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A data mining analysis to evaluate the additional workloads caused by welding distortions

Abstract:

This paper presents a way to minimize costs in shipbuilding industry by using the results of a data mining analysis aiming to improve knowledge of the additional costs engendered by welding distortions. The presented analyses have exploited production data to establish formulations of the supplementary costs of steel working and straightening operations in function of welding distortions. Moreover, a complementary analysis based on the previous formulas has permitted to realise an economic comparison of post welding techniques aiming to reduce residual deformations. © 2009 Taylor & Francis Group, London.