Patent ID: 8032343
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B23K,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of weld design for a work piece, the method comprising: selecting an initial weld design as an input, the initial weld design representing one or more weld points each having a spatial position; entering geometric characteristics of the work piece as another input; determining a manufacturing feasible region of the work piece satisfying at least one predetermined manufacturing requirement including accessibility of welding components; determining a performance feasibility function for the work piece satisfying at least one predetermined performance factor as applied in a performance simulation of the work piece; and determining an optimized weld design representing one or more optimized weld points by minimizing the negative of the performance feasibility function while constrained by said manufacturing feasible region such that each of the optimized weld points is within the manufacturing feasible region, said optimized weld design being configured to concurrently satisfy said predetermined manufacturing requirement and said performance factor without requiring iteration.