Submitted by Craig Herald Welding Instructor Lee County Area Technology Center
To the AWS Welding Educators
Electronic File Library www.aws.org/Educators
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the American Welding Society Education Department It may be necessary to describe the exact joint design Once you can identify the types of joints, you must be able to identify individual features that make up the joint geometry for a particular joint These features and elements are often essential variables in welding procedure, as well as production welding Welding personal may required to apply this knowledge once in the industry Parts of a weld Joint root Groove face Root face Root edge Root opening Bevel Bevel angle Groove angle Groove radius Joint root is that portion of a joint to be welded where the members are closest to each other The joint root may be either a point, line, or an area The joint roots are shown as shaded areas in (A)-(D) and lines in (E) (F) Groove Face, Root Face, and Root Edge Groove face is that surface of a member included in the groove Root face (land) is that portion of the groove face within the joint root Root edge is a root face of zero width Root Opening and Bevel
Root opening is the
separation between the work pieces at the joint root Bevel (chamfer) is an angular edge preparation Bevel Angle, Groove Angle, and Groove Radius Bevel angle is the angle between the bevel of a joint member and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the member Groove angle the total included angle of the groove between members Groove radius applies only to J-&U- groove welds Extra information is necessary to describe the exact joint design
For a single-bevel-groove-weld, the bevel
angle and the groove angle are equal Groove radius is the radius used to form the shape of a J- or U- groove weld. Normally the weld configuration is specified by both an angle and a radius