
According to a first aspect of the invention, improved optical apparatus is provided for scanning a weld track and providing data representing the location and geometry of the weld area so as to permit adaptive control of the weld process. This is accomplished by providing a monochromatic light spot which is projected onto the work and caused to scan laterally across the weld track, and a scan system which repetitively scans across the spot path and generates a digital data profile of the weld area.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an adaptive welding system embodying the invention;
FIG. 2 is a detailed drawing representing the light spot and TV scanning functions of the optical apparatus in the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 2a is a representation of a digital weld groove scan using the apparatus of FIG. 1 in the scanning mode suggested by FIG. 2;
FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram of an interface between the optical system and a data processor embodiment of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of part of the software used in the preferred implementation of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a side view of a carriage apparatus for certain optical and mechanical components of the FIG. 1 embodiment; and
FIG. 6 is a perspective drawing of a three-axis welding apparatus embodying the system of FIGS. 1-4.
A three-axis system for adaptive, automated welding is shown in FIG. 1. A laser-projector 10 and a raster-scanning type TV camera 12 such as General Electric TN 2500 make up the basic optical system and are mounted along with a MIG-type wire welding torch 14 on a movable platform 16a, 16b for controlled motion relative to a workpiece 18 which lies on a fixed support 20. The support 20 lies within a three-axis (Cartesian) coordinate system of which the Z or vertical axis extends along the centerline of the torch 14. The break between platform portions 16a and 16b indicates a fourth degree of freedom which allows projector 10 and scanner 12 to rotate or "swing" about the Z-axis so that the optical system, which leads the torch 14 by about 4 inches, can follow a weld groove without disturbing the X, Y coordinates of the torch.
The platform 16 is mechanically connected, as represented at 22, to axis drive motors 24 which cause the platform 16 to move in the desired direction, to the desired degree and at the desired rate to follow a weld groove in the workpiece 18. Encoders 26 monitor the extent and direction of rotation of the motors 24 in the conventional servo-positioning fashion to keep track of the relation between commanded positions and actual positions of the platform 16 along the X, Y, Z axes and about the Z axis.
An Intel 8085 digital computer 28 is connected through a digital-to-analog converter 30 and amplifier 32 to a galvanometer-type mirror drive in the projector 10 to cause a beam 34 of monochromtic light to be projected at an angle onto the workpiece 18 and to move linearly across the weld groove at a controlled rate, as hereinafter described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The reflection of the beam 34 from the surface of the workpiece 18 is received by the TV-camera scanner 12, also described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, to produce a digital data stream which is operated on by the interface 36 to provide data to the Intel 8085 computer 28 representing the peak intensity locations of the laser beam reflection at controlled time intervals.
From this data, the Intel computer 28 generates a set of ten signals and provides these signals to an LSI-11 computer 38 via an RS-232C data link 40. The ten signals are:
(1) X, Y coordinates of center of groove area along the laser scan;
(2) X, Y coordinates of left edge of groove;
(3) X, Y coordinates of right edge of groove;
(4) Z coordinate of left edge;
(5) Z coordinate of right edge;
(6) depth of groove;
(7) area of groove;
(8) check sum;
(9) end of message; and
(10) sync signal.
From these data, the LSI-11 computer 38 generates the necessary outputs to the axis servos 46 for tracking purposes and to the welding system 50, 52, 54 for control of the filling parameters. Specifically; the computer 38 is connected via a bus 42 to the D/A converter 44 to provide rate signals to the X, Y, and Z and C (Swing) axis drives 46 to operate the motors 24 in such fashion as to guide the torch 14 along the weld groove as it is viewed by the scanner 12. Since the scanner 12 looks ahead of the torch 14 by about four inches, a store of about 20 position commands is placed in a ring-buffer 39 in the computer 38 and output to the axis drives 46 on a FIFO basis as needed to move the platform 16 at the desired rate. Counters 48 maintain a current count of position-increment pulses from the encoders 26 representing the current position of the torch 14 and platform 16 within the coordinate system. This data is fed back to the computer 38 via the bus 42 for comparison to position commands and for generation of error signals in conventional servo fashion.
The computer 38 also provides weld-fill control signals via a converter 44 to a weld power controller 50 and a wire drive unit 52 to vary the welding parameters according to a desired end result, e.g., to achieve a certain pre-established fill percentage. The controller 50, unit 52 and a welding gas control solenoid 54 all have on-off controls such as pushbuttons which are connected via an I/O unit 56 to the bus 42 to advise the computer 38 that these units are or are not in condition for control by the computer 38. Although shown in the drawing as being on the units themselves, the on-off pushbuttons are usually mounted on a remote control panel in actual practice.
Conventional external inputs such as jog, tape drive and keyboard inputs may be entered via a unit 58 and an interface 60 associated therewith.
The simultaneous, coordinated control of the tracking and weld-fill functions is an important feature of the system as it provides not only variability in the selection of weld characteristics but also allows the system to compensate for relatively wide variations in the groove itself. For example, it is common to manually provide a number of tack welds along the groove to hold parts together prior to final welding and the present system senses the material build-up of these tack welds as variations in weld area and varies the deposition rate in the area of each tack to prevent overfilling.
