SYMBOLS FOR WELDING DETAILS 518 Standetd welding symbols are published by the American Welding Society. “These symbols should be used es necessary on details of attachments, vases, pining supports, etc, The practice of writing on drawings instructions such 2s 'TO BE WELDED THROUGHOUT, 0 ‘TO BE COMPLETELY WELDED! transfers the design responsibilty for all attachments and connectians from the cesigner to the welder, which the Society considers to be a dengercus and uneconomic practice, The ‘welding symbal” devised by the Amerioan Welding Sociiy has eight laments, Not all of thos elements ave nevessrily needed by piping designers ‘The assembled welding symbol which gives the welder all the necessary in- struetion, and locations ofits elements, is shown in chart 6.2, The elements REFERENCE LINE ARRON ASIC WELD SYMBOLS DIMENSIONS & OTHER DATA SUPPLEMENTARY SYMBOLS FinisH SyMB0ts TAIL SPECIFICATIONS, PROCESS or OTHER REFERENCE ‘The following is © quick guide to the scheme. Full details willbe found in the curent revision of ‘Standard Welding Symbols’ avilable from the American Welding Society. ASSEMBLING THE WELDING SYMBOL Reference line and arrow: The symbol begins witha reference line and arrow pointing tothe int where the weld sto be made. The reerence lin has two ‘sides ‘other sia’ (above the line) and ‘arrow side” (below the line)—reler to the following examples and to chart 5.8. Basic WELDING ARROW eure 6. asic WELDING sYiB0Ls [nh The weld yb (oy The grove eymbo! 5 ee | ell EXAMPLE USE OF THE FILLET WELD SYMBOL 2 continuous filet weld is neaded, like this: AL If tha weld is required on the fe side from the arrow, thus: the filet weld symbols placed fon the ‘arrow side’ of the reference tina, thus: P the weld symbol is shown on the ‘other side’ of the refer. once [P I & continuous fille weld is needed on both sidos of the joint, the filet wold symbol is placed on both sides of the reference line: c EXAMPLE USE OF THE BEVEL GROOVE SYMBOL If bevel groove is required ike this: The ‘eroove’ symbol for a bevel is shown, with the filet weld symbol, and @ break is sade in the arrow towerd the ‘member to be beveled, thus: [p Only the bevel end 'u’ groove symbols require a bresk in the arrow ~sae chart 6:9, DIMENSIONING THE WELD CROSS SECTION ‘Suppose the weld is required to be 1/4 inch in size, and tha bel is to be 23/16 inch deep ‘These dimensions ara shown to tha left of the weld sym- 8] ‘ot + Attemativaly, the bevel can be expressed in degrees of arc: * 1-8 root gap is required, thus: Ale and be indicsted thus on the symbol: ‘ To beh APTA R ALA 7 1 : T the symbol is: 6 (aaar (58