WELDING DES ES, RESISTANCE WELDING/GAS METAL ARC WELDING DESIGN GUIDELINES 1, Spot Weld Strength: The design shear stress of a resistance spot area of the spot weld. A factor of safety of 1.5 is included in Equation I. is the force (load) divided by the Equation 1 Force (Load) per Spot Weld (N}=Yield Point of Base Metal (MPa) x (Area of Spot Weld (mnt’) x 0.67 2. Material Thickness: The maximum material thickness to be spot welded shall be 2.0 mm. Material greater than 2 mm thick should be designed with projections. 3. Thickness Ratio: The ratio between the metal thicknesses to be spot welded should be no greater than 1. With a ratio > 3:1, projections should be used. 4, Edge Distance: Spot welds should be designed to have a minimum of 3 mm of clearance form the edge of the sheet to the edge of the spot welds as shown in the figure below, ame ale 4 FTe@ © @® 3 mn! GMAW STRENGTH CALCULATIONS ‘The following table gives calculated weld strengths for GMAW weldments using E708-3 or E70S-6 weld wire. Note: In sheet metal, the failure mode is usually through the steel parent metal surrounding the weld. WELD. LENGTH MM. WELD 6 6 2 30 LEG size| ‘$4 (7e7} | 52 (1150) | 66 (1534)| 70 (i9t7) [104d S01) 1696 (1534) 1044 (2301) |1392 (8068) [1740 (3885) [2087 (4602) Hoda (2301) [1565 (8451) [2087 (4602) |2610 (6759) [S197 [i382 (3068) [2087 (4602) [2783 (6196) [3470 (7670) |4176 }1740-(8895) [2610 (6753) [8479 (7670) |4348 (0588) |5219 (1 1506) x= fof Kg (Ib) Assumptions: Weld metal 70,000 lofing (108.5 Ib/mm2) Tensile strength Failure is through throat of weld Load Tensile (pounds) = 108.5 Ib/min2 * (leg tength (mm) * length (me) * 0.707) 1 pound = 0.4598 Kg