Referring now to FIGS. 2, and 2A, the spatial and timing characteristics of the projection and scanning operations provided by the units 10 and 12 are explained. The laser beam is projected onto the workpiece 18 at an angle of about 25-30 degrees from vertical measured in a plane parallel to the groove. The spot is caused to travel a path across the groove, i.e., the beam sweeps through a second plane which intersects the weld groove. Through the aforementioned galvanometric mirror drive, the spot is then returned to the beginning position at a rapid rate and caused to scan or travel back across the groove again and again. Since the platform 16 is typically moving along the groove, the resulting pattern is a series of parallel stripes across the groove, spaced apart in the direction of platform travel.
The TV-scanner camera 12, on the other hand, has a viewing axis which is essentially vertical and a raster scan sensor-strobe function which cuts across the laser spot scan at right angles. Because of the 25 degree difference between the projection angle and the viewing angle, the point along any given raster scan at which the TV camera scanner intercepts the laser spot is related to the length of the optical path from the projector 10 to the reflection surface and, hence, to the depth of the groove. This point of interception is determined on the basis of reflected light intensity; i.e., intensity is greatest at the intercept point. The result is a series of digital signals which, taken in their entirety, represent the groove profile over a given laser scan or, if desired, over a series of such scans.
It will, of course, be noted that the scan rate of the TV camera 12 is much larger than that of the projector 10; i.e., the camera scan path cuts across the laser spot path many times during each increment of laser spot movement. In an actual embodiment, the camera 12 exhibits a 248�244 pixel array and three complete scans of the array (each scan being hereinafter termed a "frame") occur for each sweep of the laser spot. However, this ratio of frames per spot sweep may be varied from 1:1 to 4:1 or more to vary the signal-to-noise ratio of the input signal to the camera 12. The variation is readily achieved via the programming of the Intel computer 28.
FIG. 3 illustrates the digital interface 36 in greater detail. The overall purpose of this unit is to present to the Intel computer 28 a series of signals from which the coordinates of the workpiece surface can be derived at spaced points along the laser spot scan path. From this information, the computer 28 determines the value of the first seven of the output quantities listed on page 2 above by straightforward mathematical calculation.
More specifically, the interface unit 36 provides a digital number (8-bits) representing the pixel clock count at which the camera raster scan intercepts the laser spot during each of the passes of the scan path represented in FIG. 2. By eliminating all pixel counts except the count which represents an interception and, therefore, an actual groove depth, the interface reduces the data processing function of the computer 28 to a significant degree.
The pixel clock 62 effectively strobes the pixels of the sensor array in the camera 12 to scan across the laser path. Each pixel output is effectively a measure of the intensity of reflected laser light received by that pixel and is applied to one input of a comparator 64 and to an 8-bit latch 66. As long as each new pixel intensity signal (A) is greater than the previous intensity signal (B) the output on line 68 enables the latch 66 to receive and store a new signal for reference on the next count and also advances, via line 70, the count stored in the latch 72 from the counter 74. Recognizing that the laser spot relfection spreads appreciably, the pixel outputs will continue to increase in intensity as long as the camera scan is approaching the center of the reflection. After the center is passed, the intensity signals begin to fall off and the condition A>B needed to advance the count in latch 72 is no longer satisfied. The stored count remains, therefore, at a number representing the Z coordinate of the work surface at which the intercept occured. At the end of each camera scan line, an "EOL" signal strobes the count from the latch 72 into the computer 28 as a peak position count and, after a short delay, resets the counter 74 and clears the latch 66. An end-of-frame (EOF) signal from the camera 12 is input to the computer 28 to establish the portion of the laser spot patch which has been examined and digitized (in the preferred embodiment, one-third).
A peak intensity signal is also strobed into the computer 28 for verification purposes, i.e., failure to produce a peak which falls between pre-established limits is used to rule data invalid or to shut down the welder.
It is to be noted that although a scanning-type TV camera 12 is used, no actual image suitable for human viewing is produced, i.e., the purpose of the camera is to provide a digital signal set representing the groove profile several inches ahead of the welding area and to provide enough data to enable the tracking and welding parameter adjustment functions to occur. A TV monitor can be connected into the system on a temporary basis to verify the fact that the scanner digitizer functions are working, but the image is merely a broken-line trace of the groove profile.
Software involves two major divisions; VIZ, the camera data analysis routine carried out by the Intel 8085, and the track and fill control function carried out by the LSI-11. In addition, the software-controlled functions of the LSI-11 are subdivided into several subroutines, the most important of which are TRACK, SWING, and FILCTL (fill control).
The camera micro computer 28 is essentially free running. Once it has finished analyzing an image and transmitted the resulting data to the control computer 38 it takes another image and begins the whole process anew. A carriage return character is sent to the control computer 38 to notify it that a new image is being taken. The character catching routine in the control computer 38 recognizes the carriage return as a sync character and saves the current location of all the axis for later use. Once all of the data from the current image has been received by the character catching routine, it activates the routine "TRACK", a representative embodiment of which is shown in flow chart form in FIG. 4.
