Patent ID: 11904417
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A computer system for automated material welding, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage devices; and
stored program instructions on the one or more computer readable storage devices for execution by the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
program instructions to collect a reference scan of parts prior to starting a welding operation;
program instructions to start the welding operation;
program instructions to scan a weld;
program instructions to create a machine learning simulation of appearance of the weld;
program instructions to detect a flaw in the weld according to the scanning and simulation;
program instructions to remediate the flaw, wherein the flaw is remediated according to the reference scan of the parts; and
program instructions to complete the welding operation.