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LANL Engineering Standards Manual ISD 341-2

Chapter 13, Welding & Joining Rev. 1, 10/27/06

Section WFP 2-12 Welding Fabrication Procedure Attachment 2, Recommended Sequence for Welding Seams Joining Bottom Plates

RECOMMENDED SEQUENCE FOR WELDING SEAMS JOINING BOTTOM PLATES


1 1 B B 3 F 2 5 L 4 7 S 9 Y 8 Z 8 AA 8 BB 8 8 CC JJ HH 10 10 II 10 DD 11 T U V W X EE 9 M 4 N 4 O 4 P 4 Q 4 7 R A G 2 B A A H 2 I 2 J 2 5 C D E 3 K 1 1

11 FF 10

GG

Plate G

Plate B

Plate B Section A-A

Plate A Section B-B

Instructions: Place bottom plates in alphabetical order and weld bottom plate in numerical order. When aligning and tack welding No. 2 seams, care should be taken to assure that Seam No. 3 is aligned the entire length. This procedure is repeated across the tank bottom with Seams No. 4 and 5, 6 and 7, 8 and 9, and 10 and 11. The minimum distance the top plate must lap over the bottom plate is 4 times the thickness of the thinner plate. Weld the entire bottom of the tank prior to welding the tank shell plates to the tank bottom.

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