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NOTATION<br />

A, Electrode sectional area [mm']<br />

a, ß, S, y<br />

Regression constants<br />

Conf Bad Ign Output from the confidence of bad ignition model<br />

DCJ/ Dip Consistency Index<br />

DipR Dip resistance [0]<br />

DipR; Dip resistance calculated for a sample of welding voltage and current [0]<br />

DipRmean The arithmetic average of the DipR; calculated in a fixed time period [S2]<br />

DipR, a<br />

Standard deviation of the dip resistances measured within a fixed [S2]<br />

time period<br />

ASO Variation in stand-off [mm]<br />

AV Variation in welding voltage [V]<br />

A-)<br />

Prediction percentage error<br />

Proportionality constant between variation in stand-off and resulting<br />

variation in welding current<br />

[Vol<br />

[mm/A]<br />

Calculated value of 4) [mm/A]<br />

Measured value of 4) [mm/A]<br />

Function<br />

G, GAP Gap size [mm]<br />

Imean<br />

, Imean Mean welding current: arithmetic average of the welding current [A]<br />

transient samples acquired in a fixed time pediod<br />

Imax_320 Maximum welding current produced by the Migatronic BDH320 [A]<br />

welding power source in dip mode of metal transfer<br />

Imax_550 Maximum welding current produced by the Migatronic BDH550 [A]<br />

welding power source in dip mode of metal transfer<br />

Imean_320 Mean welding current produced by the Migatronic BDH320 welding [A]<br />

power source<br />

Imean 550 Mean welding current produced by the Migatronic BDH550 welding [A]<br />

power source<br />

Ibk Background welding current: the arithmetic average of all the current [A]<br />

transient samples less than or equal to 'mean<br />

Maximum welding current: the maximum value in the welding<br />

current transient samples<br />

Minimum welding current: the minimum value in the welding<br />

current transient samples<br />

Peak welding current: the arithmetic average of all the current<br />

samples greater than Imean<br />

Ipred Expected welding current predicted by an empirical model<br />

Itbk Background current time: the arithmetic average of the time duration [ms]<br />

of the background periods in the welding current transient samples<br />

xi<br />

[A]<br />

[A]<br />

[A]<br />

[A]

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