A Gage Study Applied in Shear Test to Identify Variation Causes from a Resistance Spot Welding Measure System

Resistance welding processes, especially spot welding, have wide applicability in the industry, especially in the automotive sector, due to its fast execution and the non-use of consumables.In addition, the search for quality improvement of the final product is incessant and, in a capable process, there should be no error related to the measurements.In this study, the NGR&R was used by the ANOVA method to identify the variation components of the measurement system in the shear test for two quality characteristics: tensile-shear strength and ultimate strain.The experiments were conducted on a hot dip galvanized steel by using design of experiments to select the parts in order to represent the real amplitude of the process.From the results it was possible to verify that one of the destructive test machines used in this study has a strong variability, evidencing that some adjustments and improvements are necessary in the coupling of the specimens for steels with coating layers (such as galvanized steel, which has a layer of zinc).