Patent ID: 8706282

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for determining a weldability of a plurality of layers of materials forming a stack-up for use in vehicle part production, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving general stack-up information; receiving welding standards data for welding together a plurality of materials forming a stack-up; receiving one or more inputs defining one or more design variables of the one or more stack-ups; generating standardized stack-up information based on the general stack-up information, the one or more design variables, and the welding standards data; filtering the standardized stack-up information by using the one or more inputs defining one or more design variables; receiving historical welding data for predicting a weldability of the stack-up; applying predictive logic to the filtered standardized stack-up information based on the historical welding data to obtain one or more predictions on the weldability of the stack-up; and transmitting the one or more weldability predictions of the stack-up for use in vehicle part production.