Shims

By ctacker (****)

Date 07-03-2008 21:22

I've got a spec that says "Fit up gaps blah blah blah (same as section 5.22 D1.1 2006) but adds "Fit up gaps exceeding 3/16 inch require the use of a shim to fill the gap, as defined in AWS D1.1"

Can someone point me in the direction where I can find that defined in D1.1?

By flamin

Date 07-03-2008 22:37

I think 5.22 in D1.1 2006 pretty much explains it. If you want more detail on the backing and such, 5.10 has that info.

Jason

By ctacker (****)

Date 07-04-2008 00:55

I still dont see where D1.1 says anything about shims to fill gaps!

By CHGuilford (****)

Date 07-06-2008 02:15

I wonder if they are getting confused with Section 2.10 - Filler Plates?

By ctacker (****)

Date 07-06-2008 02:31

I wondered the same thing, I cannot find anything about shims used for gaps!, next time I talk to their Engineer, I will ask him what he meant!

By flamin

Date 07-06-2008 18:03

Hey ctacker-

Now that I read into it more, I agree with you, I don't see anywhere that mentions "shims". At first I was thinking along the lines of perhaps a consumable insert, and like CHGuilford mentiond, could be a filler plate, but that doesn't really sound right either.

Let me know what you find out. I'd be interested to know myself.

Jason

By swnorris (****)

Date 07-07-2008 14:07

Sounds like you need to get clarification from the EOR. A shim is furnished for use during erection to fill spaces that may or may not be present because of the required field assembly clearances. A filler is furnished to occupy spaces that will be present because of dimensional separations between elements of a connection.

By HgTX

Date 07-07-2008 16:52

They probably mean "filler plate". "Shim" gets used colloquially to mean that all that time.

Hg

By 803056

Date 07-08-2008 11:42

Once again, terms and definitions raises it's ugly head.

Best regards - Al