Some help?

By - Date 04-12-2006 14:28

Hi, there
I have a welding drawing in my hands which involves GMAW welding of stiffeners on a plate. The drawing points the starting point of welding, indicates a chain weld and gives gives a sequence of 11x75 (for one stiffener) , 15x75 (for another stiffener - different length), 19x75 (for another - different length), 57x75 (...) etc. No other information is given... So, what I don't know and can't understand is if I'm welding 11mm (15, 19, 57) and leaving 75mm and so on or if I'm welding 75mm and leaving 11 (15, 19, 57) depending of the stiffeners' length.. :-/

By DaveCox Date 04-12-2006 15:22

Hi Weldaddict,

the correct convention is a hyphen between length of weld and center to center spacing. This should be located to the right side of the weld symbol on the reference line. Assuming that the "x" is supposed to be a hyphen "-" then you'd read this as a 11mm weld with 75mm spacing between centers of each weld (and so on for each dimension). Hope this helps,

Dave

By - Date 04-12-2006 15:34

Your reply was really helpful Dave tnx a lot...
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