WELDING SYMBOLS
Welding symbols, like sign post's are informational directors. They are placed ondrawings by Welding engineers and their purpose is to relay information to the weldoperator. In many instance's the information relayed is very simple.Occasionally it is necessary for the engineer to relay complicated information.Therefore it is important that weld operators understand the symbols and are capableof interpreting the needs of the engineer.For the most part weld symbols are standard throughout the world, although there aresymbols that are devised and used only by the company that devised them.Figure 1 shows the various elements of a Weld symbol and looks very busy. Let'sbreak down the elements .
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When we put the above elements together we see the result in fig. 7. The finishedsymbol instructs the weld operator to deposit a 1/4" fillet weld both sides of the jointand that the preferred welding rod will be a E7018.Figure 8 looks very similar but in this case the symbol informs the weld operator thatthis is a stitch weld . The first Dimension indicates that each weld deposit is to be 3" inlength. The second dimension refers to the center to center spacing requirement of each stitch. So in this case the weld operator is required to deposit a series of 3"weld's with a 3" space between each deposit ( see fig 9 ).
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Supplementary symbols are often added to the weld symbol. A supplementary symbolusually refers to pre - weld preparation or post weld finishing. fig 9 is an example of pre- weld preparation.The symbol shown in figure 10 indicates that the vertical component requires bevelingprior to assembly. The remainder of the symbol indicates that a 1/4" fillet is required tocomplete the weld. This symbol would usually be accompanied with additional notesand instruction. The additional notes would probably reference a specific weldprocedure, which would indicate the number and sequence of multiple passes requiredto complete the finished weld.The following illustrations show simple weld symbols and the resulting application.Butt Welds
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