If tracking is not enabled then TRACK simply sets a software flag true if a groove is in the field of view of the camera and false if not. If tracking is enabled, then the sensor data and the axis locations saved when the image was taken are used to determine the location of the weld groove. First the vertical position of the groove is calculated using an average of the right and left edge vertical camera data. This position is then converted from camera units to engineering units. Then the distance from the torch to the laser beam is adjusted based upon the height and the known angle of the laser beam. A combination of the center of area of the groove and the location of the left edge, or right edge, or the center of area and a guidance bias is used to calculate the coordinates of the groove. Standard textbook trig functions are used.
At this time the distance from this point to the previously used point is checked and if that distance is less than some arbitrary minimum, the current point is discarded and the track routine suspended. If the distance is sufficient, a test is made to determine if the previously used point is the closest possible point to the current program point. If so then that point is tagged as being the program point and the interpreter for the sensor is called. At this point the steps taken are totally determined by the program being interpreted. For the typical case, the next instruction would be to interpret the weld stop program. The first instruction in that program is currently the "tracking off" instruction which causes the whole tracking process to cease.
If, however, the previous point was not the closest to the program point then the current point is placed in the first in, first out buffer (FIFO). The area of the groove at this point is also placed in the FIFO for use by the fill control routine when the weld torch nears the associated X, Y, Z point.
Also at this time the "SWING" routine is called to maintain the sensor centered over the groove ahead of the torch. The swing routine uses some of the most recent points placed into the FIFO to compute the equation of a line which approximates the path of the upcoming groove. Then the intersections of a circle whose radius is the distance between the torch and the point where the laser beam strikes the workpiece are calculated. The center of circle is placed at the point to which the torch is currently traveling. The proper intersection is chosen and the correct sensor head angle is calculated to place the sensor over that intersection. This angle is made part of the current servo command so that when the torch reaches the current command point, the sensor will also reach the desired angle.
The above processes continue until they are stopped by either a "tracking off" instruction in the program, or the stop button, or a predetermined number of continuous sensor errors.
The points are removed from the FIFO as needed and used to command the computer servo software where to move the machine axis. If the system is welding and the fill control is on, the area is also removed from the FIFO and used by the subroutine called "FILCTL". FILCTL uses the groove area to predetermine the described weld metal deposition rate in pounds per hour. The larger the groove area, the greater the deposition rate, within limits. From the deposition rate and the known physical data of the wire, the desired wire-feed speed is calculated. Once the wire feed is determined, the travel speed is calculated to achieve the desired groove fill percentage. Given the calculated travel speed and wire-feed speed, the arc voltage is calculated and adjusted via the controller 50.
FIG. 5 is a view of an actual embodiment of the system of FIGS. 1 and 3 as embodied in a single torch M/G welder. The platform 16 comprises a servo-positionable structure depending from a cross beam and movable vertically relative to the workpiece 18 along the Z-axis. A plate 80 having depending arms 82 and 84 carries a conventional low-power helium-neon laser 86 which projects its output beam laterally via mirrors to the scan-projector 10 containing the galvo-driven mirror which aims the beam downwardly toward the groove 88 in the workpiece 18.
A camera lens 90 of the camera 12 is stationed about 10 inches above the work 18 and focuses on a spot about four inches ahead of the torch 14. A filter 90 mounted on the lens end of the camera 12 is selected to pass light only at 632.8 nanometers; i.e., the wavelength of the laser output, to filter out glare from the welding torch 15 which leaks out from under a shield 92 carried at the bottom of the plate 94. A vacuum system comprising one or more hoses 96 may be used to remove smoke from the weld area.
Swing motion about the Z-axis is produced by a motor 110. Since the Z-axis runs through the center of the torch, swing movements do not affect the X, Y, Z coordinates of the torch itself. Such movements do, however, affect the X, Y coordinates of the scan area and thereby permit the optical system 10, 12 to follow curves in the groove 88 ahead of the weld coordinates. Guidance programs, previously described, are provided for this function.
FIG. 6 shows essentially the physical arrangement of the four-axis guidance system. X-axis displacement is provided by spaced parallel rails 100 raised above the floor and open-ended to provide entry and exit for the work. A Y-axis support 102 spans the two rails 100 and is mounted thereon by way of wheels to allow displacement. A linear gear-tooth track runs along one of the rails and is engaged by a pinion gear driven by a belt-connected motor and gear-box combination. An encoder above the motor generates pulses representing displacement. The Y-axis carriage 104 is similarly mounted on support 102 and carries the wire reel 106 and wire feed motor. A X-axis drive 108 raises and lowers the platform 16 relative to support 102 and carriage 104 for height control. The swing axis system is described previously.
Other aspects, objects, advantages and uses of this invention can be obtained from a study of the drawings, the disclosure and the appended claims.
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