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Session 4: Unit WI04: Welding Joints, Positions and Symbols
Session 4: Unit WI04: Welding Joints, Positions and Symbols
Session 4
Learning Outcome 1
Understand welding symbols, joints and
positions
Topic 1.1
Welding joints and positions
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Contents
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Recap last session
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Aim
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Introduction
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Welding – Safety Moment
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Welding - General
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Welding - General
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This session
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Lap Joint
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Lap Joint
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Lap Joint - Applications
Where a butt joint will give a smooth finish, Watch this video
showing a lap joint
the lap joint has a bulge, but it has far being used to patch:
greater pressure resistance due to the https://www.youtube.c
amount of metal welded. om/watch?v=Fi8cw1w
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Tee Joint
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Tee Joint
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Tee Joint - Applications
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Fillet Joint
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Fillet Joint
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Fillet Joint
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Fillet Joint
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Fillet Joint - Applications
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Summary
In summary:
Lap joints – Patches, low stress
Tee joints – High stress, structural
Fillet joints – As for tee lap and corner
o Lap joints – Patches, low stress
o Tee joints – High stress, structural
o Corner joints – Vessels & tanks,
strengthening sheet metal
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What have we learned today?
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What have we learned today?
Good!
Well done!
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