Weldability prediction and recommendation systems and methods

A computer-implemented system for determining a weldability of a plurality of layers of materials forming a stack-up for use in vehicle part production, the computer-implemented system comprising:

• at least one computer configured to:
• receive general stack-up information;
• receive welding standards data for welding together a plurality of materials forming a stack-up;
• receive one or more inputs defining one or more design variables of the one or more stack-ups;
• generate standardized stack-up information based on the general stack-up information, the one or more design variables, and the welding standards data;
• filter the standardized stack-up information by using the one or more inputs defining one or more design variables;
• receive historical welding data for predicting a weldability of the stack-up;
• apply 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
• transmit the one or more weldability predictions of the stack-up for use in vehicle part production.

A method comprising:

• receiving general stack-up information, welding standards data, physical property variable inputs for a stack-up, and historical welding data for making a weldability prediction;
• generating standardized stack-up information based on the inputs from the receiving step;
• filtering the standardized stack-up information based on one or more design variables;
• applying predictive logic to the filtered standardized stack-up information to obtain one or more weldability predictions;
• and
• transmitting the weldability predictions for use in part production.