Welding is one of the major joining processes employed in fabrication industry, especially one that manufactures boiler, pressure vessels, marine structure etc. Control of weld quality is very important for such industries. In this work an attempt is made to correlate arc sound with the weld quality. The welding is done with various combinations of current, voltage, and travel speed to produce good welds as well as weld with defects. The defects considered in this study are lack of fusion and burn through. Raw data points captured from the arc sound were converted into amplitude signals. The welded specimens were inspected and classified into 3 classes such as good weld and weld with lack of fusion and burn through. Statistical features of raw data were extracted using data mining software. Using classification algorithms the defects are classified. Two algorithms namely, J48 and random forest were used and classification efficiencies of the algorithms were reported

Ti-6Al-4V is extensively used in aerospace and bio-medical applications. In an automated machining environment monitoring of tool conditions is imperative. In this study, Experiments were conducted to classify the tool conditions during High Speed Machining of Titanium alloy. During the machining process, vibration signals were monitored continuously using accelerometer. The features from the signal are extracted and a set of prominent features are selected using Dimensionality Reduction Technique. The selected features are given as an input to the classification algorithm to decide about the condition of the tool. Feature selection has been carried out using J48 Decision Tree Algorithm. Classifications of tool conditions were carried out using Machine Learning Algorithms namely J48 Decision Tree algorithm and Artificial Neural Network (ANN). From the analysis, it is found that ANN is producing comparatively better results. The methodology adopted in this study will be useful for online tool condition monitoring

It is important to develop an intelligent tool condition monitoring system to increase productivity and promoting automation in metal cutting process. Many attempts have been made in the past to develop such systems using signals from various sensors